Johannesburg vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Johannesburg	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1082	$553
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2560	$1428
🏠 One person rent	$485	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$833	$419
🍽️ Food expenses	$306	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$206	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1614	$235
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	74	49
😀 Quality of life	62	56
🏙️ Population	4.43M	1.57M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 96% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 5031st and 8247th ($1082 vs $553) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 41st in South Africa and Iran, respectively. Check South Africa vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.4 months in Shiraz. Johannesburg ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 5648th and 6229th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Shiraz

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	Johannesburg	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.1	$13.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.03	$3.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.51	$0.71
☕ Cappuccino	$2.18	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$1.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$256
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$186
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$824	$470
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$339
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.5	$22.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$34.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.5	$19.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.57%	22.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1106	$1161
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$741	$731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.21	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$2.34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$1.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$0.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.4	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$0.81
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$7.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.13	$0.69
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$2.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.86	$4.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$5.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$6.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.33	$2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.7	$92.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$29.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$26.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.1	$72
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5503	$2133

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$530
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$503
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$529
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$477
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$463
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$530
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$453
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$483
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$470
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$534
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$545
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$521
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$604
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$501
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$459
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$484
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$873
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$730
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$517
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$930
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$549
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1237
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1008
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1230
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$542
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1201
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$908
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1454
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$530
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$726
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1770
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$632
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1283
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$889
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$719