Johannesburg vs Linyi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Johannesburg	Linyi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$908	$566
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2207	$1489
🏠 One person rent	$403	$180
🏘️ Family rent	$738	$315
🍽️ Food expenses	$254	$228
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$70.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1428	$556
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	72	22
😀 Quality of life	61	41
🏙️ Population	4.43M	11M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 60% more expensive than in Linyi. Cities ranked 5921st and 7973rd ($908 vs $566) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 430th in South Africa and China, respectively. Check South Africa vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 1 months in Linyi. Johannesburg ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Linyi ranked 312th in China, while ranked 5184th and 7031st 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	$7.41	$4.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.4	$24.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.44	$6.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.98	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$350	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$277	$87.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$280
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$564	$166
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.1	$75.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.6	$9.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.12%	5.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$840	$3967
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$689	$966
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.78	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66	$18.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.26	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.11	$1.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$3.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.16
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.33	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$0.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.88	$3.55
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.76	$4.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.7	$4.13
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.91	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.11	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.4	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.28	$6.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$37.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.37	$3.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$45	$89.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$76.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$232	$194
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4829	$4180

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Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$889
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$776
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$875
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$741
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$631
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$755
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$783
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$637
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$751
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$845
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$866
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$701
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$682
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$719
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$631
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$656
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$633
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$558
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$739
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$603
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$447
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$535
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$605
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$511
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$511
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$753
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$978
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$554
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1084
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$780
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$550
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$952

Cities near Linyi

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$613
77 km or 48 mi	Xinyi	$605
85 km or 53 mi	Pizhou	$610
93 km or 58 mi	Lianyungang	$608
107 km or 66 mi	Rizhao	$575
107 km or 67 mi	Xintai	$585
109 km or 67 mi	Tengzhou	$616
125 km or 78 mi	Suqian	$641
137 km or 85 mi	Qufu	$599
138 km or 86 mi	Xuzhou	$532
139 km or 86 mi	Laiwu	$572
143 km or 89 mi	Zhucheng	$581
160 km or 100 mi	Anqiu	$548
166 km or 103 mi	Jining	$640
170 km or 106 mi	Tai'an	$550
175 km or 109 mi	Zoucheng	$668
182 km or 113 mi	Qingzhou	$544
188 km or 117 mi	Huaibei	$604
188 km or 117 mi	Huai'an	$699
189 km or 118 mi	Feicheng	$571
193 km or 120 mi	Zibo	$525
194 km or 121 mi	Gaomi	$591
196 km or 122 mi	Weifang	$507
197 km or 122 mi	Jiaozhou	$623
203 km or 126 mi	Suzhou	$626
206 km or 128 mi	Shouguang	$542
208 km or 129 mi	Zouping	$538
214 km or 133 mi	Yongcheng	$621
217 km or 135 mi	Jinan	$600
220 km or 137 mi	Qingdao	$653
220 km or 137 mi	Changyi	$530
240 km or 149 mi	Pingdu	$600
248 km or 154 mi	Yancheng	$927
253 km or 157 mi	Bengbu	$532
255 km or 159 mi	Mingguang	$624
256 km or 159 mi	Shangqiu	$743
258 km or 161 mi	Yucheng	$570
260 km or 161 mi	Binzhou	$506
263 km or 163 mi	Liaocheng	$521
265 km or 165 mi	Heze	$1400