Gaborone vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$942
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$2512
🏠 One person rent	$243	$371
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$646
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$360
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$1051
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	39	93
😀 Quality of life	61	84
🏙️ Population	236K	2.33M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 29% less expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 7301st and 5995th ($668 vs $942) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Botswana and Taiwan, respectively. Check Botswana vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 1.1 months in Taoyuan. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Taoyuan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 5842nd and 482nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Taoyuan

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	Gaborone	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.79	$5.74
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$5.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$1.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$301
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$665
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$38.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$58.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$18.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	1.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$8216
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$5253
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$9.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$3.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$2.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$8.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$7.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$18.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$2.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.79
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$9.72
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$6.12
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$7.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$2.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$34.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$9.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$39.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$553
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$14970

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$607
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$637
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$637
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$833
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$940
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$577
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$875
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$975
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$890
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$514
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$892
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$984
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$984
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$826
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$706
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$740
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$808
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$762
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$830
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$838
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$587
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$861
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$650
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$599
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$658
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$469
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$598
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$827
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$746
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$908
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$915
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$587

Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$868
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$993
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1135
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1313
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$695
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$802
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$1030
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$1006
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$914
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$894
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$914
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$634
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$894
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$854
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$628
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$628
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$621
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$615
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$901
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$707
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$700
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$753
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$677
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$616
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$696
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$697
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$666
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$600
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$454
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$589
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$586
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$672
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$604
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$451