Johannesburg vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$816
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$2034
🏠 One person rent	$487	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$870
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$225
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$45.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$501
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	72	45
😀 Quality of life	58	54
🏙️ Population	4.43M	2.96M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 32% more expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 5069th and 6377th ($1079 vs $816) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in South Africa and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check South Africa vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 0.6 months in Tashkent. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 5446th and 5908th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Tashkent

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	Johannesburg	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$5.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$4.01
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$1.8
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$593
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$379
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$1231
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$715
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$25.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$39.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$13
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	22.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$1629
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$913
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$11.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$2.88
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$7.01
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$3.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$8.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$1.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.49
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$1.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$5.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$2.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$6.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$47.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$9.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$52.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$98.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$291
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$9093

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$429
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$660
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$596
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$658
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$671
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$666
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$663
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$667
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$468
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$527
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$473
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$469
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$532
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$664
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$461
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$519
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$419
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$530
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$653
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$672
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$567
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$645
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$435
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$452
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$710
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$681
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$533
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$467
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$673
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$661
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$450
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$654
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$639
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$838