Arlington vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Arlington	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1869	$1079
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4760	$2553
🏠 One person rent	$1103	$487
🏘️ Family rent	$2064	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$531	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$93.4	$204
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4278	$1695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	72
😀 Quality of life	74	58
🏙️ Population	394K	4.43M

The cost of living in Arlington is 73% more expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 2251st and 5069th ($1869 vs $1079) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1793rd and 3rd 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 2.3 months in Arlington compared to 1.6 months in Johannesburg. Arlington ranked 339th best city to live in the United States vs Johannesburg ranked 2nd in South Africa, while ranked 1283rd and 5446th 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	$16.2	$9.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.6	$40.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.36	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.42	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$5.13	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.51	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1268	$405
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$853	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1869	$781
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1827	$657
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$113	$72.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$44.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.72%	11.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2211	$1096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2177	$753
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.24	$1.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$81.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.79	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.91	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.88	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.64	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.33	$5.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.1	$6.49
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$1.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.34	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.42	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.86	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$6.14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.12	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.27	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.81	$6.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.13	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.99	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.2	$33.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.4	$7.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$29.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.8	$6.42
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.9	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.6	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1468	$241
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21580	$5865

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2085
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2299
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2100
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2096
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2085
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2105
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2122
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1887
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2103
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2195
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2159
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2170
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2127
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2022
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2158
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2103
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2111
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2175
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2189
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2125
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2122
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2550
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2118
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2187
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2188
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2243
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2140
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2236
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2102
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2173
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2145
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2150
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2282
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2336
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2196
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2061
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2506
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2284
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2602

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