Jaipur vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Jaipur	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$387	$1082
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$941	$2560
🏠 One person rent	$125	$485
🏘️ Family rent	$208	$833
🍽️ Food expenses	$155	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$70.5	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$341	$1614
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	53	74
😀 Quality of life	56	62
🏙️ Population	3.07M	4.43M

The cost of living in Jaipur is 64% less expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 9001st and 5031st ($387 vs $1082) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 31st and 4th in India and South Africa, respectively. Check India vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Jaipur compared to 1.5 months in Johannesburg. Jaipur ranked 37th best city to live in India vs Johannesburg ranked 1st in South Africa, while ranked 6222nd and 5648th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Jaipur vs Johannesburg

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	Jaipur	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.41	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.3	$38.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.63	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.83	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$2.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.39	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$131	$462
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$74.8	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$235	$824
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$131	$632
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$30.7	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$47.5	$122
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.09	$40.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.73%	11.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$973	$1106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$443	$741
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.34	$2.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.16	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.65	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$1.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$0.95	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.4	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$5.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.17	$7.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.82	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.5	$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.28	$1.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$1.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.22	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.94	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.09	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.96	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.96	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.57	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.34	$4.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.07	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.82	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$17	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.38	$7.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$9.02	$29.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.02	$6.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.5	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$42.5	$93.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$62.5	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1566	$5503

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Cities near Jaipur

Distance	City	Cost of living
104 km or 64 mi	Alwar	$260
106 km or 66 mi	Sikar	$335
132 km or 82 mi	Ajmer	$274
190 km or 118 mi	Mathura	$293
193 km or 120 mi	Kota	$333
207 km or 129 mi	Gurgaon	$514
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwani	$330
213 km or 133 mi	Bhilwara	$328
215 km or 134 mi	Agra	$388
219 km or 136 mi	Faridabad	$383
231 km or 144 mi	Rohtak	$248
233 km or 145 mi	Noida	$437
236 km or 146 mi	Delhi	$489
243 km or 151 mi	Aligarh	$304
244 km or 152 mi	Gwalior	$329
247 km or 154 mi	Ghaziabad	$372
249 km or 154 mi	Hisar	$262
257 km or 160 mi	Sonipat	$270
280 km or 174 mi	Bikaner	$290
284 km or 176 mi	Pali	$305
286 km or 178 mi	Jodhpur	$322
293 km or 182 mi	Meerut	$350
315 km or 196 mi	Jhansi	$345
322 km or 200 mi	Sambhal	$301
339 km or 211 mi	Udaipur	$315
354 km or 220 mi	Moradabad	$290
377 km or 234 mi	Saharanpur	$285
385 km or 239 mi	Bareilly	$290
408 km or 254 mi	Ratlam	$303
413 km or 256 mi	Patiala	$357
415 km or 258 mi	Ujjain	$264
425 km or 264 mi	Vidisha	$334
426 km or 265 mi	Rishikesh	$371
433 km or 269 mi	Dehradun	$388
434 km or 270 mi	Chandigarh	$373
437 km or 271 mi	Bhopal	$366
444 km or 276 mi	Ludhiana	$421
446 km or 277 mi	Kanpur	$320
467 km or 290 mi	Indore	$361
475 km or 295 mi	Burewala	$347

Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$984
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$890
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$984
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$826
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$740
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$892
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$975
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$706
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$875
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$940
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$838
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$830
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$808
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$762
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$833
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$637
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$668
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$637
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$599
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$827
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$607
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$469
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$650
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$577
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$598
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$514
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$861
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$908
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$536
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$915
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$892
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$587
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$915