Gaborone vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Gaborone	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$723	$2240
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1750	$5469
🏠 One person rent	$281	$1157
🏘️ Family rent	$453	$2021
🍽️ Food expenses	$309	$669
🚐 Transport expenses	$66.2	$218
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$454	$3329
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	39	98
😀 Quality of life	61	93
🏙️ Population	236K	2.03M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 68% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 7140th and 1403rd ($723 vs $2240) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Botswana and Austria, respectively. Check Botswana vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 5784th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Gaborone	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$11.1	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.6	$86
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.95	$14
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.02	$6.29
☕ Cappuccino	$2.39	$5.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.74	$3.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$279	$1167
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$844
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$475	$2069
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$321	$1556
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37	$212
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.2	$326
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.9	$36.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.92%	3.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1314	$13774
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1290	$6758
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.59	$3.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$30	$59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.3	$23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$2.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.86	$2.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.46	$4.9
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$19.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.6	$14.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.93	$24.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$2.39
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$3.57
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.32
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$1.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.4	$3.03
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$8.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$1.48
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.73	$7.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$19.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.6	$4.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.01	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$41.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.24	$14.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$159
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.68	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$47.1	$97.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.2	$92.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$131	$366
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2568	$28814

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1883
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1862
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1831
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1941
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1590
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1475
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1805
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$1172
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1789
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$1150
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1230
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$1042
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1257
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1308
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$917
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$974
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1628
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1499
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$967
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1126
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1518
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1619
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1218
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1409
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1126
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1156
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1265
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1108
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1255
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1681
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1653
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1430
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1201
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1803
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$953
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1751
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1701
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$1065
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1278
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$928