Blantyre vs Chisinau - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Chisinau
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$892
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$2204
🏠 One person rent	$147	$505
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$980
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$270
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$36
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$625
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	22	51
😀 Quality of life	25	57
🏙️ Population	800K	639K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 43% less expensive than in Chisinau. Cities ranked 8593rd and 6080th ($507 vs $892) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Malawi and Moldova, respectively. Check Malawi vs Moldova comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 0.7 months in Chisinau. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Chisinau ranked 1st in Moldova, while ranked 8566th and 5665th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Chisinau

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	Blantyre	Chisinau
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$8.05
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$32.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$6.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$1.76
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$1075
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$744
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$159
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$9.95
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	9.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$1974
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$1449
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$12.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$3.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$2.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$9.64
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$4.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$8.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.76
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$5.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$2.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$4.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$36.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$7.04
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$18
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$3.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$61.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$94.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$356
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$6466

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Chisinau

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Dubasari	$780
42 km or 26 mi	Orhei	$829
51 km or 32 mi	Bender	$502
61 km or 38 mi	Tiraspol	$517
80 km or 50 mi	Comrat	$782
83 km or 52 mi	Ungheni	$1062
95 km or 59 mi	Vaslui	$825
98 km or 61 mi	Iasi	$840
109 km or 68 mi	Balti	$876
126 km or 79 mi	Barlad	$725
132 km or 82 mi	Cahul	$812
135 km or 84 mi	Soroca	$863
146 km or 91 mi	Roman	$637
154 km or 96 mi	Odesa	$555
155 km or 96 mi	Bacau	$650
184 km or 115 mi	Botosani	$727
187 km or 116 mi	Galati	$786
189 km or 117 mi	Piatra Neamt	$676
194 km or 121 mi	Focsani	$752
202 km or 125 mi	Tulcea	$837
205 km or 127 mi	Braila	$741
209 km or 130 mi	Suceava	$709
238 km or 148 mi	Mykolaiv	$400
250 km or 155 mi	Vinnytsia	$562
259 km or 161 mi	Buzau	$729
261 km or 162 mi	Chernivtsi	$533
267 km or 166 mi	Sfantu Gheorghe	$680
288 km or 179 mi	Kherson	$433
292 km or 181 mi	Brasov	$938
295 km or 183 mi	Slobozia	$722
302 km or 187 mi	Khmelnytskyi	$483
305 km or 189 mi	Kropyvnytskyi	$513
307 km or 191 mi	Mamaia	$929
315 km or 196 mi	Constanta	$1002
317 km or 197 mi	Ploiesti	$796
324 km or 201 mi	Bila Tserkva	$454
331 km or 206 mi	Targu Mures	$758
332 km or 206 mi	Bistrita	$663
334 km or 207 mi	Calarasi	$696
348 km or 216 mi	Voluntari	$867