Johannesburg vs Multan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Johannesburg	Multan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1082	$403
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2560	$954
🏠 One person rent	$485	$139
🏘️ Family rent	$833	$224
🍽️ Food expenses	$306	$174
🚐 Transport expenses	$206	$49.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1614	$124
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	0 km
🎓 Higher education	74	28
😀 Quality of life	62	25
🏙️ Population	4.43M	1.87M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 169% more expensive than in Multan. Cities ranked 5031st and 8968th ($1082 vs $403) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 5th in South Africa and Pakistan, respectively. Check South Africa vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.3 months in Multan. Johannesburg ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Multan ranked 22nd in Pakistan, while ranked 5648th and 8960th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Multan

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	Johannesburg	Multan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$2.96
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.1	$15.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.03	$6.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.51	$3.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.18	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$98.6
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$63.6
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$824	$177
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$115
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.5	$53.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$82.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.5	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.57%	23.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1106	$1420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$741	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.21	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$7.72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$6.03
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$7.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.4	$3.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$0.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.13	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$2.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$1.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.86	$1.84
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$1.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$0.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$0.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$11.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.33	$2.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.7	$7.97
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$2.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$14.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.1	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$39.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5503	$1267

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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 Multan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Khanewal	$362
77 km or 48 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
93 km or 58 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
122 km or 76 mi	Burewala	$347
147 km or 91 mi	Jhang	$294
161 km or 100 mi	Gojra	$351
197 km or 123 mi	Sahiwal	$303
207 km or 129 mi	Okara	$291
209 km or 130 mi	Faisalabad	$333
225 km or 140 mi	Chiniot	$372
241 km or 150 mi	Sargodha	$376
298 km or 185 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
299 km or 186 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Bikaner	$290
317 km or 197 mi	Lahore	$427
331 km or 205 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
332 km or 206 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Gujranwala	$302
358 km or 223 mi	Jacobabad	$322
363 km or 226 mi	Amritsar	$380
365 km or 227 mi	Gujrat	$320
373 km or 232 mi	Sukkur	$340
376 km or 234 mi	Khost	$393
377 km or 234 mi	Kohat	$364
391 km or 243 mi	Sialkot	$311
394 km or 245 mi	Mirpur	$277
409 km or 254 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
417 km or 259 mi	Jalandhar	$337
418 km or 260 mi	Islamabad	$443
420 km or 261 mi	Wah	$344
423 km or 263 mi	Peshawar	$334
424 km or 263 mi	Quetta	$291
427 km or 266 mi	Larkana	$336
430 km or 267 mi	Gardez	$401
431 km or 268 mi	Jammu	$284
432 km or 268 mi	Ludhiana	$421
433 km or 269 mi	Hisar	$262
444 km or 276 mi	Jodhpur	$322
450 km or 279 mi	Mardan	$354
463 km or 288 mi	Sikar	$335