Johannesburg vs Xuzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Johannesburg	Xuzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1082	$499
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2560	$1450
🏠 One person rent	$485	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$833	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$306	$172
🚐 Transport expenses	$206	$65.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1614	$873
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	74	62
😀 Quality of life	62	52
🏙️ Population	4.43M	9.08M

The cost of living in Johannesburg is 117% more expensive than in Xuzhou. Cities ranked 5031st and 8696th ($1082 vs $499) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 4th and 502nd in South Africa and China, respectively. Check South Africa vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Johannesburg compared to 1.7 months in Xuzhou. Johannesburg ranked 1st best city to live in South Africa vs Xuzhou ranked 87th in China, while ranked 5648th and 6465th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Johannesburg vs Xuzhou

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	Johannesburg	Xuzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$10.1	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$38.1	$13.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.03	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.51	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$2.18	$2.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.08	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$462	$184
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$342	$162
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$824	$337
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$632	$272
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$78.5	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$122	$39.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$40.5	$8.22
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.57%	3.68%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1106	$2024
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$741	$1591
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.21	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$77.1	$12.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.7	$4.15
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.32	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.28	$1.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.44	$0.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.6	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.34	$1.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.4	$7.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.71	$1.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.6	$0.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.66	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.53	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.13	$5.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.46	$0.47
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.19	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.86	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.98	$1.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.49	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.6	$19.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.33	$6.77
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29.7	$35.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.46	$3.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$52.2	$28.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$93.1	$49.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$227	$280
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5503	$21129

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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 Xuzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Huaibei	$570
73 km or 45 mi	Suzhou	$582
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
76 km or 47 mi	Pizhou	$567
77 km or 48 mi	Yongcheng	$570
91 km or 57 mi	Tengzhou	$558
106 km or 66 mi	Xinyi	$564
107 km or 67 mi	Suqian	$602
138 km or 86 mi	Linyi	$546
139 km or 86 mi	Jining	$563
140 km or 87 mi	Zoucheng	$564
142 km or 89 mi	Shangqiu	$598
148 km or 92 mi	Bengbu	$509
150 km or 93 mi	Qufu	$553
181 km or 112 mi	Mingguang	$583
187 km or 116 mi	Lianyungang	$537
191 km or 119 mi	Xintai	$563
193 km or 120 mi	Heze	$807
198 km or 123 mi	Fuyang	$595
198 km or 123 mi	Huainan	$601
199 km or 123 mi	Huai'an	$654
202 km or 126 mi	Jieshou	$563
216 km or 134 mi	Tai'an	$538
217 km or 135 mi	Feicheng	$547
218 km or 136 mi	Laiwu	$561
230 km or 143 mi	Xiangcheng	$567
242 km or 150 mi	Rizhao	$558
243 km or 151 mi	Tianchang	$610
245 km or 152 mi	Zhoukou	$582
248 km or 154 mi	Changyuan	$572
258 km or 160 mi	Puyang	$585
266 km or 165 mi	Gaoyou	$617
267 km or 166 mi	Hefei	$643
267 km or 166 mi	Liaocheng	$516
267 km or 166 mi	Kaifeng	$478
268 km or 167 mi	Jinan	$573
280 km or 174 mi	Zhucheng	$542
286 km or 178 mi	Lu'an	$631
286 km or 178 mi	Xinghua	$663
287 km or 178 mi	Nanjing	$753