Blantyre vs Dusseldorf - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Blantyre	Dusseldorf
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1979
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1306	$4769
🏠 One person rent	$147	$1090
🏘️ Family rent	$239	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$553
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$178
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$239	$3937
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	23	92
😀 Quality of life	30	96
🏙️ Population	800K	631K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 74% less expensive than in Dusseldorf. Cities ranked 8632nd and 2065th ($506 vs $1979) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 10th in Malawi and Germany, respectively. Check Malawi vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Blantyre compared to 2 months in Dusseldorf. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Dusseldorf ranked 3rd in Germany, while ranked 8786th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Dusseldorf

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	Blantyre	Dusseldorf
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$17.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.6	$75.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.69	$13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$5.4
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$4.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$3.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$176	$1139
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.2	$859
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$322	$2011
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$1558
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.9	$134
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$207
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$41.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.77%	3.94%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10537	$7326
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$393	$6067
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$3.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$64.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$29.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$2.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$4.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$21.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$4.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.81
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.54
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.49	$7.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.19
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$9.24
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$6.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.28	$3.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$46.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.44	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$60.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$16.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$789
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$23360

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Cities near Blantyre

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 35 mi	Zomba	$458
60 km or 37 mi	Mulanje	$461
112 km or 70 mi	Ntcheu	$493
149 km or 92 mi	Mangochi	$496
157 km or 98 mi	Tete	$820
191 km or 119 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
240 km or 149 mi	Lilongwe	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Quelimane	$692
405 km or 252 mi	Chimoio	$916
432 km or 269 mi	Mutare	$755
450 km or 280 mi	Beira	$996
454 km or 282 mi	Marondera	$779
458 km or 285 mi	Mzimba	$565
463 km or 287 mi	Nampula	$935
478 km or 297 mi	Harare	$1021
487 km or 303 mi	Chitungwiza	$751
493 km or 307 mi	Mzuzu	$527
541 km or 336 mi	Chinhoyi	$650
611 km or 380 mi	Kadoma	$761
626 km or 389 mi	Nacala	$1168
637 km or 396 mi	Kwekwe	$716
650 km or 404 mi	Masvingo	$873
674 km or 419 mi	Pemba	$1511
685 km or 425 mi	Gweru	$587
708 km or 440 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$748
721 km or 448 mi	Lusaka	$655
746 km or 463 mi	Kasama	$888
754 km or 469 mi	Ndola	$577
784 km or 487 mi	Mbeya	$495
803 km or 499 mi	Kitwe	$1062
811 km or 504 mi	Mufulira	$1278
837 km or 520 mi	Mansa	$912
837 km or 520 mi	Bulawayo	$658
849 km or 528 mi	Chingola	$1069
865 km or 537 mi	Choma	$687
935 km or 581 mi	Lubumbashi	$1124
991 km or 616 mi	Francistown	$587
999 km or 621 mi	Livingstone	$653
1000 km or 621 mi	Moroni	$1207
1038 km or 645 mi	Morogoro	$421

Cities near Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1650
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1631
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1661
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1645
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1674
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1613
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1711
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1616
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1740
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1645
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1567
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1727
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1626
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1634
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1574
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1659
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1708
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1596
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1555
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1340
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1691
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1543
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1651
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1741
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$2037
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1605
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1605
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1525
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1544
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1488
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1586
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1608
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1650
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1516
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1678
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1630
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1474
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1552
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1547
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1968