Blantyre vs Dushanbe - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Dushanbe
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$605
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$1616
🏠 One person rent	$147	$265
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$503
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$227
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$25.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$150
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	22	35
😀 Quality of life	25	36
🏙️ Population	800K	863K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 16% less expensive than in Dushanbe. Cities ranked 8593rd and 7600th ($507 vs $605) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 7th 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 8566th and 7359th 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	$3.98	$5.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$14.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$8.95
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.63
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$605
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$407
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$22.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$21.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	20.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$859
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$4.56
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$3.18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$1.71
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$8.12
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$6.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.73
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.56
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$7.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$1.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$2.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$0.79
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$36
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$4.57
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$71.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$3.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$30.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$106
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$13506

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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 Dushanbe

Distance	City	Cost of living
49 km or 30 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
82 km or 51 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
145 km or 90 mi	Panjakent	$602
150 km or 93 mi	Istaravshan	$613
190 km or 118 mi	Jizzakh	$507
198 km or 123 mi	Samarkand	$472
200 km or 124 mi	Ghafurov	$614
201 km or 125 mi	Buston	$615
203 km or 126 mi	Khujand	$623
205 km or 127 mi	Kunduz	$394
234 km or 145 mi	Istiklol	$613
236 km or 147 mi	Konibodom	$613
255 km or 158 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
261 km or 162 mi	Qarshi	$484
292 km or 181 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
306 km or 190 mi	Tashkent	$853
327 km or 203 mi	Fergana	$626
328 km or 204 mi	Margilan	$591
329 km or 204 mi	Chirchiq	$444
341 km or 212 mi	Sheberghan	$414
365 km or 227 mi	Namangan	$538
386 km or 240 mi	Andijan	$430
399 km or 248 mi	Bukhara	$431
406 km or 252 mi	Osh	$477
420 km or 261 mi	Shymkent	$569
445 km or 276 mi	Jalal-Abad	$538
451 km or 280 mi	Kabul	$474
456 km or 283 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
484 km or 301 mi	Jalalabad	$303
511 km or 318 mi	Toktogul	$607
526 km or 327 mi	Taraz	$441
526 km or 327 mi	Talas	$623
528 km or 328 mi	Turkistan	$512
529 km or 329 mi	Mingora	$364
550 km or 342 mi	Kentau	$501
555 km or 345 mi	Gardez	$386
560 km or 348 mi	Ghazni	$389
564 km or 350 mi	Peshawar	$346
566 km or 352 mi	Mardan	$366
591 km or 367 mi	Khost	$366