Johannesburg vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$538
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$1576
🏠 One person rent	$487	$186
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$44.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$228
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	72	46
😀 Quality of life	58	50
🏙️ Population	4.43M	3M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 101% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 5069th and 8365th ($1079 vs $538) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 71st in South Africa and Iran, respectively. Check South Africa vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 5446th and 6193rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Mashhad

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	Johannesburg	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$35.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$569
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$395
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$8.61
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$13.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$17.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	20.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$1424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$812
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$4.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$2.06
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$2.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$9.41
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.29
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$7.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$0.73
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$2.42
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$5.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$5.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$15.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$1.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$94.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$28.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$21.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$90.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$612

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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 Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$517
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$515
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$500
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$512
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$511
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$515
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1583
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1616
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$458
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1531
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1578
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$514
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$553
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$496
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$603
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$689
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$450
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$607
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$452
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$670
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$564
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$548
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1572
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$435
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$468
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$550
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$487
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$394
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$577
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$675
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$467
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$689
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$673
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$693
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$722
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$720
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$797