Brisbane vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Brisbane	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2491	$1079
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5397	$2553
🏠 One person rent	$1506	$487
🏘️ Family rent	$2275	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$280	$204
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4184	$1695
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	66	72
😀 Quality of life	97	58
🏙️ Population	2.36M	4.43M

The cost of living in Brisbane is 131% more expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 781st and 5069th ($2491 vs $1079) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 3rd in Australia and South Africa, respectively. Check Australia vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Brisbane compared to 1.6 months in Johannesburg. Brisbane ranked 4th best city to live in Australia vs Johannesburg ranked 2nd in South Africa, while ranked 15th and 5446th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Brisbane vs Johannesburg

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	Brisbane	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14	$9.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$83.5	$40.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.5	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.26	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$3.81	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.77	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1542	$405
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1283	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2771	$781
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1860	$657
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$72.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$178	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$44.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.33%	11.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7907	$1096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5572	$753
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.99	$1.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$145	$81.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.4	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.42	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.1	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.52	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.96	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.74	$5.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.7	$6.49
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$1.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.92	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.71	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.84	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.95	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$6.14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$27.8	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$6.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.28	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.28	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.33	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$55.1	$33.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.8	$7.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$61.4	$29.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.3	$6.42
👖 Brand Jeans	$74.3	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1752	$241
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9531	$5865

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Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876

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