Johannesburg vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Johannesburg	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1082	$729
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2560	$1730
🏠 One person rent	$485	$362
🏘️ Family rent	$833	$623
🍽️ Food expenses	$306	$247
🚐 Transport expenses	$206	$48.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1614	$598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	74	42
😀 Quality of life	62	68
🏙️ Population	4.43M	1.08M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 48% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5031st and 6947th ($1082 vs $729) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th in South Africa and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check South Africa vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Johannesburg ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5648th and 4595th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Nur-Sultan

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	Johannesburg	Nur-Sultan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.1	$31.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.03	$5.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.51	$1.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.18	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.96
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$421
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$289
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$824	$753
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$512
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.5	$32.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$48.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.5	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.57%	16.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1106	$1060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$741	$791
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.21	$0.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$7.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$0.47
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.99
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$4.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.4	$7.11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.13	$6.26
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$1.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.86	$2.68
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$2.3
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$0.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.33	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.7	$9.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$5.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$53.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.1	$83
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$230
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5503	$5235

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$486
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$575
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$685
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$522
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$529
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$530
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$520
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$786
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$506
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$495
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$618
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$681
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$510
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$675
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$909
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$548
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$829
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$678
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$821
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$828
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$763
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$468
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$802
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$656
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$813
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$563
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$754
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$480
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$762
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$445
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$743
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$962
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$501
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$745
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$787
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$613
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$884
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$525