Gaborone vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$697
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$1685
🏠 One person rent	$243	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$478
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$228
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$59.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$1071
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	39	49
😀 Quality of life	61	56
🏙️ Population	236K	7.1M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 4% less expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 7301st and 7113th ($668 vs $697) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 51st 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Yantai ranked 57th in China, while ranked 5842nd and 6213th 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	$9.79	$2.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$415
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$41.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$64.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	3.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$3023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$6096
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$3.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$2.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.36
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$4.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$3.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$4.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$22.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$4.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$24.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$74.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$81.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$12503

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$620
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$592
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$592
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$590
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$485
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$586
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$592
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$573
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$541
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$565
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$549
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$626
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$678
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$468
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$520
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$507
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$448
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$521
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$542
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$576
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$654
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$563
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$558
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$741
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$548
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$562
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$614
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$537
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$561
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$563
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$641
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$580
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$565
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$619
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$537
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$616
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$688