Blantyre vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$417
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$1080
🏠 One person rent	$147	$154
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$315
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$38
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$165
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	22	83
😀 Quality of life	25	58
🏙️ Population	800K	9.61M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 22% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 8593rd and 8923rd ($507 vs $417) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Malawi and Egypt, respectively. Check Malawi vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 0.4 months in Cairo. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 8566th and 5545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Cairo

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	Blantyre	Cairo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$3.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$18.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$1.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.34
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$185
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$113
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$386
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$253
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$16.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$25.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	14.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$690
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$453
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$7.68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$3.17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.29
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$1.51
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$4.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$8.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.49
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.48
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$0.72
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$7.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$1.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$1.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$2.31
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$17.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$2.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$2.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$37
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$101
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$90.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$1985

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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 Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$318
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$365
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$335
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$300
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$305
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$307
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$288
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$325
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$269
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$319
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$301
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$295
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$272
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$268
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$289
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$298
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$276
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$316
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$339
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$290
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$640
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$1684
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$1742
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$1732
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$381
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$1577
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1511
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1471
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$1686
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$809
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$1837
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$1716
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$336
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$464
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$1884
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$360
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$813
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$1811