Blantyre vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Blantyre	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1306	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$147	$315
🏘️ Family rent	$239	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$239	$47.6
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	23	28
😀 Quality of life	30	39
🏙️ Population	800K	2.69M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 25% less expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 8632nd and 7287th ($506 vs $671) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Malawi and Syria, respectively. Check Malawi vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Blantyre compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 8786th and 7834th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Damascus

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	Blantyre	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$7.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.6	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.69	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$176	$219
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.2	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$322	$398
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.9	$88
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.77%	13.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10537	$1865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$393	$645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$6.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$3.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.49	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.28	$0.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.44	$2.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$3.82
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$1711

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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 Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108