Johannesburg vs Moroni - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Moroni
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$1091
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$2655
🏠 One person rent	$487	$694
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$1335
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$39.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$638
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	72	1
😀 Quality of life	58	26
🏙️ Population	4.43M	74.7K

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 1% less expensive than in Moroni. Cities ranked 5069th and 4999th ($1079 vs $1091) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in South Africa and Comoros, respectively. Check South Africa vs Comoros comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.6 months in Moroni. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Moroni ranked 1st in Comoros, while ranked 5446th and 8483rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Moroni

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	Johannesburg	Moroni
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$1.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$641
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$533
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$1369
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$1108
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$67.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$72.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$1526
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$1320
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$8.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$2.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$4.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$4.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$7.61
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$2.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$9.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$2.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$1.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$3.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$6.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$14.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$3.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$58.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$13831

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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 Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1093
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1500
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1394
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$1190
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$736
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$675
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$639
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$601
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$516
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$519
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$560
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$498
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$500
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$670
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$457
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$515
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$591
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$502
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$534
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$564
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$574
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$582
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$433
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$548
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$834
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$543
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$1000
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$403
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$482
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$1079
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$953
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$745
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$571
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$662
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$535
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$810