Blantyre vs Copenhagen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Blantyre	Copenhagen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$2601
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1306	$6038
🏠 One person rent	$147	$1451
🏘️ Family rent	$239	$2570
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$729
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$221
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$239	$4591
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	23	92
😀 Quality of life	30	98
🏙️ Population	800K	667K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 81% less expensive than in Copenhagen. Cities ranked 8632nd and 713th ($506 vs $2601) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Malawi and Denmark, respectively. Check Malawi vs Denmark comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Blantyre compared to 1.8 months in Copenhagen. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Copenhagen ranked 1st in Denmark, while ranked 8786th and 10th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Copenhagen

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	Blantyre	Copenhagen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$23.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.6	$109
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.69	$15.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$9.14
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$6.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$4.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$176	$1734
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.2	$1183
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$322	$3186
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$2138
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.9	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$182
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$41.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.77%	3.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10537	$9559
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$393	$6448
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$3.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$116
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$29.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$2.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$2.26
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$4.19
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$5.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$18
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$3.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$3.42
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$3.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$5.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.12
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$3.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.49	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.28	$4.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.44	$20.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$69.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$37.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$125
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$131
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$614
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$17654

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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 Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2617
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2379
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$2184
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1421
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1757
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$2086
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$2280
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1619
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1598
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1977
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1485
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1591
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1485
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$2029
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1472
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1386
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1362
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1805
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1785
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1502
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$2088
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1523
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1444
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1770
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1668
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1481
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1675
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1515
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1529
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1869
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1482
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1563
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1675
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1861
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1460
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1662
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1421
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1467
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1658
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1678