Guatemala City vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Guatemala City	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1070	$993
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2666	$2403
🏠 One person rent	$503	$441
🏘️ Family rent	$971	$809
🍽️ Food expenses	$383	$288
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.1	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$457	$1383
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	55	72
😀 Quality of life	50	57
🏙️ Population	1.21M	4.43M

The cost of living in Guatemala City is 8% more expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 5029th and 5539th ($1070 vs $993) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Guatemala and South Africa, respectively. Check Guatemala vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Guatemala City compared to 1.4 months in Johannesburg. Guatemala City ranked 1st best city to live in Guatemala vs Johannesburg ranked 2nd in South Africa, while ranked 6217th and 5667th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Guatemala City vs Johannesburg 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/guatemala-city/johannesburg.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Guatemala City vs Johannesburg infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/guatemala-city/johannesburg" target="_blank">Guatemala City vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Guatemala City vs Johannesburg

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

	Guatemala City	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.19	$9.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$50	$37.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.46	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.9	$2.37
☕ Cappuccino	$3.35	$2.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.23	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$610	$377
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$362	$318
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1350	$790
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$730	$627
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.7	$71.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$73.2	$110
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.9	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.34%	11.55%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1636	$1031
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1002	$684
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.17	$1.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$13.6	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.77	$9.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.08	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.04	$1.18
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.29	$0.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$1.36
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.55	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.63	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.92	$5.04
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$6.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.74	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.76	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.41	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.96	$1.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.54	$1.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$1.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.73	$5.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.85	$1.25
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.62	$2.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.08	$5.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.97	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.66	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.93	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$49.5	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.73	$7.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.1	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$5.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$46.4	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$214	$214
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5937	$5271

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Guatemala City

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Mixco	$653
13 km or 7.9 mi	San Miguel Petapa	$941
58 km or 36 mi	Jalapa	$936
69 km or 43 mi	Panajachel	$819
99 km or 61 mi	Coban	$916
105 km or 65 mi	Mazatenango	$886
106 km or 66 mi	Ahuachapan	$1449
107 km or 66 mi	Momostenango	$881
109 km or 68 mi	Quetzaltenango	$784
128 km or 79 mi	Santa Ana	$698
132 km or 82 mi	Sonsonate	$884
169 km or 105 mi	Santa Tecla	$1194
170 km or 106 mi	Apopa	$1160
171 km or 106 mi	Mejicanos	$1175
175 km or 109 mi	Soyapango	$1182
176 km or 109 mi	San Salvador	$1204
190 km or 118 mi	Tapachula	$632
264 km or 164 mi	Usulutan	$1083
267 km or 166 mi	Flores	$878
281 km or 174 mi	Villanueva	$897
282 km or 175 mi	San Miguel	$1088
285 km or 177 mi	San Pedro Sula	$1047
294 km or 183 mi	Choloma	$719
295 km or 183 mi	La Lima	$897
306 km or 190 mi	El Progreso	$903
310 km or 193 mi	Comayagua	$753
310 km or 193 mi	Puerto Cortes	$788
323 km or 201 mi	San Ignacio	$1034
327 km or 203 mi	San Cristobal de las Casas	$667
349 km or 217 mi	Belmopan	$973
362 km or 225 mi	Tegucigalpa	$863
366 km or 227 mi	Tuxtla Gutierrez	$619
369 km or 229 mi	Yoro	$755
371 km or 230 mi	Balancan	$728
407 km or 253 mi	Belize City	$883
422 km or 262 mi	La Ceiba	$626
428 km or 266 mi	Chinandega	$638
439 km or 273 mi	Caye Caulker	$1581
454 km or 282 mi	Villahermosa	$869
459 km or 285 mi	San Pedro Town	$1358

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