Kempton Park
- Population
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- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $946 a month in Kempton Park, rent included: 84% less than in New York. The average net salary is $646 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Kempton Park; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%48
- Safetycountry20%38
- Health carecountry15%57
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%46
- Connectivitycountry10%30
- Cost10%73
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in South Africa
- #37
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #891
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Kempton Park | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $9.23 | $25.00 | β63% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $38.66 | $140 | β72% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $6.15 | $14.00 | β56% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $2.46 | $8.00 | β69% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $2.77 | $10.00 | β72% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $2.50 | $6.37 | β61% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $1.09 | $3.80 | β71% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $0.87 | $2.89 | β70% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.32 | $1.36 | β3% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.13 | $4.68 | β76% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.83 | $6.97 | β74% |
| Eggs (12) | $2.53 | $5.73 | β56% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $8.29 | $17.38 | β52% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $5.23 | $15.11 | β65% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $8.87 | $17.77 | β50% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $1.93 | $6.11 | β68% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.72 | $2.20 | β22% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $1.85 | $5.77 | β68% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $2.03 | $6.25 | β68% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.73 | $3.47 | β50% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.74 | $4.17 | β58% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.22 | $2.72 | β55% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.33 | $2.50 | β47% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $5.48 | $20.00 | β73% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.69 | $3.21 | β47% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $2.40 | $3.96 | β39% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $3.33 | $19.00 | β83% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $1.54 | $3.00 | β49% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $61.50 | $140 | β56% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $0.31 | $3.00 | β90% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $0.80 | $2.18 | β63% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $14.76 | $42.00 | β65% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $1.51 | $1.10 | +37% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $36,222 | $35,458 | +2% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $32,388 | $25,309 | +28% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85mΒ² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | β | β | β |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $38.13 | $73.50 | β48% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $37.70 | $71.93 | β48% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $38.44 | $126 | β69% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $12.30 | $62.38 | β80% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $8.31 | $23.00 | β64% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $267 | $3,366 | β92% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $5,596 | $60,589 | β91% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $54.28 | $72.80 | β25% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $32.76 | $53.22 | β38% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $94.01 | $118 | β20% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $84.82 | $125 | β32% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $307 | $4,417 | β93% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $369 | $3,033 | β88% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $758 | $9,242 | β92% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $922 | $5,461 | β83% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | β | $18,759 | β |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | β | $6,523 | β |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $646 | $5,178 | β88% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 11.25% | 6.49% | +4.8 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | β | $307 | $646 |
| Sep 2025 | 46.7 | $282 | $593 |
| May 2025 | 45.3 | $277 | $582 |
| Apr 2025 | 44.2 | $270 | $567 |
| Mar 2025 | 46.7 | $273 | $574 |
| Feb 2025 | 45.4 | $271 | $568 |
| Jan 2025 | 44.5 | $269 | $566 |
| Dec 2024 | 44.3 | $266 | $559 |
| Nov 2024 | 45.4 | $277 | $581 |
| Oct 2024 | 45.3 | $283 | $594 |
| Sep 2024 | 46.0 | $286 | $601 |
| Aug 2024 | 44.3 | $273 | $574 |
| Jul 2024 | 44.2 | $274 | $684 |
| Jun 2024 | 43.2 | $266 | $665 |
| May 2024 | 42.8 | $267 | $669 |
| Apr 2024 | 44.1 | $264 | $661 |
| Mar 2024 | 52.0 | $264 | $661 |
| Jan 2024 | 53.8 | $273 | $683 |
| Dec 2023 | 52.2 | $201 | $1,175 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses South Africa's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Kempton Park yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Kempton Park. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Kempton Park on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Kempton Park yet.
- Annual mean
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- Warmest month
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- Coldest month
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- HumidityRelative, annual mean
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- SunshineSolar energy per day
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- Clear-sky daysA year
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- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 Β°C
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Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Kempton Park.
Internet
South Africa median; city not listed- Upload
- 41Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 7ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 70Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 22ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Kempton Park yet.
Cities like Kempton Park
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 9Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20262 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 2 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 95%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Not matched to coordinates yet
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026