Johannesburg vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$774
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$2098
🏠 One person rent	$487	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$793
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$205
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$70.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$994
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	72	29
😀 Quality of life	58	44
🏙️ Population	4.43M	6.17M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 39% more expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 5069th and 6548th ($1079 vs $774) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 45th 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 1.3 months in Maoming. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Maoming ranked 132nd in China, while ranked 5446th and 6627th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Maoming

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	Johannesburg	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$2.15
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$3.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$346
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$970
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$680
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$27.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$42.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	4.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$6440
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$3663
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$2.65
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.65
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.37
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$5.72
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$14.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.65
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$4.01
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$5.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.04
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$32
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$7.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$31.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$10.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$46.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$71.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$519
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$18483

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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 Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$774
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$895
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$794
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$839
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$660
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$671
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$824
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$819
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$725
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$806
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$614
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$830
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$491
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$602
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1590
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$641
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$623
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$763
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$572
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$780
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$808
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$678
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$607
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$958
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2753
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2427
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$586
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$783
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$629
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$592
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$538
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$778
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$852
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$601
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$606
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$801
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$1014