Johannesburg vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Johannesburg	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1079	$1965
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2553	$4756
🏠 One person rent	$487	$1021
🏘️ Family rent	$837	$1866
🍽️ Food expenses	$302	$571
🚐 Transport expenses	$204	$182
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1695	$2834
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	72	98
😀 Quality of life	58	94
🏙️ Population	4.43M	1.97M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 45% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 5069th and 1964th ($1079 vs $1965) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in South Africa and Austria, respectively. Check South Africa vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Johannesburg compared to 1.4 months in Vienna. Johannesburg ranked 2nd best city to live in South Africa vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 5446th and 48th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Vienna

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	Johannesburg	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$40.5	$67.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.08	$11.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.04	$4.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.01	$2.93
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$405	$987
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$361	$716
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$781	$2092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$657	$1351
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$72.2	$215
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$111	$331
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$44.3	$35.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.54%	3.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1096	$9775
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$753	$6353
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.89	$2.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$81.8	$48.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.6	$19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.37	$1.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$2.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$2.43
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.66	$4.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.3	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.16	$15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.49	$21.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.7	$2.96
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$1.91
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.62	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.51	$2.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.14	$8.66
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.36	$1.4
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$6.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2	$1.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.53	$2.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.1	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.67	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.8	$147
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.42	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.5	$106
👟 Brand Sneakers	$91.2	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$241	$270
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5865	$15069

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1681
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1772
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1698
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1188
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1307
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1234
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1653
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$860
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1632
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$989
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1136
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$827
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1051
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1197
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$789
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$788
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1344
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1436
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1211
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1485
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1130
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1062
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1424
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1037
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1067
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1094
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$1016
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1150
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1764
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1563
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1220
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1137
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1690
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$814
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1616
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1604
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$938
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$898