Gaborone vs Xinyang - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Xinyang
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$655
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1706
🏠 One person rent	$268	$274
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$483
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$72.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$865
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	39	28
😀 Quality of life	56	41
🏙️ Population	236K	6.23M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 6% more expensive than in Xinyang. Cities ranked 6941st and 7175th ($691 vs $655) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 100th in Botswana and China, respectively. Check Botswana vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Gaborone compared to 1.3 months in Xinyang. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Xinyang ranked 207th in China, while ranked 5825th and 6860th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Xinyang

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	Gaborone	Xinyang
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$3.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$5.09
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$264
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$196
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$465
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$374
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$51.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$77.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	4.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$3268
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$2038
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$18.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$3.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$3.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$12.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.28
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.74
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$8.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$4.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.42
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$6.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$24.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$5.96
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$334
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$8587

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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 Xinyang

Distance	City	Cost of living
61 km or 38 mi	Guangshui	$619
80 km or 50 mi	Suizhou	$621
95 km or 59 mi	Zhumadian	$637
103 km or 64 mi	Anlu	$615
123 km or 77 mi	Zaoyang	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Xiaogan	$651
138 km or 86 mi	Macheng	$630
140 km or 87 mi	Wugang	$571
140 km or 87 mi	Yingcheng	$600
153 km or 95 mi	Jingshan	$584
162 km or 101 mi	Luohe	$591
166 km or 103 mi	Hanchuan	$619
166 km or 103 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
172 km or 107 mi	Wuhan	$656
174 km or 108 mi	Nanyang	$632
175 km or 109 mi	Jieshou	$591
175 km or 109 mi	Zhoukou	$580
176 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$577
177 km or 110 mi	Yicheng	$577
180 km or 112 mi	Xiangyang	$604
184 km or 114 mi	Fuyang	$633
193 km or 120 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Dengzhou	$600
202 km or 125 mi	Huanggang	$660
204 km or 127 mi	Xiantao	$600
207 km or 129 mi	Ezhou	$638
212 km or 132 mi	Xuchang	$586
213 km or 133 mi	Jingmen	$588
227 km or 141 mi	Laohekou	$582
232 km or 144 mi	Yuzhou	$552
233 km or 145 mi	Huangshi	$679
234 km or 145 mi	Lu'an	$664
234 km or 146 mi	Changge	$547
241 km or 150 mi	Daye	$645
245 km or 152 mi	Danjiangkou	$583
253 km or 157 mi	Chibi	$591
254 km or 158 mi	Xinzheng	$538
255 km or 158 mi	Ruzhou	$538
256 km or 159 mi	Xianning	$635
260 km or 161 mi	Dangyang	$558