Johannesburg vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$338
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$820
🏠 One person rent	$487	$125
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$220
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$127
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$53
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$193
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	72	48
😀 Quality of life	58	40
🏙️ Population	4.43M	1.97M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 219% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 5069th and 9126th ($1079 vs $338) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 19th in South Africa and Pakistan, respectively. Check South Africa vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.6 months in Peshawar. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Peshawar ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 5446th and 6896th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Peshawar

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	Johannesburg	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$12.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$3.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.42
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$98
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$44.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$211
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$97.5
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$56.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	20.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$181
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$151
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$7.15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$3.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$3.75
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$0.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$0.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$1.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$1.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$1.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$0.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$0.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$9.61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$14.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$1.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$28.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$525

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$374
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$372
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$358
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$323
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$439
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$441
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$469
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$599
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$328
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$456
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$277
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$330
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$476
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$373
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$388
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$319
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$280
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$335
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$344
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$308
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$344
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$312
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$406
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$467
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$310
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$500
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$358
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$371
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$407
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$360
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$378
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659