Gaborone vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$268	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$680
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	39	78
😀 Quality of life	56	66
🏙️ Population	236K	12.6M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 35% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 6941st and 8544th ($691 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 499th 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 1.3 months in Zhengzhou. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 5825th and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Zhengzhou

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	Gaborone	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591