Johannesburg vs Urfa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Urfa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$567
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$1362
🏠 One person rent	$487	$262
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$444
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$200
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$56.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$1313
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	33 km
🎓 Higher education	72	22
😀 Quality of life	58	46
🏙️ Population	4.43M	1.99M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 90% more expensive than in Urfa. Cities ranked 5069th and 8124th ($1079 vs $567) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 98th in South Africa and Turkey, respectively. Check South Africa vs Turkey comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 2.3 months in Urfa. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Urfa ranked 25th in Turkey, while ranked 5446th and 6486th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Urfa

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	Johannesburg	Urfa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$4.37
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$5.36
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.21
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$2.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$1.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$220
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$507
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$373
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$21.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$33.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$10.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	27.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$1486
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$565
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$12.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$6.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$0.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$1.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$5.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$3.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$0.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$0.58
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$3.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$2.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$1.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$4.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$2.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$0.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$20.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$3.43
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$19.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$5.04
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$22.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$49.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$1501

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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 Urfa

Distance	City	Cost of living
47 km or 29 mi	Akcakale	$560
81 km or 51 mi	Adiyaman	$651
87 km or 54 mi	Viransehir	$600
90 km or 56 mi	Nizip	$523
117 km or 73 mi	Ceylanpinar	$590
125 km or 78 mi	Gaziantep	$473
133 km or 82 mi	Derik	$605
136 km or 84 mi	Raqqa	$479
139 km or 86 mi	Malatya	$570
152 km or 95 mi	Diyarbakir	$640
157 km or 97 mi	Cinar	$611
157 km or 97 mi	Kilis	$527
170 km or 106 mi	Kahramanmaras	$604
172 km or 107 mi	Elazig	$622
173 km or 108 mi	Mardin	$600
181 km or 113 mi	Aleppo	$541
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Hasakah	$449
192 km or 119 mi	Islahiye	$522
205 km or 127 mi	Hassa	$535
215 km or 134 mi	Nusaybin	$588
215 km or 134 mi	Qamishli	$443
222 km or 138 mi	Reyhanli	$534
222 km or 138 mi	Batman	$624
226 km or 140 mi	Osmaniye	$433
236 km or 147 mi	Idlib	$516
237 km or 147 mi	Deir ez-Zor	$481
240 km or 149 mi	Kadirli	$540
244 km or 151 mi	Bingol	$590
252 km or 156 mi	Iskenderun	$596
259 km or 161 mi	Antakya	$450
264 km or 164 mi	Ceyhan	$576
265 km or 165 mi	Kozan	$580
278 km or 173 mi	Samandag	$510
288 km or 179 mi	Siirt	$578
290 km or 180 mi	Sinjar	$680
290 km or 180 mi	Hama	$450
294 km or 183 mi	Erzincan	$578
294 km or 183 mi	Mus	$580
302 km or 188 mi	Cizre	$575
308 km or 191 mi	Adana	$705