Johannesburg vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$741
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$1824
🏠 One person rent	$487	$323
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$513
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$235
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$101
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$437
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	72	56
😀 Quality of life	58	58
🏙️ Population	4.43M	2.42M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 46% more expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 5069th and 6712th ($1079 vs $741) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 23rd in South Africa and Brazil, respectively. Check South Africa vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.6 months in Salvador. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Salvador ranked 8th in Brazil, while ranked 5446th and 5558th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Salvador

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	Johannesburg	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$5.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$25.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$6.35
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$217
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$566
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$365
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$92.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	10.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$1184
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$657
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.95
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$45.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$5.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.31
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$9.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$4.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$6.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.25
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$1.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$6.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$2.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$3.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$0.76
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$22.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$6.14
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$37.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$9.62
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$51.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$73.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$231
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$10964

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$599
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$604
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$602
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$606
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$591
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$545
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$579
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$471
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$406
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$640
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$670
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$529
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$538
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$502
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$602
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$542
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$611
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$427
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$519
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$597
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$583
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$414
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$412
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$582
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$630
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$553
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$589
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$610
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$557
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$551
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$545
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$495
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$573
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$556
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$585
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$573
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$583
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$608
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$610