Johannesburg vs Kazan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Johannesburg	Kazan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1204	$981
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2788	$2383
🏠 One person rent	$547	$506
🏘️ Family rent	$919	$864
🍽️ Food expenses	$351	$327
🚐 Transport expenses	$210	$58.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$420	$976
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	73	54
😀 Quality of life	60	64
🏙️ Population	4.8M	1.33M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 23% more expensive than in Kazan. Cities ranked 4745th and 5700th ($1204 vs $981) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 20th in South Africa and Russia, respectively. Check South Africa vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Johannesburg compared to 1 months in Kazan. Johannesburg ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Kazan ranked 4th in Russia, while ranked 5850th and 5282nd 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	$12.2	$9.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$46	$41.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.16	$6.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.44	$3.33
☕ Cappuccino	$2.41	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.2	$1.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$473	$639
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$385	$371
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$862	$1079
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$679	$658
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$106	$73.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$164	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$38.8	$7.66
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	10.88%	20.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1060	$4128
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$777	$2917
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.85	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$92.2	$26.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.38	$4.54
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.36	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.24	$0.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.81	$1.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.48	$1.93
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.99	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.77	$5.26
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.11	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.89	$1.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$2.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.07	$3.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.75	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.58	$1.81
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.1	$8.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.4	$3.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.66	$5.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.33	$2.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.25	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.36	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.8	$25.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$8.59	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$7.27	$7.15
👖 Brand Jeans	$57.1	$84.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$107	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$244	$297
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5103	$14895

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Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$1104
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$912
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$1031
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$851
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$784
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$997
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$1015
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$742
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$867
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$950
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$994
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$789
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$902
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$875
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$860
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$872
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$811
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$903
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$691
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$723
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$589
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$691
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$607
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$882
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$663
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$558
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$494
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$660
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$615
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$742
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$611
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$549
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$904
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$725
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$912
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$590
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1014
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$938
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$632
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$965

Cities near Kazan

Distance	City	Cost of living
120 km or 75 mi	Yoshkar-Ola	$754
122 km or 76 mi	Cheboksary	$749
170 km or 106 mi	Nizhnekamsk	$771
171 km or 106 mi	Ulyanovsk	$705
202 km or 125 mi	Naberezhnye Chelny	$868
224 km or 139 mi	Almetyevsk	$830
254 km or 158 mi	Tolyatti	$789
279 km or 173 mi	Izhevsk	$708
295 km or 183 mi	Syzran	$792
297 km or 185 mi	Samara	$845
308 km or 191 mi	Saransk	$834
314 km or 195 mi	Kirov	$648
323 km or 200 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$1051
355 km or 221 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$800
392 km or 243 mi	Penza	$614
426 km or 265 mi	Balakovo	$748
450 km or 279 mi	Ufa	$913
498 km or 310 mi	Perm	$791
500 km or 311 mi	Sterlitamak	$788
515 km or 320 mi	Salavat	$840
516 km or 321 mi	Saratov	$895
517 km or 321 mi	Ivanovo	$705
520 km or 323 mi	Engels	$873
528 km or 328 mi	Oral	$620
542 km or 337 mi	Vladimir	$821
544 km or 338 mi	Kostroma	$804
595 km or 370 mi	Orenburg	$812
600 km or 373 mi	Yaroslavl	$781
604 km or 375 mi	Tambov	$694
610 km or 379 mi	Ryazan	$771
661 km or 411 mi	Syktyvkar	$727
666 km or 414 mi	Elektrostal	$1066
668 km or 415 mi	Zlatoust	$757
669 km or 415 mi	Vologda	$626
672 km or 417 mi	Rybinsk	$786
692 km or 430 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
697 km or 433 mi	Balashikha	$1055
697 km or 433 mi	Miass	$780
700 km or 435 mi	Nizhny Tagil	$952
702 km or 436 mi	Lyubertsy	$1077