Arlington vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Arlington	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1856	$1082
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4502	$2560
🏠 One person rent	$1114	$485
🏘️ Family rent	$1920	$833
🍽️ Food expenses	$516	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.6	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3964	$1614
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	74
😀 Quality of life	77	62
🏙️ Population	394K	4.43M

The cost of living in Arlington is 72% more expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 2476th and 5031st ($1856 vs $1082) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1871st and 4th in the United States and South Africa, respectively. Check the United States vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.5 months in Johannesburg. Arlington ranked 405th best city to live in the United States vs Johannesburg ranked 1st in South Africa, while ranked 1375th and 5648th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Johannesburg

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	Arlington	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.6	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$49.3	$38.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.35	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.77	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$4.85	$2.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1284	$462
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$860	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2314	$824
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1533	$632
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$122
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.8	$40.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.52%	11.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2215	$1106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2107	$741
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$2.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.8	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.73	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.64	$1.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.24	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.48	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$5.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.8	$7.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$1.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$1.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.87	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$7.8	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.28	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.07	$4.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.47	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.05	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.1	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$7.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$29.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$6.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$49.2	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81	$93.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1210	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23378	$5503

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2130
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2133
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2139
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2135
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2140
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2138
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2133
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2140
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2217
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2183
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2179
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2136
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2133
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2184
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2108
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2143
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2200
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2190
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2144
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2162
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2447
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2145
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2223
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2222
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2287
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2145
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2199
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2038
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2187
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2185
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2250
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2315
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2246
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2176
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2199
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2497
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2268
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2216
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2369

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