Johannesburg vs Nur-Sultan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Johannesburg	Nur-Sultan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$908	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2207	$2005
🏠 One person rent	$403	$395
🏘️ Family rent	$738	$726
🍽️ Food expenses	$254	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$173	$38.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1428	$626
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	72	43
😀 Quality of life	61	63
🏙️ Population	4.43M	1.08M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 11% more expensive than in Nur-Sultan. Cities ranked 5921st and 6335th ($908 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.6 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 5184th and 4845th 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	$7.41	$11.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$35.4	$33.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.44	$6.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.09	$1.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.22
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.98	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$350	$471
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$277	$319
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$667	$916
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$564	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.1	$33
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$114	$51
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.6	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.12%	15.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$840	$1172
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$689	$815
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.78	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$66	$16.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.26	$4.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.23	$0.51
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.09	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.9	$0.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.11	$1.81
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.94	$10.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.54	$5.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.88	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$2.09
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$2.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$2.4
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.43	$0.51
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.48
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.36	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.33	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.16	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.88	$1.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.76	$3.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.7	$2.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.91	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.11	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.4	$56
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.28	$5.49
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.3	$12.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.37	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$45	$84.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.7	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$232	$238
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$4829	$8086

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Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$889
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$776
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$875
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$741
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$631
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$755
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$783
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$637
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$698
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$751
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$845
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$625
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$866
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$621
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$701
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$682
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$719
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$631
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$656
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$511
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$633
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$558
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$739
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$603
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$511
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$447
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$535
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$605
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$601
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$511
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$511
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$753
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$609
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$978
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$554
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1084
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$780
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$550
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$952

Cities near Nur-Sultan

Distance	City	Cost of living
161 km or 100 mi	Temirtau	$628
190 km or 118 mi	Karaganda	$550
276 km or 172 mi	Kokshetau	$660
278 km or 173 mi	Ekibastuz	$669
392 km or 243 mi	Aksu	$620
402 km or 250 mi	Pavlodar	$628
442 km or 275 mi	Petropavl	$605
446 km or 277 mi	Omsk	$402
457 km or 284 mi	Satbayev	$598
460 km or 286 mi	Jezkazgan	$579
543 km or 337 mi	Balkhash	$641
580 km or 361 mi	Kostanay	$734
623 km or 387 mi	Semey	$637
627 km or 389 mi	Kurgan	$488
771 km or 479 mi	Tyumen	$636
800 km or 497 mi	Oskemen	$551
803 km or 499 mi	Chelyabinsk	$467
826 km or 513 mi	Kyzylorda	$640
852 km or 530 mi	Taldiqorgan	$593
855 km or 531 mi	Kamensk-Uralsky	$556
856 km or 532 mi	Municipal Formation of the Kamensk-Uralsky	$559
872 km or 542 mi	Miass	$487
875 km or 544 mi	Kentau	$564
875 km or 544 mi	Barnaul	$558
879 km or 546 mi	Magnitogorsk	$437
880 km or 547 mi	Novosibirsk	$657
893 km or 555 mi	Orsk	$448
902 km or 561 mi	Zlatoust	$497
903 km or 561 mi	Turkistan	$582
910 km or 566 mi	Kapchagay	$878
917 km or 570 mi	Taraz	$479
949 km or 590 mi	Bishkek	$653
949 km or 590 mi	Yekaterinburg	$676
953 km or 592 mi	Kant	$560
955 km or 593 mi	Biysk	$347
960 km or 597 mi	Talas	$532
965 km or 599 mi	Kaskelen	$935
967 km or 601 mi	Tokmok	$398
968 km or 602 mi	Almaty	$1051
977 km or 607 mi	Tacheng	$651