Gaborone vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Gaborone	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$718	$740
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1866	$1909
🏠 One person rent	$285	$368
🏘️ Family rent	$562	$494
🍽️ Food expenses	$303	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.2	$63.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$375	$1155
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	39	49
😀 Quality of life	55	52
🏙️ Population	236K	7.1M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 3% less expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 6827th and 6718th ($718 vs $740) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 59th 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 1.6 months in Yantai. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Yantai ranked 49th in China, while ranked 5800th and 6113th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Yantai

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	Gaborone	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.62	$3.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.5	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.14	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.28	$1.77
☕ Cappuccino	$2.42	$3.65
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.85	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$235	$345
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$135	$305
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$580	$377
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$369	$425
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.7	$43.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$57.7	$67.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$92.5	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.17%	4.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1023	$3928
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$938	$7710
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.54	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.8	$9.94
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.9	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.15	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.35	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.21
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.36	$1.37
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.92	$14.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$4.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.27	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.6	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.97	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.73	$0.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.75	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$12.9	$4.51
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.73	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.55	$0.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.13	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$23.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.83	$4.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$20	$25.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.83	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$42.5	$84.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67	$83.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$197	$562
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3828	$24056

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Cities near Gaborone

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Molepolole	$654
67 km or 42 mi	Lobatse	$692
67 km or 42 mi	Kanye	$690
136 km or 84 mi	Mmabatho	$809
174 km or 108 mi	Rustenburg	$943
196 km or 122 mi	Mahalapye	$663
215 km or 134 mi	Brits	$848
257 km or 160 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
258 km or 160 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
259 km or 161 mi	Pretoria	$909
264 km or 164 mi	Randburg	$874
265 km or 165 mi	Palapye	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Centurion	$838
266 km or 165 mi	Soweto	$971
266 km or 165 mi	Serowe	$600
269 km or 167 mi	Sandton	$997
275 km or 171 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
296 km or 184 mi	Benoni	$822
298 km or 185 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
302 km or 188 mi	Vereeniging	$717
310 km or 193 mi	Springs	$696
358 km or 222 mi	Kroonstad	$788
379 km or 235 mi	Welkom	$774
380 km or 236 mi	Middelburg	$841
407 km or 253 mi	Bethal	$819
421 km or 261 mi	Francistown	$585
468 km or 291 mi	Kimberley	$859
495 km or 308 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
514 km or 319 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
531 km or 330 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
540 km or 336 mi	Maseru	$627
559 km or 347 mi	Mbabane	$623
569 km or 354 mi	Bulawayo	$756
584 km or 363 mi	Manzini	$459
589 km or 366 mi	Mafeteng	$581
597 km or 371 mi	Vryheid	$791
628 km or 390 mi	Upington	$741
675 km or 419 mi	Matola	$1003
685 km or 425 mi	Maputo	$1116
705 km or 438 mi	Gweru	$761

Cities near Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$674
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$663
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$656
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$653
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$674
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$649
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$655
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$645
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$657
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$623
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$618
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$761
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$640
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$608
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$536
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$501
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$558
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$605
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$579
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$748
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$667
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$578
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$610
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$869
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$526
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$605
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$720
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$581
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$677
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$565
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$602
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$608
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$700
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$668
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$627
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$693
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$588
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$684
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$742