Johannesburg vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Johannesburg	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1082	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2560	$809
🏠 One person rent	$485	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$833	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$306	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$206	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1614	$113
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	74	47
😀 Quality of life	62	43
🏙️ Population	4.43M	1.97M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 224% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 5031st and 9121st ($1082 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 21st in South Africa and Pakistan, respectively. Check South Africa vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Johannesburg ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 5648th and 7430th 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	$10.1	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.1	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.03	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.51	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.18	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$824	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.5	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.5	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.57%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1106	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$741	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.21	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.4	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.13	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.86	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.33	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.7	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.1	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5503	$2261

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Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$984
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$890
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$984
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$826
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$740
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$892
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$975
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$706
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$875
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$940
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$838
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$830
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$808
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$762
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$833
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$637
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$668
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$637
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$599
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$827
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$607
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$469
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$650
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$577
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$598
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$514
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$861
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$908
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$536
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$915
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$892
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$587
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$915

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684