Johannesburg vs Linyi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Johannesburg	Linyi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$993	$541
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2403	$1501
🏠 One person rent	$441	$173
🏘️ Family rent	$809	$358
🍽️ Food expenses	$288	$214
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$71.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1383	$693
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	72	22
😀 Quality of life	57	39
🏙️ Population	4.43M	11M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 84% more expensive than in Linyi. Cities ranked 5539th and 8318th ($993 vs $541) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 447th in South Africa and China, respectively. Check South Africa vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Johannesburg compared to 1.3 months in Linyi. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Linyi ranked 264th in China, while ranked 5667th and 7039th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Linyi

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	Johannesburg	Linyi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.65	$3.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.9	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$6.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$3.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$137
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$80.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$790	$308
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$627	$219
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.9	$75.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$116
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.5	$5.47
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.55%	3.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1031	$3538
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$684	$1033
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.62	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72	$18.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.35	$3.77
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$1.09
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$0.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$6.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.82
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.96	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$0.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.97	$4.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.59	$4.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$4.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$1.52
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$1.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$18.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.2	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$36.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.55	$3.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$68.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$76.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$214	$197
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5271	$6168

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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 Linyi

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$548
77 km or 48 mi	Xinyi	$572
85 km or 53 mi	Pizhou	$575
93 km or 58 mi	Lianyungang	$536
107 km or 66 mi	Rizhao	$566
107 km or 67 mi	Xintai	$578
109 km or 67 mi	Tengzhou	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Suqian	$620
137 km or 85 mi	Qufu	$593
138 km or 86 mi	Xuzhou	$484
139 km or 86 mi	Laiwu	$575
143 km or 89 mi	Zhucheng	$561
160 km or 100 mi	Anqiu	$514
166 km or 103 mi	Jining	$643
170 km or 106 mi	Tai'an	$561
175 km or 109 mi	Zoucheng	$660
182 km or 113 mi	Qingzhou	$543
188 km or 117 mi	Huaibei	$584
188 km or 117 mi	Huai'an	$668
189 km or 118 mi	Feicheng	$571
193 km or 120 mi	Zibo	$504
194 km or 121 mi	Gaomi	$564
196 km or 122 mi	Weifang	$433
197 km or 122 mi	Jiaozhou	$574
203 km or 126 mi	Suzhou	$602
206 km or 128 mi	Shouguang	$531
208 km or 129 mi	Zouping	$553
214 km or 133 mi	Yongcheng	$600
217 km or 135 mi	Jinan	$616
220 km or 137 mi	Qingdao	$612
220 km or 137 mi	Changyi	$494
240 km or 149 mi	Pingdu	$569
248 km or 154 mi	Yancheng	$900
253 km or 157 mi	Bengbu	$505
255 km or 159 mi	Mingguang	$587
256 km or 159 mi	Shangqiu	$736
258 km or 161 mi	Yucheng	$577
260 km or 161 mi	Binzhou	$815
263 km or 163 mi	Liaocheng	$522
265 km or 165 mi	Heze	$1385