Johannesburg vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$487	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	72	95
😀 Quality of life	58	87
🏙️ Population	4.43M	4.04M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 2% more expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 5069th and 5212th ($1079 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 2nd in South Africa and Taiwan, respectively. Check South Africa vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 5446th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs New Taipei

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	Johannesburg	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.85
🥤 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	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605