Gaborone vs Yancheng - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Yancheng
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$900
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1715
🏠 One person rent	$268	$523
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$319
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$72
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$854
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	39	21
😀 Quality of life	56	40
🏙️ Population	236K	6.71M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 23% less expensive than in Yancheng. Cities ranked 6941st and 6043rd ($691 vs $900) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 13th 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 0.9 months in Yancheng. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Yancheng ranked 236th in China, while ranked 5825th and 6955th 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	$7.24	$4.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$24.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$3.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$5.46
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$1065
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$331
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$389
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$222
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$32.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$50.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$12.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$2495
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$1901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$4.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$6.56
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.47
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$7.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$2.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$27
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$3.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$43.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$3.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$55.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$456
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$22179

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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 Yancheng

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 36 mi	Xinghua	$665
62 km or 39 mi	Dongtai	$665
93 km or 58 mi	Gaoyou	$621
94 km or 58 mi	Huai'an	$668
101 km or 62 mi	Hai'an	$643
104 km or 64 mi	Taizhou	$644
119 km or 74 mi	Rugao	$644
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhou	$620
132 km or 82 mi	Tianchang	$613
132 km or 82 mi	Yangzhong	$603
136 km or 85 mi	Taixing	$636
146 km or 91 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
154 km or 96 mi	Yizheng	$592
155 km or 96 mi	Jingjiang	$643
160 km or 99 mi	Lianyungang	$536
164 km or 102 mi	Danyang	$607
166 km or 103 mi	Jiangyin	$657
172 km or 107 mi	Nantong	$602
173 km or 108 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
177 km or 110 mi	Changzhou	$702
181 km or 113 mi	Suqian	$620
184 km or 114 mi	Jurong	$621
193 km or 120 mi	Haimen	$631
197 km or 122 mi	Nanjing	$746
198 km or 123 mi	Xinyi	$572
202 km or 125 mi	Changshu	$645
204 km or 127 mi	Wuxi	$670
211 km or 131 mi	Mingguang	$587
223 km or 138 mi	Pizhou	$575
226 km or 141 mi	Qidong	$701
227 km or 141 mi	Yixing	$695
228 km or 142 mi	Liyang	$654
234 km or 145 mi	Rizhao	$566
234 km or 146 mi	Taicang	$665
237 km or 147 mi	Suzhou	$868
237 km or 147 mi	Kunshan	$700
248 km or 154 mi	Linyi	$541
250 km or 155 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
264 km or 164 mi	Bengbu	$505
275 km or 171 mi	Pudong	$984