Johannesburg vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Johannesburg	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$993	$770
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2403	$1891
🏠 One person rent	$441	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$809	$705
🍽️ Food expenses	$288	$263
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1383	$553
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	72	43
😀 Quality of life	57	64
🏙️ Population	4.43M	1.08M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 29% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5539th and 6565th ($993 vs $770) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 3rd in South Africa and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check South Africa vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.7 months in Nur-Sultan. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5667th and 4554th 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	$9.65	$9.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.9	$30
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$5.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$439
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$300
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$790	$854
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$627	$585
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.9	$34.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$52.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.5	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.55%	16.69%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1031	$1127
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$684	$764
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.62	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72	$14.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.35	$7.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$0.49
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$4.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$7.45
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.96	$7.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.97	$1.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.59	$2.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$2.45
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$52.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.2	$5.63
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.55	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$73.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$98
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$214	$236
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5271	$5487

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Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$953
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$837
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$923
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$785
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$678
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$807
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$906
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$672
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$820
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$889
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$784
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$795
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$768
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$748
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$780
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$665
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$691
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$664
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$562
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$763
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$628
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$442
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$621
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$631
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$567
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$540
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$814
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$964
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$583
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1068
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$809
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$624
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$626
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$604
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$619
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$507
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$553
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$558
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$557
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$631
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$542
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$531
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$624
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$710
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$549
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$531
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$765
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$571
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$617
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$518
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$553
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$648
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$646
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$596
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$501
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$662
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$506
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$698
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$509
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$600
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$512
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$749
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$441
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$713
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$765
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$674
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$379
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$623
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$785
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$667
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$881
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$512