Johannesburg vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Johannesburg	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$993	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2403	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$441	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$809	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$288	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1383	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	72	50
😀 Quality of life	57	48
🏙️ Population	4.43M	1.57M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 69% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 5539th and 7787th ($993 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 34th in South Africa and Iran, respectively. Check South Africa vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 5667th and 6352nd 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	$9.65	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.9	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$790	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$627	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.9	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.5	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.55%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1031	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$684	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.62	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.35	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.96	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.97	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.59	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.2	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.55	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$214	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5271	$2161

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Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$953
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$837
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$923
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$785
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$678
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$807
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$906
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$672
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$820
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$889
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$784
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$795
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$768
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$748
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$780
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$665
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$691
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$664
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$562
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$763
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$628
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$442
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$621
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$631
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$567
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$540
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$814
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$964
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$583
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$1068
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$809
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$624
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723