Arlington vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$993
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$2403
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$441
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$809
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$288
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$1383
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	90	72
😀 Quality of life	73	57
🏙️ Population	394K	4.43M

The cost of living in Arlington is 90% more expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 2153rd and 5539th ($1883 vs $993) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th 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 1.4 months in Johannesburg. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Johannesburg ranked 2nd in South Africa, while ranked 1499th and 5667th 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	$9.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$37.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$2.37
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$2.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$790
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$71.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	11.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$1031
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$684
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$1.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$9.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$5.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$6.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$1.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$5.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$2.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$5.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$7.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$5.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$214
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$5271

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$953
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$837
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$923
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$785
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$678
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$807
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$906
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$672
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$820
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$889
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$784
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$795
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$768
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$748
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$780
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$665
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$691
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$664
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$562
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$763
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$628
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$442
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$621
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$631
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$567
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$540
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$814
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$964
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$583
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1068
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$809
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$624
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003