Johannesburg vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$654
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$1619
🏠 One person rent	$487	$325
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$621
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$207
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$55
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$578
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	72	54
😀 Quality of life	58	60
🏙️ Population	4.43M	1.26M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 65% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 5069th and 7255th ($1079 vs $654) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 24th in South Africa and Russia, respectively. Check South Africa vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.9 months in Kazan. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Kazan ranked 6th in Russia, while ranked 5446th and 5204th 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	$9.91	$5.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$26.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$4.34
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$3.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$367
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$737
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$485
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$51.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$79.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$5.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	12.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$2473
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$1732
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$27
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$5.08
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$7.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$3.62
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$6.63
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.13
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$1.42
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$6.44
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$2.15
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$3.98
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$2.35
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$4.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$8.96
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$87.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$223
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$4225

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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 Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$541
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$536
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$484
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$556
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$540
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$513
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$620
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$522
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$589
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$376
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$463
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$514
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$562
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$567
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$559
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$422
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$484
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$518
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$498
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$519
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$530
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$616
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$507
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$503
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$508
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$515
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$480
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$660
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$539
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$480
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$623
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$633
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$531
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$537
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$797