Moroni vs Soweto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Moroni	Soweto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1105	$923
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2690	$1686
🏠 One person rent	$665	$540
🏘️ Family rent	$1278	$553
🍽️ Food expenses	$325	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$37.6	$88.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$613	$1598
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	29 km
🎓 Higher education	1	63
😀 Quality of life	11	38
🏙️ Population	74.7K	1.27M

The cost of living in Moroni is 20% more expensive than in Soweto. Cities ranked 4807th and 5917th ($1105 vs $923) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Comoros and South Africa, respectively. Check Comoros vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Moroni compared to 1.7 months in Soweto. Moroni ranked 1st best city to live in Comoros vs Soweto ranked 10th in South Africa, while ranked 9179th and 7204th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Moroni vs Soweto

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	Moroni	Soweto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.78	$6.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$26.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.44	$3.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.98	$2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.65	$2.01
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.98
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$619	$827
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$511	$346
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1315	$511
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1061	$396
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.2	$64.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98	$100
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$68.4	$33.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.78%	11.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1481	$850
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1246	$691
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.57	$1.98
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.9	$31
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.92	$8.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.83	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$4	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.53	$0.93
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.71	$2.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.21	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.25	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.5	$6.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.68	$1.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.47
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.41
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.88	$1.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.89	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.8	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.8	$7.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.88	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.88	$2.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.71	$2.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.89	$2.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$1.17
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.24	$0.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.9	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.05	$5.71
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.4	$21.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.91	$3
👖 Brand Jeans	$56.7	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$102	$70.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$372	$200
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$13253	$3805

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Cities near Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1100
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1506
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1150
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$872
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$811
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$552
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$523
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$486
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$545
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$493
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$507
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$580
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$457
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$461
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$675
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$447
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$492
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$352
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$507
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$498
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$525
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$502
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$566
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$587
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$461
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$561
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$825
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$638
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$1003
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$389
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$408
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$748
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$947
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$760
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$589
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$752
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$541
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$794

Cities near Soweto

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Johannesburg	$993
24 km or 15 mi	Randburg	$837
26 km or 16 mi	Sandton	$953
46 km or 28 mi	Vereeniging	$672
46 km or 29 mi	Benoni	$785
48 km or 30 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
56 km or 34 mi	Centurion	$807
58 km or 36 mi	Springs	$678
66 km or 41 mi	Pretoria	$906
73 km or 45 mi	Brits	$820
91 km or 56 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
92 km or 57 mi	Rustenburg	$889
137 km or 85 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
159 km or 99 mi	Bethal	$784
166 km or 103 mi	Kroonstad	$768
170 km or 106 mi	Middelburg	$795
222 km or 138 mi	Welkom	$748
228 km or 142 mi	Mmabatho	$780
249 km or 155 mi	Lobatse	$665
266 km or 165 mi	Gaborone	$691
282 km or 175 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
290 km or 180 mi	Kanye	$664
315 km or 196 mi	Molepolole	$628
321 km or 199 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
329 km or 204 mi	Mbabane	$562
335 km or 208 mi	Vryheid	$763
341 km or 212 mi	Maseru	$621
350 km or 217 mi	Manzini	$442
354 km or 220 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
367 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$631
399 km or 248 mi	Mafeteng	$567
412 km or 256 mi	Kimberley	$814
420 km or 261 mi	Palapye	$540
446 km or 277 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
447 km or 278 mi	Serowe	$583
461 km or 286 mi	Matola	$964
472 km or 293 mi	Maputo	$1068
506 km or 314 mi	Durban	$809
567 km or 353 mi	Francistown	$624
595 km or 370 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003