Gaborone vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$243	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$873
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	39	62
😀 Quality of life	61	52
🏙️ Population	236K	9.08M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 34% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 7301st and 8696th ($668 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 502nd in Botswana and China, respectively. Check Botswana vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Gaborone compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 5842nd and 6465th 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	$9.79	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$21129

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$607
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$637
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$637
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$833
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$940
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$577
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$875
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$975
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$890
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$514
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$892
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$984
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$984
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1082
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$826
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$706
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$740
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$808
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$762
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$830
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$838
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$587
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$861
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$650
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$599
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$658
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$469
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$598
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$827
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$746
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$908
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$915
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$587

Cities near Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753