Ahmedabad vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ahmedabad	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$471	$1079
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1155	$2553
🏠 One person rent	$182	$487
🏘️ Family rent	$340	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.5	$204
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$517	$1695
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	56	72
😀 Quality of life	54	58
🏙️ Population	7.65M	4.43M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 56% less expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 8798th and 5069th ($471 vs $1079) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 3rd in India and South Africa, respectively. Check India vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.6 months in Johannesburg. Ahmedabad ranked 18th best city to live in India vs Johannesburg ranked 2nd in South Africa, while ranked 5969th and 5446th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Johannesburg

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	Ahmedabad	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.99	$9.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.3	$40.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.18	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.6	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$405
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$134	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$376	$781
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$251	$657
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.5	$72.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.2	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$44.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.06%	11.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1192	$1096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$753
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$1.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.83	$81.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.43	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$5.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.96	$6.49
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.06	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$6.14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.17	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.16	$6.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.96	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.2	$33.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.88	$7.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.8	$29.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.37	$6.42
👖 Brand Jeans	$25	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.1	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$70.4	$241
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1837	$5865

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$399
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$402
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$406
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$391
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$326
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$347
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$785
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$284
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$327
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$295
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$338
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$285
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$360
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$379
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$394
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$344
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$346
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$357
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$375
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$288
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$368
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$396
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$484
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$299
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$406
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$716
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$376
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$367
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$315
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$519
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$304
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$337
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$395
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$341
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$268
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$371

Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$997
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$874
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$971
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$822
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$696
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$838
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$909
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$717
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$848
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$943
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$819
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$841
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$774
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$809
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$692
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$718
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$690
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$623
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$791
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$654
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$459
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$627
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$663
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$581
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$554
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$859
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$1003
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$600
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1116
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$834
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$585
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1045