Blantyre vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1402
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$3491
🏠 One person rent	$147	$684
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$1301
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$460
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$138
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$2953
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	22	65
😀 Quality of life	25	88
🏙️ Population	800K	566K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 64% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 8593rd and 3862nd ($507 vs $1402) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 512th 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 2.1 months in Dresden. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Dresden ranked 33rd in Germany, while ranked 8566th and 217th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Dresden

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	Blantyre	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$12.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$56.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$9.93
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$3.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$3.58
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$656
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$1357
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$929
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$248
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$4831
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$3685
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$3.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$61.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$21.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.68
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$11.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.57
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.55
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$6.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$7.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$9.35
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$2.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$29.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$48.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$14.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$75.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$323
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$13167

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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 Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1347
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1351
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1341
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1352
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1325
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1202
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1309
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1048
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1278
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$880
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$971
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1420
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1314
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1351
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1373
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$942
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1092
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1081
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1033
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1310
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1353
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1350
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1352
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1147
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1362
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1241
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1281
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1011
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1030
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1516
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1118
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1216
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$950
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1092
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$979
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1419