Cape Town vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cape Town	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1071	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2522	$1992
🏠 One person rent	$582	$409
🏘️ Family rent	$1083	$1100
🍽️ Food expenses	$273	$201
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$50.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1532	$903
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	56	82
😀 Quality of life	58	69
🏙️ Population	3.78M	15.4M

The cost of living in Cape Town is 50% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 5016th and 6818th ($1071 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in South Africa and India, respectively. Check South Africa vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Cape Town compared to 1.3 months in Mumbai. Cape Town ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Mumbai ranked 1st in India, while ranked 5491st and 2865th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cape Town vs Mumbai

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	Cape Town	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.4	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$32.1	$20.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.87	$4.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.58	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.03	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$677	$586
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$435	$315
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1304	$1749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$863	$869
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59.9	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$93.1	$46.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.9	$8.78
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.89%	9.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1804	$6631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1180	$3058
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.09	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39	$4.59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.47	$2.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.08	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.03	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.33	$7.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.24	$7.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.45	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.43	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.48	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.39	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.02	$4.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.02	$1.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.17	$3.75
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.11	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$34.4	$26.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.22	$4.62
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.7	$24.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.05	$2.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$51	$29.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$204	$107
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4806	$3007

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Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$1147
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$619
371 km or 231 mi	George	$743
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$840
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$699
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$763
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$915
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$814
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1332
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$766
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$567
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$621
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$852
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$748
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$827
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$768
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$780
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$792
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$665
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$664
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$672
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$923
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$889
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$691
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$628
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$993
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$837
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$862
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$953
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$809
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$813
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$740

Cities near Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$501
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$381
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$284
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$513
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$333
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$304
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$286
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$771
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$378
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$307
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$292
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$293
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$348
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$376
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$340
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$473
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$397
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$401
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$492
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$382
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$311
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$430
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$371
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$333
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$359
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$250
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$315
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$295
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$389
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$367
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$311
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$294
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$296