Johannesburg vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$1784
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$4381
🏠 One person rent	$487	$943
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$573
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$3682
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	72	60
😀 Quality of life	58	92
🏙️ Population	4.43M	523K

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 40% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 5069th and 2567th ($1079 vs $1784) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 57th in South Africa and Germany, respectively. Check South Africa vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 5446th and 92nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Nuremberg

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	Johannesburg	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$77.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$4.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$4.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$3.79
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$860
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$661
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$1385
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$193
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$49
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$7327
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$6018
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$3.68
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$54.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$2.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$3.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$3.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$14.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$2.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$5.62
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$9.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.32
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.45
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$34.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$45.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$16.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$99.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$90.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$533
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$14484

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1668
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1653
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1599
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1631
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1697
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1769
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1604
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1627
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1564
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1491
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1536
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1267
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1418
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1521
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1492
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1578
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1520
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1606
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1589
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1536
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1653
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1454
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1619
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1740
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1633
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1465
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1617
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1245
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1496
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1639
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1330
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1681
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1643
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1640
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1504
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1664
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1602
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1646
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1135
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1635