Johannesburg vs Minsk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Minsk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$717
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$487	$350
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$629
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$45.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$641
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	31 km
🎓 Higher education	72	62
😀 Quality of life	58	67
🏙️ Population	4.43M	1.99M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 50% more expensive than in Minsk. Cities ranked 5069th and 6834th ($1079 vs $717) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Minsk ranked 1st in Belarus, while ranked 5446th and 3775th 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	$9.91	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$30.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.75
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$435
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$271
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$787
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$510
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$34.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$53
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$10.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	14.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$1923
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$1217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$15.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$3.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$6.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$3.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$1.21
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$7.59
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$5.57
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$2.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.07
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$31.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$63.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$302
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$10290

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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 Minsk

Distance	City	Cost of living
72 km or 44 mi	Barysaw	$563
136 km or 85 mi	Baranavichy	$516
139 km or 86 mi	Babruysk	$437
171 km or 107 mi	Vilnius	$1341
182 km or 113 mi	Mogilev	$467
218 km or 135 mi	Utena	$950
220 km or 137 mi	Vitebsk	$298
221 km or 137 mi	Pinsk	$437
229 km or 142 mi	Daugavpils	$899
235 km or 146 mi	Alytus	$871
247 km or 154 mi	Grodno	$390
249 km or 155 mi	Jonava	$856
260 km or 161 mi	Kaunas	$1191
280 km or 174 mi	Gomel	$469
283 km or 176 mi	Marijampole	$886
288 km or 179 mi	Panevezys	$902
290 km or 180 mi	Rezekne	$817
303 km or 188 mi	Suwalki	$1061
303 km or 189 mi	Bialystok	$1002
307 km or 191 mi	Smolensk	$461
308 km or 191 mi	Jekabpils	$946
330 km or 205 mi	Brest	$527
342 km or 212 mi	Elk	$1057
353 km or 219 mi	Siauliai	$999
363 km or 226 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
367 km or 228 mi	Chernihiv	$422
371 km or 231 mi	Lomza	$916
374 km or 232 mi	Ogre	$1111
376 km or 233 mi	Rivne	$418
382 km or 238 mi	Lutsk	$487
390 km or 243 mi	Jelgava	$856
401 km or 249 mi	Siedlce	$931
403 km or 250 mi	Riga	$1169
406 km or 252 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
412 km or 256 mi	Zhytomyr	$529
413 km or 257 mi	Chelm	$1118
416 km or 259 mi	Jurmala	$1377
426 km or 265 mi	Valmiera	$893
427 km or 265 mi	Mazeikiai	$1042
434 km or 269 mi	Kyiv	$795