Blantyre vs Islamabad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Blantyre	Islamabad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$443
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1306	$1034
🏠 One person rent	$147	$199
🏘️ Family rent	$239	$328
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$35.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$239	$155
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	26 km
🎓 Higher education	23	69
😀 Quality of life	30	50
🏙️ Population	800K	1.01M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 14% more expensive than in Islamabad. Cities ranked 8632nd and 8887th ($506 vs $443) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st 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 0.3 months in Islamabad. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Islamabad ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 8786th and 6597th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Islamabad

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	Blantyre	Islamabad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$2.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.6	$14.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.69	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$2.36
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$2.02
🥤 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	$187
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.2	$98.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$322	$338
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$178
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.9	$65.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$101
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.77%	18.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10537	$1311
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$393	$775
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$9.39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$4.05
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$6.37
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$3.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$4.46
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.49	$1.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$2.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$1.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.28	$1.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$20.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.44	$4.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$11
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$21.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$80.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$61.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$2738

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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 Islamabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
33 km or 20 mi	Wah	$344
91 km or 57 mi	Mirpur	$277
108 km or 67 mi	Mardan	$354
131 km or 82 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
132 km or 82 mi	Baramulla	$265
135 km or 84 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Peshawar	$334
148 km or 92 mi	Kohat	$364
158 km or 98 mi	Gujrat	$320
169 km or 105 mi	Srinagar	$340
183 km or 114 mi	Sargodha	$376
191 km or 119 mi	Hafizabad	$363
193 km or 120 mi	Sialkot	$311
200 km or 124 mi	Jammu	$284
203 km or 126 mi	Gujranwala	$302
220 km or 137 mi	Chiniot	$372
222 km or 138 mi	Kamoke	$316
239 km or 148 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
252 km or 156 mi	Jalalabad	$354
254 km or 158 mi	Faisalabad	$333
268 km or 167 mi	Lahore	$427
279 km or 173 mi	Jhang	$294
285 km or 177 mi	Gojra	$351
287 km or 178 mi	Amritsar	$380
287 km or 179 mi	Sahiwal	$303
291 km or 181 mi	Pathankot	$350
292 km or 182 mi	Khost	$393
324 km or 201 mi	Okara	$291
353 km or 219 mi	Gardez	$401
356 km or 221 mi	Jalandhar	$337
368 km or 229 mi	Kabul	$458
392 km or 244 mi	Khanewal	$362
396 km or 246 mi	Burewala	$347
408 km or 253 mi	Ludhiana	$421
418 km or 260 mi	Multan	$403
427 km or 266 mi	Ghazni	$396
465 km or 289 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
468 km or 291 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
483 km or 300 mi	Chandigarh	$373