Living expenses

Price table for a stay in Cape Town

First signs of the WorldCup in South Africa are the increasing prices. The combination of that sporting event and the very strong Rand makes South Africa to a not very cheap travel destination.

By a stay for several months a student or intern should calculate following monthly costs:

Flight depending on season, airline and the distance to the flight date: 550 € – 1000 €

Accommodation
Sharing a flat per month: 2500 R – 4000 R
Shared room in a hostel per night: 80 R – 120 R
Single room, shared bathroom in a hostel per night: 150 R – 200 R

Catering and beverages
Self-supply per month: 2000 R – 3500 R

Restaurants / Cafés
Breakfast: 35 R – 50 R
Steak with chips: 80 R – 100 R
Hamburger with chips: 35 R – 65 R
Pizza: 35 R – 60 R
A cup of coffee: 10 R – 13 R
0,33 l beer: 12 R – 15 R

Supermarket
1 l juice: 10 R – 12 R
1 l milk: 8 R – 9 R
Six-pack 0,33 l beer: 35 R – 40 R
A bottle of red wine: 35 R – 100 R
1 kg meat / chicken for the grill: 25 R – 50 R
Baguette with chicken salad: 11 R – 13 R
1 bap: 2 R – 3 R
1 kg grapes: 13 R – 16 R

Transport
Transport to the airport: 200 R – 300 R
Minibus (to the city centre): 5 R
Rikki taxi (to the city centre): 35 R – 40 R
Taxi per km: 9 R – 11 R
Hired car, small, older model, including assurance per day: 180 R – 300 R
Hired car, medium-sized, new, including assurance per day: 280 R – 500 R

Free time
Entrance club: 0 R – 60 R
Cocktail: 30 R – 50 R
Internet per hour: 8 R – 12 R
Cinema (Wednesday to the half of the price): 38 R

Sporting
Swimming bath Sea Point: 14 R
Surf course 2 hours: 200 R – 250 R
Surf course 1 day: 400 R – 600 R
Hiring surfboard per hour: 50 R – 100 R

Communication
Starting package / SIM-card for the cell phone: 1 R
Cost of calls cell phone per minute: 1 R – 1,5 R
Calling someone on his home number in Germany per minute: 1 R – 1,5 R

Sightseeing
Cape-Peninsula-Tour 1 day: 800 R – 1000 R
Sightseeing-bus in Cape Town 1 day: 120 R
Wine-Tour Stellenbosch, 1 day: 500 R – 600 R
Round trip Namibia, 12 days (Cape Town-Windhoek,camping, full board): 9000 R – 10000 R
Round trip South Africa / Garden Route, 20 days (Cape Town-Johannesburg, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho,
Swaziland, Krueger park, camping, full board): 12000 R – 13000 R

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