Ahmedabad vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Ahmedabad	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$442	$1082
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1064	$2560
🏠 One person rent	$159	$485
🏘️ Family rent	$271	$833
🍽️ Food expenses	$183	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$55.3	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$310	$1614
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	57	74
😀 Quality of life	58	62
🏙️ Population	7.65M	4.43M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 59% less expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 8888th and 5031st ($442 vs $1082) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 16th and 4th in India and South Africa, respectively. Check India vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.5 months in Johannesburg. Ahmedabad ranked 28th best city to live in India vs Johannesburg ranked 1st in South Africa, while ranked 6115th and 5648th 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	$3.38	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.1	$38.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.48	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.99	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.08	$2.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$462
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$111	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$259	$824
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$200	$632
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.9	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.8	$122
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.39	$40.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.05%	11.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$909	$1106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$715	$741
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.23	$2.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$5.66	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.89	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.11	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.73	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.57	$1.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.07	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.28	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.75	$5.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$7.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.03	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.42	$1.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.47	$1.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.99	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.93	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.75	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.94	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.09	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$4.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.25	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.01	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.9	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.39	$7.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$22.9	$29.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.22	$6.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$22.4	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.6	$93.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$42.7	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1440	$5503

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$375
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$382
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$374
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$366
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$324
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$315
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$705
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$278
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$303
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$290
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$305
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$264
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$328
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$361
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$382
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$330
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$350
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$303
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$322
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$267
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$333
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$363
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$399
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$487
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$274
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$503
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$349
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$705
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$366
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$382
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$517
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$297
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$334
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$387
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$324
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$290
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$335

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