Blantyre vs Budapest - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Budapest
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1109
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$2730
🏠 One person rent	$147	$553
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$965
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$1229
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	22	92
😀 Quality of life	25	79
🏙️ Population	800K	1.69M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 54% less expensive than in Budapest. Cities ranked 8593rd and 4777th ($507 vs $1109) 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 1 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 8566th and 618th 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	$3.98	$9.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$45
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$7.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.55
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$1.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$1044
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$769
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$79.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$18.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	6.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$4106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$2694
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$1.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$23.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$5.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$5.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$5.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$3.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$51
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$7.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$49.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$71.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$374
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$11151

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Cities near Blantyre

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 35 mi	Zomba	$457
60 km or 37 mi	Mulanje	$461
112 km or 70 mi	Ntcheu	$492
149 km or 92 mi	Mangochi	$493
157 km or 98 mi	Tete	$825
191 km or 119 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
240 km or 149 mi	Lilongwe	$587
307 km or 191 mi	Quelimane	$675
405 km or 252 mi	Chimoio	$947
432 km or 269 mi	Mutare	$752
450 km or 280 mi	Beira	$1003
454 km or 282 mi	Marondera	$794
458 km or 285 mi	Mzimba	$566
463 km or 287 mi	Nampula	$872
478 km or 297 mi	Harare	$992
487 km or 303 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
493 km or 307 mi	Mzuzu	$525
541 km or 336 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
611 km or 380 mi	Kadoma	$723
626 km or 389 mi	Nacala	$1150
637 km or 396 mi	Kwekwe	$730
650 km or 404 mi	Masvingo	$854
674 km or 419 mi	Pemba	$1506
685 km or 425 mi	Gweru	$597
708 km or 440 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
721 km or 448 mi	Lusaka	$738
746 km or 463 mi	Kasama	$748
754 km or 469 mi	Ndola	$541
784 km or 487 mi	Mbeya	$461
803 km or 499 mi	Kitwe	$917
811 km or 504 mi	Mufulira	$1018
837 km or 520 mi	Mansa	$776
837 km or 520 mi	Bulawayo	$766
849 km or 528 mi	Chingola	$875
865 km or 537 mi	Choma	$700
935 km or 581 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
991 km or 616 mi	Francistown	$624
999 km or 621 mi	Livingstone	$688
1000 km or 621 mi	Moroni	$1105
1038 km or 645 mi	Morogoro	$486

Cities near Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$901
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$790
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$939
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$843
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$924
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$827
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$794
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$855
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1045
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$823
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$987
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$666
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$786
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$922
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$784
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$784
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1039
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1237
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$802
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$747
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1080
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$892
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1181
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$676
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$750
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1275
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$768
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$766
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$848
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1118
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1039