Johannesburg vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$487	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$188
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	72	29
😀 Quality of life	58	13
🏙️ Population	4.43M	4.27M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 80% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 5069th and 7801st ($1079 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in South Africa and Afghanistan, respectively. Check South Africa vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 5446th and 9123rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Kabul

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	Johannesburg	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$1452

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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

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487