Blantyre vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Blantyre	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$672
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$1801
🏠 One person rent	$181	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$532
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$245
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$604	$155
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	22	35
😀 Quality of life	27	36
🏙️ Population	1.9M	863K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 12% less expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 7882nd and 7107th ($591 vs $672) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Malawi and Tajikistan, respectively. Check Malawi vs Tajikistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 0.2 months in Dushanbe. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Dushanbe ranked 1st in Tajikistan, while ranked 8369th and 7353rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Dushanbe

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	Blantyre	Dushanbe
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.31	$5.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$14.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$9.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$370
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$190
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$413
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$40.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$62
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$24.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.65%	19.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10628	$862
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$406	$532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$4.69
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$3.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.68
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$1.77
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$8.57
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$4.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$6.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.38
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.43
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.66	$7.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.91	$2.35
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$3.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$37.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.43	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$119
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.95	$3.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.6	$27.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$76.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$108
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$607	$13630

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Cities near Blantyre

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 35 mi	Zomba	$498
60 km or 37 mi	Mulanje	$500
112 km or 70 mi	Ntcheu	$515
149 km or 92 mi	Mangochi	$516
157 km or 98 mi	Tete	$834
191 km or 119 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
240 km or 149 mi	Lilongwe	$582
307 km or 191 mi	Quelimane	$670
405 km or 252 mi	Chimoio	$953
432 km or 269 mi	Mutare	$662
450 km or 280 mi	Beira	$1000
454 km or 282 mi	Marondera	$810
458 km or 285 mi	Mzimba	$574
463 km or 287 mi	Nampula	$1190
478 km or 297 mi	Harare	$1012
487 km or 303 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
493 km or 307 mi	Mzuzu	$534
541 km or 336 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
611 km or 380 mi	Kadoma	$729
626 km or 389 mi	Nacala	$1394
637 km or 396 mi	Kwekwe	$731
650 km or 404 mi	Masvingo	$871
674 km or 419 mi	Pemba	$1500
685 km or 425 mi	Gweru	$761
708 km or 440 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
721 km or 448 mi	Lusaka	$685
746 km or 463 mi	Kasama	$1079
754 km or 469 mi	Ndola	$1139
784 km or 487 mi	Mbeya	$433
803 km or 499 mi	Kitwe	$1116
811 km or 504 mi	Mufulira	$1090
837 km or 520 mi	Mansa	$1017
837 km or 520 mi	Bulawayo	$756
849 km or 528 mi	Chingola	$1028
865 km or 537 mi	Choma	$725
935 km or 581 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
991 km or 616 mi	Francistown	$585
999 km or 621 mi	Livingstone	$670
1000 km or 621 mi	Moroni	$1091
1038 km or 645 mi	Morogoro	$639

Cities near Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$664
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$667
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$468
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$530
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$666
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$671
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$658
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$467
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$660
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$663
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$435
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$816
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$469
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$473
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$429
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$450
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$527
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$419
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$452
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$567
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$596
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$614
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$599
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1554
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$358
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$645
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$461
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$653
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$532
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$354
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$519
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$469
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$476
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$338
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$372
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$441