Blantyre vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Blantyre	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$2491
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$181	$1506
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$2275
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$280
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$604	$4184
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	22	66
😀 Quality of life	27	97
🏙️ Population	1.9M	2.36M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 76% less expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 7882nd and 781st ($591 vs $2491) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Malawi and Australia, respectively. Check Malawi vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.7 months in Brisbane. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Brisbane ranked 4th in Australia, while ranked 8369th and 15th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Brisbane

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	Blantyre	Brisbane
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.31	$14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$83.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$8.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$1542
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$1283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$2771
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$1860
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$178
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.65%	6.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10628	$7907
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$406	$5572
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$2.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$145
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$2.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$4.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$8.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$3.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.66	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$5.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.91	$27.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$3.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$3.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$55.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.43	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$61.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.95	$19.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.6	$74.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$1752
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$607	$9531

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Cities near Blantyre

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 35 mi	Zomba	$498
60 km or 37 mi	Mulanje	$500
112 km or 70 mi	Ntcheu	$515
149 km or 92 mi	Mangochi	$516
157 km or 98 mi	Tete	$834
191 km or 119 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
240 km or 149 mi	Lilongwe	$582
307 km or 191 mi	Quelimane	$670
405 km or 252 mi	Chimoio	$953
432 km or 269 mi	Mutare	$662
450 km or 280 mi	Beira	$1000
454 km or 282 mi	Marondera	$810
458 km or 285 mi	Mzimba	$574
463 km or 287 mi	Nampula	$1190
478 km or 297 mi	Harare	$1012
487 km or 303 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
493 km or 307 mi	Mzuzu	$534
541 km or 336 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
611 km or 380 mi	Kadoma	$729
626 km or 389 mi	Nacala	$1394
637 km or 396 mi	Kwekwe	$731
650 km or 404 mi	Masvingo	$871
674 km or 419 mi	Pemba	$1500
685 km or 425 mi	Gweru	$761
708 km or 440 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
721 km or 448 mi	Lusaka	$685
746 km or 463 mi	Kasama	$1079
754 km or 469 mi	Ndola	$1139
784 km or 487 mi	Mbeya	$433
803 km or 499 mi	Kitwe	$1116
811 km or 504 mi	Mufulira	$1090
837 km or 520 mi	Mansa	$1017
837 km or 520 mi	Bulawayo	$756
849 km or 528 mi	Chingola	$1028
865 km or 537 mi	Choma	$725
935 km or 581 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
991 km or 616 mi	Francistown	$585
999 km or 621 mi	Livingstone	$670
1000 km or 621 mi	Moroni	$1091
1038 km or 645 mi	Morogoro	$639

Cities near Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876