Blantyre vs Budapest - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Blantyre	Budapest
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1377
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1306	$3353
🏠 One person rent	$147	$707
🏘️ Family rent	$239	$1218
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$411
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$239	$1503
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	23	92
😀 Quality of life	30	82
🏙️ Population	800K	1.69M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 63% less expensive than in Budapest. Cities ranked 8632nd and 4312th ($506 vs $1377) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Malawi and Hungary, respectively. Check Malawi vs Hungary comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Blantyre compared to 1.1 months in Budapest. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Budapest ranked 1st in Hungary, while ranked 8786th and 636th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Budapest

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	Blantyre	Budapest
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$10.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.6	$55.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.69	$8.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$3.18
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$3.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$1.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$176	$735
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.2	$557
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$322	$1332
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$984
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.9	$91
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$141
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.77%	7.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10537	$5141
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$393	$3394
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$1.48
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$27.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$13.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$3.34
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$12.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$7.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$3.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.38
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.49	$6.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$7.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.28	$4.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.49
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$60
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.44	$8.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$95
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$97.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$447
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$13171

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Cities near Blantyre

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 35 mi	Zomba	$458
60 km or 37 mi	Mulanje	$461
112 km or 70 mi	Ntcheu	$493
149 km or 92 mi	Mangochi	$496
157 km or 98 mi	Tete	$820
191 km or 119 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
240 km or 149 mi	Lilongwe	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Quelimane	$692
405 km or 252 mi	Chimoio	$916
432 km or 269 mi	Mutare	$755
450 km or 280 mi	Beira	$996
454 km or 282 mi	Marondera	$779
458 km or 285 mi	Mzimba	$565
463 km or 287 mi	Nampula	$935
478 km or 297 mi	Harare	$1021
487 km or 303 mi	Chitungwiza	$751
493 km or 307 mi	Mzuzu	$527
541 km or 336 mi	Chinhoyi	$650
611 km or 380 mi	Kadoma	$761
626 km or 389 mi	Nacala	$1168
637 km or 396 mi	Kwekwe	$716
650 km or 404 mi	Masvingo	$873
674 km or 419 mi	Pemba	$1511
685 km or 425 mi	Gweru	$587
708 km or 440 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$748
721 km or 448 mi	Lusaka	$655
746 km or 463 mi	Kasama	$888
754 km or 469 mi	Ndola	$577
784 km or 487 mi	Mbeya	$495
803 km or 499 mi	Kitwe	$1062
811 km or 504 mi	Mufulira	$1278
837 km or 520 mi	Mansa	$912
837 km or 520 mi	Bulawayo	$658
849 km or 528 mi	Chingola	$1069
865 km or 537 mi	Choma	$687
935 km or 581 mi	Lubumbashi	$1124
991 km or 616 mi	Francistown	$587
999 km or 621 mi	Livingstone	$653
1000 km or 621 mi	Moroni	$1207
1038 km or 645 mi	Morogoro	$421

Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$1089
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$936
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$1081
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$1010
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$1059
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$1070
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$943
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$884
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$823
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$1002
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1148
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$895
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1134
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$971
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$946
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$806
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$973
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$1037
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$861
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$949
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1176
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1346
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$982
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$890
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1126
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$917
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$992
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1311
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$913
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$965
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$985
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$808
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$802
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1388
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1497
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$832
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$934
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$1033
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1257
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1162