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Cost of living in Cape Town 2026

Typical rent, prices and the overall cost index for Cape Town, with quick comparisons to other cities.

Cost index (base New York = 100)

35.2

65% cheaper than New York

Cape TownUSD
1-bed apartment, centre 17,188 ZAR $1,048
1-bed apartment, outside centre 10,679 ZAR $651
3-bed apartment, centre 29,010 ZAR $1,770
Room in shared flat 5,340 ZAR $326
Buy price per m2 37,954 ZAR $2,315
Living cost excl. rent 12,012 ZAR $733
Typical net salary 27,541 ZAR $1,680

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How we calculate and where the data comes from

Educational model, not financial, tax or relocation advice. Figures are estimates for 2026 and are rounded to ranges, never exact values. Our cost index is built from open data and adapted by CrawlJobs (aggregated and reweighted); it is not endorsed by the sources.

Sources: Eurostat (free reuse, Commission Decision 2011/833/EU), World Bank Open Data ICP (CC-BY-4.0), US BEA / HUD / Census (public domain), GeoNames (CC-BY-4.0). Source and product names are used for attribution only; no affiliation or endorsement is implied.