Blantyre vs Cologne - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Cologne
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1744
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$4212
🏠 One person rent	$147	$947
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$1673
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$491
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$3148
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	22	92
😀 Quality of life	25	96
🏙️ Population	800K	1.09M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 71% less expensive than in Cologne. Cities ranked 8593rd and 2551st ($507 vs $1744) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 24th in Malawi and Germany, respectively. Check Malawi vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.8 months in Cologne. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Cologne ranked 2nd in Germany, while ranked 8566th and 12th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Cologne

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	Blantyre	Cologne
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$13.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$61.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$4.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$3.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$3.1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$963
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$743
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$1902
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$1332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$186
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$40.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$6163
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$5539
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$3.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$56.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.23
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$3.95
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$13.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.22
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$6.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.02
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$8.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$2.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$32.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$49.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$94.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$773
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$15595

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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 Cologne

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Hurth	$1578
10 km or 6.4 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
10 km or 6.4 mi	Frechen	$1569
13 km or 7.9 mi	Bruhl	$1559
13 km or 7.9 mi	Pulheim	$1572
14 km or 8.4 mi	Wesseling	$1554
14 km or 8.5 mi	Bergisch Gladbach	$1586
15 km or 9.3 mi	Niederkassel	$1551
16 km or 10 mi	Rosrath	$1536
18 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
19 km or 12 mi	Dormagen	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Erftstadt	$1534
19 km or 12 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
20 km or 12 mi	Troisdorf	$1544
20 km or 12 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
20 km or 12 mi	Kerpen	$1529
21 km or 13 mi	Bornheim	$1554
21 km or 13 mi	Lohmar	$1523
22 km or 14 mi	Bergheim	$1518
23 km or 15 mi	Siegburg	$1522
24 km or 15 mi	Overath	$1497
25 km or 16 mi	Sankt Augustin	$1542
25 km or 16 mi	Bonn	$1677
26 km or 16 mi	Hilden	$1522
26 km or 16 mi	Solingen	$1580
27 km or 17 mi	Elsdorf	$1502
28 km or 17 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
28 km or 17 mi	Haan	$1517
28 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
29 km or 18 mi	Hennef	$1494
31 km or 19 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
31 km or 19 mi	Remscheid	$1494
31 km or 20 mi	Erkrath	$1516
33 km or 20 mi	Konigswinter	$1446
34 km or 21 mi	Euskirchen	$1503
34 km or 21 mi	Neuss	$1495
34 km or 21 mi	Mettmann	$1479
35 km or 21 mi	Zulpich	$1490
35 km or 21 mi	Meckenheim	$1500
35 km or 22 mi	Dusseldorf	$1772