Gaborone vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$1585
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$3464
🏠 One person rent	$243	$924
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$1552
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$493
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$832
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	39	8
😀 Quality of life	61	63
🏙️ Population	236K	24.7K

The cost of living in Gaborone is 58% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 7301st and 3601st ($668 vs $1585) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Botswana vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 5842nd and 5581st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Victoria

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	Gaborone	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.79	$15.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$43.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$11.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$3.9
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$4.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$818
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$1449
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$1250
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$82.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$126
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$137
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$447
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$1146
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.74
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$22.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$3.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$5.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$1.82
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.83
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$3.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$9.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$3.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$22.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$92.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$6.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$64.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$59.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$84.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$153
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$8213

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$715
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1207
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1207
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$724
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$476
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$548
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$822
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$834
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$831
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$774
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$596
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$842
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$609
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$567
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$552
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1561
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1590
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1168
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$421
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$533
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$694
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$549
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$420