Johannesburg vs Multan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Multan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$371
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$946
🏠 One person rent	$487	$126
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$276
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$161
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$46.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$196
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	0 km
🎓 Higher education	72	29
😀 Quality of life	58	21
🏙️ Population	4.43M	1.87M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 191% more expensive than in Multan. Cities ranked 5069th and 9056th ($1079 vs $371) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 12th in South Africa and Pakistan, respectively. Check South Africa vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.5 months in Multan. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Multan ranked 14th in Pakistan, while ranked 5446th and 8809th 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	$9.91	$2.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$109
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$63
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$245
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$186
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$66.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$11.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	16.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$1057
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$902
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$3.98
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.14
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$6.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$3.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$3.03
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$0.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$1.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$1.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$1.72
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$0.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$0.78
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$2.66
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$7.92
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$2.06
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$14.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$63.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$23.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$1034

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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 Multan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Khanewal	$358
77 km or 48 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
93 km or 58 mi	Bahawalpur	$294
122 km or 76 mi	Burewala	$360
147 km or 91 mi	Jhang	$292
161 km or 100 mi	Gojra	$344
197 km or 123 mi	Sahiwal	$312
207 km or 129 mi	Okara	$310
209 km or 130 mi	Faisalabad	$319
225 km or 140 mi	Chiniot	$373
241 km or 150 mi	Sargodha	$456
298 km or 185 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
299 km or 186 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Bikaner	$268
317 km or 197 mi	Lahore	$406
331 km or 205 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
332 km or 206 mi	Kamoke	$308
341 km or 212 mi	Gujranwala	$280
358 km or 223 mi	Jacobabad	$313
363 km or 226 mi	Amritsar	$500
365 km or 227 mi	Gujrat	$330
373 km or 232 mi	Sukkur	$325
376 km or 234 mi	Khost	$441
377 km or 234 mi	Kohat	$374
391 km or 243 mi	Sialkot	$335
394 km or 245 mi	Mirpur	$328
409 km or 254 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
417 km or 259 mi	Jalandhar	$378
418 km or 260 mi	Islamabad	$439
420 km or 261 mi	Wah	$323
423 km or 263 mi	Peshawar	$338
424 km or 263 mi	Quetta	$285
427 km or 266 mi	Larkana	$327
430 km or 267 mi	Gardez	$469
431 km or 268 mi	Jammu	$344
432 km or 268 mi	Ludhiana	$430
433 km or 269 mi	Hisar	$252
444 km or 276 mi	Jodhpur	$375
450 km or 279 mi	Mardan	$372
463 km or 288 mi	Sikar	$371