Johannesburg vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Johannesburg	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1082	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2560	$1851
🏠 One person rent	$485	$356
🏘️ Family rent	$833	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$306	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$206	$46.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1614	$549
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	74	61
😀 Quality of life	62	69
🏙️ Population	4.43M	2M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 47% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 5031st and 6924th ($1082 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th 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 1.5 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.7 months in Minsk. Johannesburg ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 5648th and 4343rd 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	$10.1	$9.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.1	$33.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.03	$5.86
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.51	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.18	$1.72
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$434
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$286
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$824	$767
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$511
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.5	$30.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$47.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.5	$9.65
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.57%	15.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1106	$2017
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$741	$1259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.21	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$3.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.58
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$6.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.4	$7.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.23
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.13	$7.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$1.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.86	$5.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$3.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$1.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$1.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$30.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.33	$4.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.7	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$41.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.1	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$307
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5503	$11271

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Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$984
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$890
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$984
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$826
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$740
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$892
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$975
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$706
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$875
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$940
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$838
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$830
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$808
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$762
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$833
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$637
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$668
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$637
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$599
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$827
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$607
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$469
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$650
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$577
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$598
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$514
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$861
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$908
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$536
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$915
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$892
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$587
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$915

Cities near Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$561
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$517
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$406
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1414
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$545
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$974
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$293
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$426
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$929
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$883
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$349
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$865
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1334
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$475
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$920
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$988
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$840
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1113
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1148
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$547
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$894
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$528
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1125
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$967
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$516
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$993
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1046
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$439
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$546
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$889
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$1009
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1270
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$586
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1185
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1419
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$928
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$879