Johannesburg vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Johannesburg	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1082	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2560	$2109
🏠 One person rent	$485	$458
🏘️ Family rent	$833	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$306	$285
🚐 Transport expenses	$206	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1614	$809
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	74	54
😀 Quality of life	62	65
🏙️ Population	4.43M	1.33M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 25% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 5031st and 6377th ($1082 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 16th in South Africa and Russia, respectively. Check South Africa vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Johannesburg ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Kazan ranked 5th in Russia, while ranked 5648th and 5213th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Kazan

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	Johannesburg	Kazan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$7.32
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.1	$39.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.03	$6.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.51	$3.66
☕ Cappuccino	$2.18	$2.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$1.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$351
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$824	$961
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$619
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.5	$62.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$94.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.5	$6.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.57%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1106	$3331
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$741	$2289
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.21	$0.53
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$24.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$3.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$0.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.06
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$10.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$4.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.4	$9.12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.4
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.13	$7.93
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$3.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.86	$4.56
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$23.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.33	$5.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.7	$10.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$6.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$65
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.1	$99.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5503	$14288

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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

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$693
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$772
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$681
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$641
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$755
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$709
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$686
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$635
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$692
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$796
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$719
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$536
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$537
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$658
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$802
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$714
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$698
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$725
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$783
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$615
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$758
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$548
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$650
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$765
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$695
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$672
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$692
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$620
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$863
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$754
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$544
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$678
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$898
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$763
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$843
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$917