Blantyre vs Dublin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Dublin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$2627
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$5796
🏠 One person rent	$147	$1748
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$3037
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$563
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$168
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$3727
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	22	95
😀 Quality of life	25	96
🏙️ Population	800K	593K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 81% less expensive than in Dublin. Cities ranked 8593rd and 605th ($507 vs $2627) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Malawi and Ireland, respectively. Check Malawi vs Ireland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.4 months in Dublin. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Dublin ranked 1st in Ireland, while ranked 8566th and 17th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Dublin

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	Blantyre	Dublin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$82
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$7.53
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$2.28
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$1839
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$1479
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$3211
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$2644
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$151
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$234
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$45.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	4.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$6999
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$5541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$2.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$108
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$20.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.47
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$4.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$11.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$3.32
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$2.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$17.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$6.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$6.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.75
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$2.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$54.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$69.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$19
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$95
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$99
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$1213
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$8881

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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 Dublin

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.3 mi	Swords	$2186
30 km or 19 mi	Naas	$2216
42 km or 26 mi	Drogheda	$2628
75 km or 46 mi	Dundalk	$1767
102 km or 63 mi	Kilkenny	$1785
113 km or 70 mi	Wexford	$1662
131 km or 82 mi	Lisburn	$1713
134 km or 83 mi	Waterford	$2134
141 km or 88 mi	Belfast	$1755
148 km or 92 mi	Douglas	$1968
148 km or 92 mi	Newtownabbey	$1692
152 km or 94 mi	Bangor	$1382
154 km or 96 mi	Omagh	$1562
175 km or 109 mi	Limerick	$1969
185 km or 115 mi	Galway	$2297
185 km or 115 mi	Rhyl	$1615
196 km or 122 mi	Derry	$1390
212 km or 132 mi	Wallasey	$1563
213 km or 132 mi	Formby	$1682
215 km or 133 mi	Crosby	$1681
216 km or 134 mi	Birkenhead	$1697
217 km or 135 mi	Bebington	$1710
217 km or 135 mi	Liverpool	$1774
217 km or 135 mi	Bootle	$1706
218 km or 136 mi	Southport	$1675
219 km or 136 mi	Blackpool	$1482
219 km or 136 mi	Cork	$2275
220 km or 137 mi	Wrexham	$1556
221 km or 137 mi	Lytham St Annes	$1640
221 km or 137 mi	Whitehaven	$1732
224 km or 139 mi	Ellesmere Port	$1774
225 km or 140 mi	Chester	$1897
234 km or 145 mi	Llanelli	$1686
234 km or 145 mi	St Helens	$1497
235 km or 146 mi	Widnes	$1753
236 km or 147 mi	Runcorn	$1762
239 km or 148 mi	Morecambe	$1714
240 km or 149 mi	Preston	$1456
241 km or 150 mi	Lancaster	$1629
242 km or 150 mi	Wigan	$1574