Johannesburg vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$780
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$1921
🏠 One person rent	$487	$378
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$719
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$39
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$591
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	72	43
😀 Quality of life	58	64
🏙️ Population	4.43M	1.08M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 38% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5069th and 6525th ($1079 vs $780) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 5th in South Africa and Kazakhstan, respectively. Check South Africa vs Kazakhstan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.8 months in Nur-Sultan. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Nur-Sultan ranked 2nd in Kazakhstan, while ranked 5446th and 4508th 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	$9.91	$10.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$6.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.69
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.17
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.94
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$306
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$859
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$604
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$33.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$50.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$13.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	16.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$1129
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$755
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$14.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$5.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.5
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$9.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$5.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$7.44
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$2.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$2.95
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$2.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.19
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$57.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$5.25
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$75.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$209
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$6243

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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 Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$615
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$534
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$630
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$520
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$556
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$556
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$575
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$406
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$524
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$508
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$628
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$782
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$605
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$490
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$698
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$550
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$523
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$570
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$585
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$586
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$531
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$519
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$619
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$473
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$649
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$451
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$539
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$532
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$791
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$461
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$710
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$701
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$681
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$357
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$653
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$838
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$673
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$941
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$595