Johannesburg vs Mumbai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Mumbai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$716
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$1979
🏠 One person rent	$487	$392
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$1047
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$57.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$910
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	72	82
😀 Quality of life	58	64
🏙️ Population	4.43M	15.4M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 51% more expensive than in Mumbai. Cities ranked 5069th and 6838th ($1079 vs $716) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd 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 1.3 months in Mumbai. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Mumbai ranked 4th in India, while ranked 5446th and 4476th 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	$9.91	$4.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$24.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.86
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$538
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$294
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$1611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$817
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$62.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$8.63
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	8.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$7369
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$3505
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.24
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$8.39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$3.16
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$7.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$4.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.76
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$4.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$1.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$3.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$24.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$23
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$2.83
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$30.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$60.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$2724

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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 Mumbai

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
27 km or 17 mi	Thane	$484
44 km or 28 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
46 km or 28 mi	Kalyan	$396
56 km or 35 mi	Vasai	$288
119 km or 74 mi	Pune	$519
152 km or 94 mi	Nashik	$346
187 km or 116 mi	Satara	$312
221 km or 137 mi	Navsari	$284
245 km or 152 mi	Surat	$785
252 km or 156 mi	Malegaon	$394
280 km or 174 mi	Aurangabad	$406
292 km or 182 mi	Kolhapur	$332
297 km or 184 mi	Sangli	$310
306 km or 190 mi	Ichalkaranji	$321
320 km or 199 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
355 km or 221 mi	Solapur	$294
365 km or 227 mi	Jalgaon	$357
373 km or 232 mi	Vadodara	$406
387 km or 240 mi	Bijapur	$348
387 km or 241 mi	Belgaum	$491
400 km or 249 mi	Latur	$409
402 km or 250 mi	Panjim	$402
409 km or 254 mi	Mormugao	$488
415 km or 258 mi	Nadiad	$399
427 km or 265 mi	Rajkot	$326
428 km or 266 mi	Margao	$429
432 km or 268 mi	Godhra	$391
449 km or 279 mi	Porbandar	$344
453 km or 281 mi	Ahmedabad	$471
457 km or 284 mi	Hubli	$357
460 km or 286 mi	Gulbarga	$254
473 km or 294 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
473 km or 294 mi	Nanded	$335
478 km or 297 mi	Akola	$304
517 km or 321 mi	Mehsana	$402
522 km or 324 mi	Indore	$379
536 km or 333 mi	Ratlam	$327
555 km or 345 mi	Nizamabad	$364
558 km or 347 mi	Amravati	$283