Gaborone vs Zhoukou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Gaborone	Zhoukou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$691	$580
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1793	$1605
🏠 One person rent	$268	$183
🏘️ Family rent	$520	$313
🍽️ Food expenses	$287	$248
🚐 Transport expenses	$66	$62.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$373	$695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	119 km
🎓 Higher education	39	17
😀 Quality of life	56	38
🏙️ Population	236K	9.03M

The cost of living in Gaborone is 19% more expensive than in Zhoukou. Cities ranked 6941st and 7893rd ($691 vs $580) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 321st 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 1.2 months in Zhoukou. Gaborone ranked 1st best city to live in Botswana vs Zhoukou ranked 329th in China, while ranked 5825th and 7224th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Gaborone vs Zhoukou

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	Gaborone	Zhoukou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.24	$3.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$29.1	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.77	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.19	$0.97
☕ Cappuccino	$2.19	$3.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.79	$1.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$223	$161
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$133	$136
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$454
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$341	$205
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$41.7	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.4	$47
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$75.6	$11.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.07%	3.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1028	$3204
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$949	$1867
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.51	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.3	$18
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.9	$2.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$3.04
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.79	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.89
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.23	$2.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.31	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$1.91
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.4	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.68	$1.65
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$2.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.03
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$0.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.34	$1.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.11	$24.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.64	$0.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.65	$3.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$11.7	$3.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.46	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$1.65
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.95	$1.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34	$44.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.49	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19	$23.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.58	$4.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$41.1	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$76.6	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$171	$228
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4190	$14854

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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 Zhoukou

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
59 km or 36 mi	Luohe	$591
78 km or 49 mi	Jieshou	$591
88 km or 55 mi	Xuchang	$586
92 km or 57 mi	Zhumadian	$637
104 km or 65 mi	Changge	$547
110 km or 69 mi	Wugang	$571
120 km or 75 mi	Xinzheng	$538
123 km or 76 mi	Yuzhou	$552
125 km or 78 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
128 km or 80 mi	Shangqiu	$736
133 km or 83 mi	Kaifeng	$545
135 km or 84 mi	Fuyang	$633
154 km or 96 mi	Zhengzhou	$512
154 km or 96 mi	Xinmi	$528
170 km or 106 mi	Yongcheng	$600
173 km or 107 mi	Xingyang	$519
175 km or 109 mi	Xinyang	$655
175 km or 109 mi	Dengfeng	$529
177 km or 110 mi	Changyuan	$787
177 km or 110 mi	Ruzhou	$538
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$1385
197 km or 123 mi	Gongyi	$522
199 km or 123 mi	Xinxiang	$575
202 km or 125 mi	Huaibei	$584
205 km or 127 mi	Weihui	$571
208 km or 129 mi	Nanyang	$632
210 km or 131 mi	Yanshi	$509
215 km or 134 mi	Suzhou	$602
218 km or 136 mi	Huixian	$551
220 km or 137 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
223 km or 138 mi	Mengzhou	$505
226 km or 141 mi	Qinyang	$504
234 km or 146 mi	Luoyang	$505
236 km or 147 mi	Guangshui	$619
238 km or 148 mi	Hebi	$625
240 km or 149 mi	Puyang	$800
242 km or 150 mi	Zaoyang	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Suizhou	$621
245 km or 152 mi	Xuzhou	$484