Johannesburg vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Johannesburg	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$993	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2403	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$441	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$809	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$288	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$181	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1383	$264
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	72	96
😀 Quality of life	57	60
🏙️ Population	4.43M	8.69M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 26% more expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 5539th and 6486th ($993 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 4th 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 Tehran. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 5667th and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Tehran

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	Johannesburg	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.65	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$37.9	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.9	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.37	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.99	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$377	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$318	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$790	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$627	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$71.9	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$110	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$39.5	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.55%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1031	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$684	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.62	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$72	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.35	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.28	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.18	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.58	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.12	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.44	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.96	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.25	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.97	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.59	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.94	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.88	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.42	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.2	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.2	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$5.55	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$48.5	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$88.8	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$214	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5271	$1951

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510