Johannesburg vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Johannesburg	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1082	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2560	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$485	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$833	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$306	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$206	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1614	$2042
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	74	94
😀 Quality of life	62	85
🏙️ Population	4.43M	1.86M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 45% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 5031st and 2069th ($1082 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 1st in South Africa and Poland, respectively. Check South Africa vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Johannesburg compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Johannesburg ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 5648th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Warsaw

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	Johannesburg	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.1	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.03	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.51	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.18	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$824	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.5	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.5	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.57%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1106	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$741	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.21	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.4	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.13	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.86	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.33	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.7	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.1	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5503	$15871

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Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$984
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$890
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$984
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$826
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$740
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$892
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$975
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$706
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$875
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$940
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$838
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$830
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$808
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$762
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$833
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$637
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$668
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$637
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$599
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$827
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$607
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$469
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$650
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$577
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$598
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$514
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$861
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$908
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$536
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$915
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$892
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$587
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$915

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349