Gaborone vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$484
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1445
🏠 One person rent	$268	$191
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$337
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$167
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$63.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$1106
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	39	62
😀 Quality of life	56	49
🏙️ Population	236K	9.08M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 43% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 6941st and 8735th ($691 vs $484) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 524th 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 2.3 months in Xuzhou. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Xuzhou ranked 66th in China, while ranked 5825th and 6314th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Xuzhou

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	Gaborone	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.62
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$2.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$180
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$153
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$391
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$266
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$24.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$38.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$7.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	3.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$1988
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$1555
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$4.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$7.55
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.9
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$5.61
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$2.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$30.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$35
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$3.34
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$28.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$48.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$273
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$22170

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$584
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$602
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$575
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$600
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$591
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$572
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$620
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$541
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$643
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$660
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$736
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$505
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$593
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$587
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$536
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$578
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$633
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$608
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$668
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$591
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$561
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$571
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$575
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$566
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$613
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$580
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$787
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$800
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$621
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$625
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$522
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$545
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$616
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$561
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$664
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$665
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$746