Johannesburg vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Johannesburg	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$908	$649
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2207	$1703
🏠 One person rent	$403	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$738	$577
🍽️ Food expenses	$254	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$46.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1428	$599
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	72	62
😀 Quality of life	61	67
🏙️ Population	4.43M	2M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 40% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 5921st and 7206th ($908 vs $649) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in South Africa and Belarus, respectively. Check South Africa vs Belarus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.9 months in Minsk. Johannesburg ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 5184th and 3890th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Minsk

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	Johannesburg	Minsk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.41	$9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.4	$30.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.44	$4.57
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$1.07
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.56
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.98	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$350	$362
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$277	$222
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$721
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$564	$466
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.1	$31.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$48.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.6	$10.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.12%	17.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$840	$1825
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$689	$1163
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.78	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.26	$3.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.11	$1.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$6.16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$3.65
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$7.16
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.62
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$1.23
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.33	$7.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$0.85
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.88	$1.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.76	$5.51
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.7	$2.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.91	$1.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.11	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.4	$31.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.28	$4.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.37	$4.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$45	$63.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$93.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$232	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4829	$5767

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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 Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$528
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$490
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$426
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1303
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$472
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$928
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$299
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$423
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$864
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$850
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$385
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$835
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1080
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$406
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$922
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$877
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$831
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1028
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$949
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$437
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$927
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$415
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1013
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$827
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$969
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$443
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$1027
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1088
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$476
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$518
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$827
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$842
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1135
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1029
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$495
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$980
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1362
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$860
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$985
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$760