Soweto vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Soweto	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$923	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1686	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$540	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$553	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$231	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$88.6	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1598	$444
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	29 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	63	40
😀 Quality of life	38	48
🏙️ Population	1.27M	5.94M

The cost of living in Soweto is 20% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 5917th and 6559th ($923 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 6th and 1st in South Africa and India, respectively. Check South Africa vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Soweto compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Soweto ranked 10th best city to live in South Africa vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 7204th and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Soweto vs Surat

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	Soweto	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.16	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.6	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.92	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.98	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$827	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$346	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$511	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$396	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.8	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.3	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.66%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$850	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$691	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.98	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$31	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8.52	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.16	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.45	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.54	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.06	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.62	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.47	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.23	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.17	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.06	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.43	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.68	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.86	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.46	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.49	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$12.8	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.71	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.2	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.4	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$70.7	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$200	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3805	$1261

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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

Cities near Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340