Gaborone vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$913
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$1672
🏠 One person rent	$243	$537
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$323
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$222
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$72.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$863
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	39	21
😀 Quality of life	61	46
🏙️ Population	236K	6.71M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 27% less expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 7301st and 6158th ($668 vs $913) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 12th 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 0.9 months in Yancheng. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Yancheng ranked 242nd in China, while ranked 5842nd and 7008th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Yancheng

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	Gaborone	Yancheng
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.79	$4.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$5.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$1103
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$340
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$394
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$227
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$32.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$50
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	3.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$2529
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$1915
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$16.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$4.14
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$2.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$6.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$2.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$9.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.39
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.85
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$3.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$4.88
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$2.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$28.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$4.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$45.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$3.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$46.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$91.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$434
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$18627

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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 Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$663
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$664
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$617
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$654
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$651
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$630
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$602
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$610
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$597
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$622
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$590
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$621
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$537
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$597
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$634
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$547
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$601
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$602
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$618
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$612
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$753
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$564
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$632
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$679
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$583
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$567
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$696
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$674
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$639
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$558
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$673
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$771
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$696
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$546
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$509
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$1003