Adelaide vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Adelaide	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2117	$1082
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4412	$2560
🏠 One person rent	$1269	$485
🏘️ Family rent	$1846	$833
🍽️ Food expenses	$544	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3276	$1614
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	50	74
😀 Quality of life	94	62
🏙️ Population	1.39M	4.43M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 96% more expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 1686th and 5031st ($2117 vs $1082) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 10th and 4th in Australia and South Africa, respectively. Check Australia vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Adelaide compared to 1.5 months in Johannesburg. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Johannesburg ranked 1st in South Africa, while ranked 65th and 5648th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Johannesburg

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	Adelaide	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.1	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$75.5	$38.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.61	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.27	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$3.66	$2.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.52	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1334	$462
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1047	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1976	$824
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1526	$632
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$117	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$182	$122
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$47.7	$40.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.31%	11.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7414	$1106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4859	$741
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.85	$2.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$75.3	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.3	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.35	$1.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.94	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.69	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.4	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.42	$5.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.5	$7.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.08	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.17	$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.16	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.46	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.1	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.34	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$20.9	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.2	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.83	$4.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.41	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.26	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.5	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$7.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$50	$29.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$16	$6.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$73.9	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$93.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$876	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6919	$5503

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1911
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1771
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1753
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1718
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1362
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1464
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1738
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1768
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2058
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1673
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1662
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1697
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2308
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1681
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1736
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1667
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1728
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1674
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1706
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1725
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1813
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1458
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2019
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1786
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1747
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1364
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1678
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1568
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1660
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1580
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1599
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1888
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2292
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2127
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2640
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2181
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1839
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1184
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1455
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1633

Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$984
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$890
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$984
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$826
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$740
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$892
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$975
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$706
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$875
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$940
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$838
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$830
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$808
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$762
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$833
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$637
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$668
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$637
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$599
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$827
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$607
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$469
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$650
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$577
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$598
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$514
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$861
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$908
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$536
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$915
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$892
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$587
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$915