Gaborone vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$682
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1767
🏠 One person rent	$268	$329
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$473
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$223
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$56.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$1049
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	39	49
😀 Quality of life	56	51
🏙️ Population	236K	7.1M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 1% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 6941st and 6983rd ($691 vs $682) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 66th 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 1.5 months in Yantai. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Yantai ranked 53rd in China, while ranked 5825th and 6160th 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	$7.24	$2.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$18.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$3.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$368
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$411
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$38.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$59.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	4.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$3344
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$5975
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$8.96
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$3.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$14.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.34
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.07
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$1.23
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$0.87
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$14.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.82
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$3.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$2.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$22.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$4.88
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$24.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$3.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$72.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$333
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$23251

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$622
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$609
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$606
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$605
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$610
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$600
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$605
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$594
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$596
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$578
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$569
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$612
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$644
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$564
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$494
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$433
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$514
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$561
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$531
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$689
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$585
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$543
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$566
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$815
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$504
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$543
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$553
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$635
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$517
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$575
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$578
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$665
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$638
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$574
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$655
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$536
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$642
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$702