Cape Town vs Yokohama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Cape Town	Yokohama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1120	$1385
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2628	$3419
🏠 One person rent	$603	$623
🏘️ Family rent	$1117	$1118
🍽️ Food expenses	$284	$402
🚐 Transport expenses	$137	$247
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1545	$2652
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	55	96
😀 Quality of life	59	97
🏙️ Population	3.78M	3.76M

The cost of living in Cape Town is 19% less expensive than in Yokohama. Cities ranked 4849th and 4132nd ($1120 vs $1385) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 18th in South Africa and Japan, respectively. Check South Africa vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Cape Town compared to 1.9 months in Yokohama. Cape Town ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Yokohama ranked 2nd in Japan, while ranked 5407th and 10th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Cape Town vs Yokohama infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/cape-town/yokohama.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Cape Town vs Yokohama infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/cape-town/yokohama" target="_blank">Cape Town vs Yokohama - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Cape Town vs Yokohama

Prices for goods and services in Cape Town and Yokohama are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Cape Town	Yokohama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.8	$7.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34	$35.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.15	$5.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.53	$2.28
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$2.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.04	$1.19
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$705	$677
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$452	$452
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1367	$1300
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$889	$851
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$59	$90.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.3	$141
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$41.1	$35.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.61%	1.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1902	$6813
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1292	$3020
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$1.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$45.3	$62.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.91	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.36	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.1	$1.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.67	$2.36
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.88	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.96	$6.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.13	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.58	$5.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$3.18
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$4.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.02
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.57	$7.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$1.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.99	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.24	$12.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.42	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.24	$1.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.59	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.2	$49.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.5	$14.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$38.2	$38.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.4	$22.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.1	$40.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$201	$285
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4270	$12546

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$850
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$649
371 km or 231 mi	George	$790
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$901
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$970
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$741
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$792
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$953
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$859
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1286
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$703
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$581
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$627
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$862
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$774
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$832
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$788
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$809
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$779
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$692
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$690
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$717
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$971
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$943
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$718
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$654
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$874
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$840
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$997
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$834
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$818
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$790

Cities near Yokohama

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Kawasaki	$1187
12 km or 7.7 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1080
15 km or 9.1 mi	Kamakura	$1079
16 km or 10 mi	Zushi	$1070
17 km or 10 mi	Fujisawa	$1115
17 km or 11 mi	Yamato	$1037
18 km or 11 mi	Hayama	$1079
19 km or 12 mi	Ayase	$976
21 km or 13 mi	Yokosuka	$1153
21 km or 13 mi	Machida	$1070
21 km or 13 mi	Zama	$982
22 km or 14 mi	Ebina	$942
23 km or 14 mi	Komae	$1112
23 km or 15 mi	Chigasaki	$1062
24 km or 15 mi	Samukawa	$1003
24 km or 15 mi	Atsugi	$983
25 km or 15 mi	Futtsu	$1085
26 km or 16 mi	Chofu	$1124
26 km or 16 mi	Inagi	$1071
26 km or 16 mi	Kisarazu	$1082
27 km or 17 mi	Kimitsu	$1081
28 km or 17 mi	Tama	$1057
28 km or 18 mi	Sagamihara	$1060
29 km or 18 mi	Mitaka	$1133
29 km or 18 mi	Tokyo	$1641
29 km or 18 mi	Isehara	$988
29 km or 18 mi	Hiratsuka	$1069
29 km or 18 mi	Sodegaura	$1086
30 km or 18 mi	Fuchu	$1106
30 km or 19 mi	Aikawa	$1001
32 km or 20 mi	Koganei	$1084
32 km or 20 mi	Miura	$1079
32 km or 20 mi	Musashino	$1121
32 km or 20 mi	Oiso	$1034
33 km or 20 mi	Kunitachi	$1073
34 km or 21 mi	Nishitokyo	$1113
34 km or 21 mi	Hino	$1102
34 km or 21 mi	Urayasu	$1096
35 km or 21 mi	Kokubunji	$1075
35 km or 22 mi	Tachikawa	$1092