Gaborone vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gaborone	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1866	$2477
🏠 One person rent	$285	$324
🏘️ Family rent	$562	$703
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$334
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$103
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$375	$1084
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	39	93
😀 Quality of life	55	83
🏙️ Population	236K	2.33M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 17% less expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 6827th and 6227th ($718 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Botswana and Taiwan, respectively. Check Botswana vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Taoyuan ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 5800th and 388th 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	$7.62	$4.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$21.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.14	$5.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.55
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$2.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$336
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$244
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$831
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$369	$563
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$69.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$92.5	$16.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.17%	1.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1023	$7902
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$938	$4753
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$37.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$8.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$3.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$2.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$2.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$2.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$8.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$5.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$2.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.97	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$9.66
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.73	$7.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.55	$1.64
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.13	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$38.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.83	$9.44
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$531
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3828	$13630

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$654
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$692
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$690
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$809
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$943
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$663
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$909
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$874
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$838
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$971
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$600
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$997
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$822
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$717
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$696
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$788
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$774
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$841
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$819
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$585
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$859
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$627
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$623
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$756
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$459
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$581
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$791
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$741
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$1003
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1116
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$761

Cities near Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$828
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$864
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1060
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1158
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$698
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$745
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$1028
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$931
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$841
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$818
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$761
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$707
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$661
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$841
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$801
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$706
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$683
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$666
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$654
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$821
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$807
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$719
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$776
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$673
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$712
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$642
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$719
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$713
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$702
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$643
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$592
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$605
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$731
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$708
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$633
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$691