Johannesburg vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Johannesburg	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$908	$706
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2207	$1886
🏠 One person rent	$403	$401
🏘️ Family rent	$738	$1010
🍽️ Food expenses	$254	$202
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$53
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1428	$836
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	72	82
😀 Quality of life	61	65
🏙️ Population	4.43M	15.4M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 28% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 5921st and 6763rd ($908 vs $706) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in South Africa and India, respectively. Check South Africa vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 1.2 months in Mumbai. Johannesburg ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Mumbai ranked 5th in India, while ranked 5184th and 4571st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Mumbai

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	Johannesburg	Mumbai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7.41	$4.62
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.4	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.44	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$3.2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.98	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$350	$549
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$277	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$1624
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$564	$763
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.1	$42.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$66.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.6	$9.02
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.12%	8.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$840	$8282
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$689	$4116
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.78	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66	$4.59
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.26	$3.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$1.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.11	$1.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$6.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$4.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$0.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$0.99
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.33	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$2.09
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.88	$4.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.76	$1.67
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.7	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.91	$2.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.11	$1.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.4	$25.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.28	$4.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$11.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.37	$3.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$45	$28.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$62.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$232	$115
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4829	$2517

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Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$889
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$776
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$875
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$741
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$631
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$755
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$783
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$637
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$751
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$845
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$866
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$701
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$682
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$719
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$631
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$656
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$633
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$558
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$739
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$603
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$447
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$535
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$605
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$511
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$511
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$753
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$978
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$554
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1084
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$780
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$550
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$952

Cities near Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$457
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$482
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$391
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$315
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$510
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$377
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$400
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$301
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$809
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$345
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$379
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$352
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$359
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$352
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$296
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$345
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$359
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$399
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$361
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$497
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$431
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$376
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$508
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$396
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$353
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$433
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$385
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$358
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$505
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$361
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$250
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$339
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$342
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$375
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$377
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$390
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$323
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$360
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$325