Gaborone vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Gaborone	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$668	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1648	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$243	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$391	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$297	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.1	$60.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$382	$575
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	39	77
😀 Quality of life	61	68
🏙️ Population	236K	12.6M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 33% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 7301st and 8651st ($668 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 491st 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 1.1 months in Zhengzhou. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Zhengzhou ranked 36th in China, while ranked 5842nd and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Gaborone vs Zhengzhou infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/gaborone/zhengzhou.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Gaborone vs Zhengzhou infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/gaborone/zhengzhou" target="_blank">Gaborone vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Gaborone vs Zhengzhou

Prices for goods and services in Gaborone and Zhengzhou are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Gaborone	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.79	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$28.4	$17
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.66	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$0.78
☕ Cappuccino	$2.17	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.76	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$222	$176
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$137	$138
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$402	$311
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$249	$252
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.5	$35.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$61.1	$54.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.7	$9.48
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.04%	4.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1000	$2753
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$994	$1340
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.5	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29	$10.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$19.2	$3.64
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.82	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.74	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.22	$0.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.45	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.87	$2.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.22	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.78	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.55	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.57	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.24	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.48	$0.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.55	$2.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.5	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.31	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.89	$1.05
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$30.5	$45.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.36	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$18.1	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.46	$4.48
👖 Brand Jeans	$43.2	$55.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$67.6	$65.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$138	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3401	$19556

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$513
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$518
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$522
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$517
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$516
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$478
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$502
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$517
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$523
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$506
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$511
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$510
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$506
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$507
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$503
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$525
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$515
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$572
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$537
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$513
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$527
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$553
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$551
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$534
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$582
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$484
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$526
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$585
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$689
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$807
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$598
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$580
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$552
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$581
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$543
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$518
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$563