Blantyre vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1779
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$4033
🏠 One person rent	$147	$1140
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$2017
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$3416
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	22	45
😀 Quality of life	25	80
🏙️ Population	800K	1.19M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 72% less expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 8593rd and 2449th ($507 vs $1779) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Malawi and Qatar, respectively. Check Malawi vs Qatar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.9 months in Doha. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 8566th and 562nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Doha

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	Blantyre	Doha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$9.28
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$52.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$7.25
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$5.25
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$1393
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$888
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$2490
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$1664
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$65.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$85.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	5.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$4779
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$3550
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$34.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$16.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.57
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$2.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$2.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$11
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$4.28
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$6.25
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$6.11
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$4.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$2.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$108
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$48.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$63
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$770
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$11200

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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 Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1709
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1223
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1243
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1280
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$1068
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1056
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$897
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$901
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2379
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1494
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2240
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$547
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$551
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$546
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1844
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$548
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$557
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1239
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$589
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1637
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$563
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$529
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$736
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$536
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$514
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$547
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$780
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$904