Gaborone vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Gaborone	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$723	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1750	$3633
🏠 One person rent	$281	$905
🏘️ Family rent	$453	$1518
🍽️ Food expenses	$309	$542
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.2	$66.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$454	$961
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	39	8
😀 Quality of life	61	49
🏙️ Population	236K	24.7K

The cost of living in Gaborone is 56% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 7140th and 3452nd ($723 vs $1637) 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 0.6 months in Victoria. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 5784th and 6808th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Gaborone	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$16.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.6	$53.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.95	$12.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$5.24
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$6.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$2.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$279	$899
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$694
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$475	$1586
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$321	$1239
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37	$72
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.9	$97.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.92%	12.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1314	$443
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1290	$1134
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.59	$0.81
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30	$31.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$30.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.46	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$7.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$2.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$6.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.84
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.89
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$3.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$11.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$3.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.73	$18.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$9.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.6	$7.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.01	$1.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$76.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.24	$8.93
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$69
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.68	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$58.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.2	$95.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$131	$144
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2568	$8750

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$663
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$691
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$691
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$903
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$994
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$615
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$950
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$860
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$789
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$1015
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$912
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$549
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$997
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$1031
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$590
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$1104
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1204
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$851
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$867
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$742
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$784
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$872
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$811
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$875
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$902
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$632
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$904
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$742
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$589
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$558
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$660
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$607
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$632
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$494
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$611
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$882
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$796
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$912
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1014
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$565

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1196
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1196
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$745
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$511
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$563
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$810
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$819
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$802
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$747
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$611
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$871
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$735
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$586
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$546
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$604
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$533
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1584
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1615
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1511
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$533
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1167
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$417
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$540
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$682
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$543
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$415