Johannesburg vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Johannesburg	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$993	$850
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2403	$2107
🏠 One person rent	$441	$445
🏘️ Family rent	$809	$817
🍽️ Food expenses	$288	$252
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1383	$571
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	72	71
😀 Quality of life	57	64
🏙️ Population	4.43M	2.95M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 17% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 5539th and 6262nd ($993 vs $850) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in South Africa and Ukraine, respectively. Check South Africa vs Ukraine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.7 months in Kyiv. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Kyiv ranked 1st in Ukraine, while ranked 5667th and 4484th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Kyiv

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	Johannesburg	Kyiv
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.65	$7.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.9	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$6.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$515
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$336
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$790	$1066
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$627	$617
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.9	$67.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.5	$6.37
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.55%	18.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1031	$2228
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$684	$1274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.62	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.35	$5.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$1.31
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.19
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$4.21
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$2.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.96	$5.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.97	$2.49
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.59	$4.21
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.2	$5.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$16.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.55	$9.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$73.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$95.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$214	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5271	$7184

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Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$953
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$837
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$923
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$785
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$678
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$807
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$906
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$672
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$820
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$889
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$784
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$795
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$768
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$748
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$780
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$665
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$691
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$664
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$562
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$763
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$628
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$442
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$621
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$631
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$567
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$540
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$814
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$964
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$583
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1068
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$809
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$624
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003

Cities near Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$433
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$549
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$455
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$440
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$444
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$863
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$394
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$490
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$486
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$438
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$486
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$876
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$435
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$829
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$462
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$605
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$780
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$510
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$474
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$718
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$892
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$517
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$513
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$506
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$502
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$727
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1062
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$490
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$840
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$552
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$517
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$727
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$709
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$570