Gaborone vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$268	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	39	98
😀 Quality of life	56	93
🏙️ Population	236K	1.97M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 63% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 6941st and 2270th ($691 vs $1844) 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 0.5 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 5825th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Vienna

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	Gaborone	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$18199

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$628
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$665
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$664
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$780
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$889
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$631
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$820
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$906
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$837
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$540
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$807
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$923
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$583
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$953
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$993
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$785
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$672
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$678
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$768
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$748
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$795
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$784
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$624
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$814
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$621
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$562
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$766
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$442
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$567
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$763
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$699
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$964
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1068
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$597

Cities near Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987