Blantyre vs Frankfurt - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Frankfurt
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1989
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$4617
🏠 One person rent	$147	$1125
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$1929
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$534
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$170
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$3700
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	22	87
😀 Quality of life	25	94
🏙️ Population	800K	776K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 75% less expensive than in Frankfurt. Cities ranked 8593rd and 1863rd ($507 vs $1989) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 4th 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 1.9 months in Frankfurt. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Frankfurt ranked 7th in Germany, while ranked 8566th and 47th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Frankfurt

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	Blantyre	Frankfurt
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$72.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$11.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$5.06
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$3.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$3.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$1133
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$849
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$2172
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$1473
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$186
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$282
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	4.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$8106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$4832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$3.86
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$54.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.3
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$4.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$17.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$6.11
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$8.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$3.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$53.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$95.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$19.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$86
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$555
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$14496

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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 Frankfurt

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.4 km or 4 mi	Offenbach am Main	$1566
6.6 km or 4.1 mi	Neu-Isenburg	$1680
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Bad Vilbel	$1670
8.6 km or 5.3 mi	Eschborn	$1717
11 km or 6.6 mi	Dreieich	$1662
11 km or 6.7 mi	Muhlheim am Main	$1589
12 km or 7.3 mi	Maintal	$1599
12 km or 7.7 mi	Oberursel	$1682
13 km or 8 mi	Obertshausen	$1592
13 km or 8.2 mi	Bad Soden	$1707
14 km or 8.4 mi	Dietzenbach	$1626
14 km or 8.6 mi	Bad Homburg vor der Hohe	$1660
14 km or 8.6 mi	Langen	$1651
15 km or 9.1 mi	Karben	$1631
15 km or 9.1 mi	Hattersheim am Main	$1698
16 km or 9.9 mi	Morfelden-Walldorf	$1665
16 km or 10 mi	Friedrichsdorf	$1624
16 km or 10 mi	Kelkheim	$1705
17 km or 11 mi	Hofheim	$1708
17 km or 11 mi	Hanau	$1591
18 km or 11 mi	Rodgau	$1606
18 km or 11 mi	Rodermark	$1618
19 km or 12 mi	Bruchkobel	$1601
21 km or 13 mi	Florsheim am Main	$1689
22 km or 14 mi	Nidderau	$1595
22 km or 14 mi	Seligenstadt	$1608
23 km or 14 mi	Russelsheim am Main	$1698
24 km or 15 mi	Weiterstadt	$1605
25 km or 16 mi	Friedberg	$1623
26 km or 16 mi	Gro-Gerau	$1641
28 km or 17 mi	Darmstadt	$1632
29 km or 18 mi	Bad Nauheim	$1620
30 km or 18 mi	Griesheim	$1605
32 km or 20 mi	Wiesbaden	$1879
32 km or 20 mi	Idstein	$1707
32 km or 20 mi	Mainz	$1666
33 km or 20 mi	Gro-Umstadt	$1614
34 km or 21 mi	Riedstadt	$1614
35 km or 22 mi	Pfungstadt	$1603
36 km or 22 mi	Butzbach	$1595