Fort Worth vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Fort Worth	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2195	$1079
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5551	$2553
🏠 One person rent	$1287	$487
🏘️ Family rent	$2412	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$608	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$156	$204
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4243	$1695
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	82	72
😀 Quality of life	89	58
🏙️ Population	919K	4.43M

The cost of living in Fort Worth is 103% more expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 1378th and 5069th ($2195 vs $1079) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1201st 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 1.9 months in Fort Worth compared to 1.6 months in Johannesburg. Fort Worth ranked 46th best city to live in the United States vs Johannesburg ranked 2nd in South Africa, while ranked 195th and 5446th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Fort Worth vs Johannesburg

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	Fort Worth	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.9	$9.91
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$59.9	$40.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$5.08
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.35	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$5.87	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.34	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1458	$405
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$985	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2295	$781
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2084	$657
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$72.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$111
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67	$44.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.63%	11.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2321	$1096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2018	$753
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.96	$1.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$80.3	$81.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.9	$10.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.93	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.32	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.7	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$2.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.1	$5.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.6	$6.49
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.11	$1.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.65	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.3	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.36	$1.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.3	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.27	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.85	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13	$6.14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.86	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.91	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.29	$6.05
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.89	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.3	$2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.92	$1.53
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39	$33.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.9	$7.67
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$97.9	$29.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$6.42
👖 Brand Jeans	$60.2	$51.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$90.8	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1825	$241
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22657	$5865

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Cities near Fort Worth

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Haltom	$2105
12 km or 7.5 mi	Saginaw	$2125
14 km or 8.8 mi	Benbrook	$2118
15 km or 9.3 mi	Watauga	$2127
15 km or 9.5 mi	North Richland Hills	$2122
17 km or 10 mi	Hurst	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Arlington	$1869
21 km or 13 mi	Bedford	$2096
21 km or 13 mi	Keller	$2103
22 km or 14 mi	Colleyville	$2103
25 km or 15 mi	Burleson	$2158
25 km or 15 mi	Euless	$2085
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2111
28 km or 17 mi	Mansfield	$2299
30 km or 19 mi	Grand Prairie	$2085
30 km or 19 mi	Grapevine	$2022
36 km or 23 mi	Irving	$1887
37 km or 23 mi	Coppell	$2122
39 km or 24 mi	Flower Mound	$2140
41 km or 25 mi	Cedar Hill	$2170
41 km or 26 mi	Duncanville	$2159
42 km or 26 mi	Weatherford	$2087
44 km or 27 mi	Lewisville	$2102
45 km or 28 mi	Midlothian	$2189
45 km or 28 mi	Cleburne	$2145
47 km or 29 mi	Farmers Branch	$2187
48 km or 30 mi	DeSoto	$2175
49 km or 30 mi	Carrollton	$2236
49 km or 30 mi	Dallas	$2550
49 km or 31 mi	Corinth	$2196
52 km or 32 mi	University Park	$2243
54 km or 34 mi	Denton	$2071
55 km or 34 mi	Lancaster	$2188
56 km or 35 mi	The Colony	$2336
58 km or 36 mi	Little Elm	$2284
60 km or 38 mi	Waxahachie	$2173
62 km or 39 mi	Richardson	$2282
63 km or 39 mi	Plano	$2506
65 km or 40 mi	Frisco	$2602
67 km or 42 mi	Balch Springs	$2150

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