Blantyre vs Hamburg City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Hamburg City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$2007
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$4961
🏠 One person rent	$147	$1066
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$2044
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$557
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$235
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$3346
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	22	84
😀 Quality of life	25	94
🏙️ Population	800K	1.91M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 75% less expensive than in Hamburg City. Cities ranked 8593rd and 1818th ($507 vs $2007) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 3rd 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 1.7 months in Hamburg City. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Hamburg City ranked 6th in Germany, while ranked 8566th and 40th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Hamburg City

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	Blantyre	Hamburg City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$83.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$4.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$3.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$1071
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$755
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$2236
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$1550
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$318
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$39
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	3.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$8190
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$5824
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$52.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.86
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$2.04
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$3.38
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$18.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.92
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$4.38
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.12
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$6.28
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$8.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$45.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$58.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$23.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$85.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$233
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$24460

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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 Hamburg City

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Reinbek	$1514
17 km or 11 mi	Norderstedt	$1501
18 km or 11 mi	Pinneberg	$1489
20 km or 13 mi	Wedel	$1482
21 km or 13 mi	Ahrensburg	$1515
21 km or 13 mi	Buxtehude	$1437
21 km or 13 mi	Quickborn	$1485
25 km or 15 mi	Winsen	$1425
28 km or 17 mi	Geesthacht	$1514
32 km or 20 mi	Elmshorn	$1473
32 km or 20 mi	Kaltenkirchen	$1484
35 km or 22 mi	Stade	$1428
38 km or 24 mi	Bad Oldesloe	$1530
43 km or 27 mi	Luneburg	$1397
52 km or 33 mi	Itzehoe	$1459
57 km or 36 mi	Lubeck	$1599
58 km or 36 mi	Neumunster	$1456
62 km or 38 mi	Bad Schwartau	$1552
63 km or 39 mi	Rotenburg an der Wumme	$1456
64 km or 40 mi	Soltau	$1469
75 km or 47 mi	Uelzen	$1488
81 km or 50 mi	Walsrode	$1482
83 km or 52 mi	Geestland	$1382
86 km or 54 mi	Kiel	$1452
87 km or 54 mi	Verden an der Aller	$1468
87 km or 54 mi	Rendsburg	$1432
88 km or 54 mi	Osterholz-Scharmbeck	$1432
88 km or 55 mi	Achim	$1450
93 km or 57 mi	Cuxhaven	$1382
93 km or 58 mi	Heide	$1451
94 km or 58 mi	Bremerhaven	$1626
94 km or 58 mi	Schwerin	$1231
95 km or 59 mi	Bremen City	$1556
102 km or 63 mi	Nordenham	$1358
103 km or 64 mi	Celle	$1458
103 km or 64 mi	Eckernforde	$1442
104 km or 64 mi	Wismar	$1307
106 km or 66 mi	Syke	$1451
107 km or 66 mi	Delmenhorst	$1451
109 km or 68 mi	Salzwedel	$1321