Houston vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Houston	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2221	$908
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5469	$2207
🏠 One person rent	$1319	$403
🏘️ Family rent	$2448	$738
🍽️ Food expenses	$557	$254
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$173
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4662	$1428
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	100	72
😀 Quality of life	92	61
🏙️ Population	2.3M	4.43M

The cost of living in Houston is 145% more expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 1234th and 5921st ($2221 vs $908) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1107th and 1st 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 2.1 months in Houston compared to 1.6 months in Johannesburg. Houston ranked 11th best city to live in the United States vs Johannesburg ranked 1st in South Africa, while ranked 86th and 5184th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

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

Prices in Houston vs Johannesburg

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

	Houston	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.4	$7.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$72	$35.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.98	$4.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.63	$2.09
☕ Cappuccino	$5.34	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.46	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1372	$350
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1066	$277
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3100	$667
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1960	$564
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$125	$71.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$191	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$67.9	$39.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.74%	11.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4081	$840
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3710	$689
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.26	$1.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$63.9	$66
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.5	$9.26
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.8	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.06	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.07	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.95	$2.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.7	$7.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.1	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.7	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$1.5
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.42	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.84	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.63	$1.31
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$1.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.49	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.14	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15	$5.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.06	$1.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.31	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.05	$3.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.42	$3.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.96	$1.91
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.04	$1.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.1	$31.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.9	$6.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$103	$27.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$6.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.9	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$104	$83.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1282	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23011	$4829

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Houston

Distance	City	Cost of living
22 km or 14 mi	Pasadena	$2141
25 km or 15 mi	Pearland	$2118
25 km or 16 mi	Missouri	$2128
27 km or 17 mi	Deer Park	$2132
29 km or 18 mi	Sugar Land	$2148
32 km or 20 mi	Spring	$2126
33 km or 21 mi	Friendswood	$2107
35 km or 22 mi	La Porte	$2115
40 km or 25 mi	Baytown	$2123
41 km or 25 mi	League	$2125
42 km or 26 mi	Alvin	$2055
47 km or 29 mi	Rosenberg	$2136
48 km or 30 mi	The Woodlands	$2737
59 km or 37 mi	Texas City	$2023
62 km or 38 mi	Conroe	$1801
76 km or 47 mi	Galveston	$1919
81 km or 50 mi	Lake Jackson	$2080
108 km or 67 mi	Huntsville	$1988
126 km or 78 mi	Beaumont	$1694
129 km or 80 mi	College Station	$1829
138 km or 86 mi	Bryan	$1925
140 km or 87 mi	Port Arthur	$1879
186 km or 115 mi	Lufkin	$1778
188 km or 117 mi	Victoria	$2220
203 km or 126 mi	Sulphur	$1975
215 km or 134 mi	Lake Charles	$1915
217 km or 135 mi	Nacogdoches	$1445
229 km or 142 mi	Pflugerville	$2179
234 km or 145 mi	Austin	$2590
236 km or 146 mi	Round Rock	$2095
239 km or 149 mi	Temple	$2066
242 km or 150 mi	Kyle	$2150
242 km or 150 mi	Georgetown	$2146
247 km or 153 mi	San Marcos	$2093
249 km or 155 mi	Cedar Park	$2191
250 km or 156 mi	Seguin	$2146
254 km or 158 mi	Leander	$2190
261 km or 162 mi	Waco	$2071
262 km or 163 mi	Harker Heights	$1989
264 km or 164 mi	New Braunfels	$2175

Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$889
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$776
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$875
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$741
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$631
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$755
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$783
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$637
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$751
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$845
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$866
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$701
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$682
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$719
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$631
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$656
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$633
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$558
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$739
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$603
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$447
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$535
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$605
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$511
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$511
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$753
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$978
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$554
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1084
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$780
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$550
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$952