Johannesburg vs Kyiv - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Kyiv
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$795
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$1960
🏠 One person rent	$487	$419
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$753
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$58
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$529
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	72	70
😀 Quality of life	58	64
🏙️ Population	4.43M	2.95M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 36% more expensive than in Kyiv. Cities ranked 5069th and 6450th ($1079 vs $795) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 1.6 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 5446th and 4556th 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	$9.91	$7.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$36.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$6.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$518
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$313
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$997
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$569
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$59.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$92.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$5.57
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	18.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$2412
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$1325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$9.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$4.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$8.69
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$4.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$6.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.54
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.77
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$4.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$2.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$2.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$24.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$4.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$18.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$7.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$65.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$89.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$365
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$7166

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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 Kyiv

Distance	City	Cost of living
78 km or 49 mi	Bila Tserkva	$420
129 km or 80 mi	Chernihiv	$422
134 km or 83 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
157 km or 97 mi	Cherkasy	$432
200 km or 124 mi	Vinnytsia	$545
224 km or 139 mi	Gomel	$469
250 km or 155 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$514
258 km or 160 mi	Kremenchuk	$421
277 km or 172 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$490
302 km or 188 mi	Soroca	$909
302 km or 188 mi	Rivne	$418
305 km or 189 mi	Poltava	$473
305 km or 190 mi	Sumy	$449
313 km or 195 mi	Babruysk	$437
349 km or 217 mi	Kryvyi Rih	$516
354 km or 220 mi	Balti	$956
360 km or 224 mi	Pinsk	$437
363 km or 226 mi	Orhei	$860
365 km or 227 mi	Ternopil	$457
366 km or 227 mi	Kamianske	$576
368 km or 228 mi	Dubasari	$806
368 km or 229 mi	Lutsk	$487
385 km or 239 mi	Mogilev	$467
392 km or 243 mi	Dnipro	$679
402 km or 250 mi	Chisinau	$876
402 km or 250 mi	Mykolaiv	$375
406 km or 252 mi	Tiraspol	$491
408 km or 254 mi	Bryansk	$450
409 km or 254 mi	Kharkiv	$503
409 km or 254 mi	Bender	$537
410 km or 255 mi	Chernivtsi	$515
411 km or 255 mi	Botosani	$780
412 km or 256 mi	Ungheni	$1131
420 km or 261 mi	Kursk	$457
424 km or 263 mi	Iasi	$873
430 km or 267 mi	Belgorod	$451
431 km or 268 mi	Baranavichy	$516
434 km or 269 mi	Minsk	$717
440 km or 273 mi	Suceava	$748
441 km or 274 mi	Barysaw	$563