Blantyre vs Gujranwala - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Blantyre	Gujranwala
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$302
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1306	$729
🏠 One person rent	$147	$98
🏘️ Family rent	$239	$152
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$124
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$38.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$239	$131
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	23	43
😀 Quality of life	30	30
🏙️ Population	800K	2.03M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 68% more expensive than in Gujranwala. Cities ranked 8632nd and 9199th ($506 vs $302) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 30th in Malawi and Pakistan, respectively. Check Malawi vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Blantyre compared to 0.4 months in Gujranwala. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Gujranwala ranked 10th in Pakistan, while ranked 8786th and 8772nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Gujranwala

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	Blantyre	Gujranwala
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$2.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.6	$10.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.69	$4.04
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.41
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$1.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$176	$53.7
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.2	$34.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$322	$95.4
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$60
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.9	$45.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$70.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$14.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.77%	18.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10537	$761
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$393	$522
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$3.71
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.72
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$0.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$0.94
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$5.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$2.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$4.38
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$0.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.49	$2.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$2.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$1.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.28	$1.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$0.5
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$0.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$5.97
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.44	$2.83
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$8.71
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$2.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$10.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$82.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$16.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$843

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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 Gujranwala

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 12 mi	Kamoke	$316
48 km or 30 mi	Hafizabad	$363
48 km or 30 mi	Gujrat	$320
51 km or 32 mi	Sialkot	$311
52 km or 32 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
68 km or 43 mi	Lahore	$427
80 km or 50 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
86 km or 54 mi	Amritsar	$380
90 km or 56 mi	Jammu	$284
117 km or 72 mi	Mirpur	$277
123 km or 76 mi	Chiniot	$372
132 km or 82 mi	Faisalabad	$333
139 km or 86 mi	Pathankot	$350
143 km or 89 mi	Sargodha	$376
149 km or 93 mi	Sahiwal	$303
161 km or 100 mi	Jalandhar	$337
164 km or 102 mi	Okara	$291
180 km or 112 mi	Gojra	$351
192 km or 119 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
202 km or 125 mi	Jhang	$294
203 km or 126 mi	Islamabad	$443
210 km or 130 mi	Ludhiana	$421
223 km or 139 mi	Srinagar	$340
228 km or 142 mi	Baramulla	$265
230 km or 143 mi	Wah	$344
264 km or 164 mi	Burewala	$347
292 km or 181 mi	Patiala	$357
293 km or 182 mi	Chandigarh	$373
297 km or 184 mi	Khanewal	$362
302 km or 188 mi	Kohat	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mardan	$354
306 km or 190 mi	Shimla	$270
324 km or 201 mi	Peshawar	$334
337 km or 209 mi	Mingora	$351
341 km or 212 mi	Multan	$403
365 km or 227 mi	Hisar	$262
389 km or 242 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
402 km or 250 mi	Saharanpur	$285
411 km or 255 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwani	$330