Blantyre vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Blantyre	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$599
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$1271
🏠 One person rent	$181	$285
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$403
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$182
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$96.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$604	$188
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	22	29
😀 Quality of life	27	13
🏙️ Population	1.9M	4.27M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 1% less expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 7882nd and 7801st ($591 vs $599) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Malawi and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Malawi vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 8369th and 9123rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Kabul

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	Blantyre	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.31	$2.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$8.83
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$6.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$3.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$168
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$123
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$381
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$53.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$99.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.65%	21.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10628	$451
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$406	$274
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$0.36
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$9.29
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$0.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.31
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$1.5
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$4.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$4.07
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$6.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$0.74
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.24
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.66	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.91	$2.56
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$3.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.09
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.47
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.43	$2.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.95	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.6	$13.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$46.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$23.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$607	$1452

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Cities near Blantyre

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 35 mi	Zomba	$498
60 km or 37 mi	Mulanje	$500
112 km or 70 mi	Ntcheu	$515
149 km or 92 mi	Mangochi	$516
157 km or 98 mi	Tete	$834
191 km or 119 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
240 km or 149 mi	Lilongwe	$582
307 km or 191 mi	Quelimane	$670
405 km or 252 mi	Chimoio	$953
432 km or 269 mi	Mutare	$662
450 km or 280 mi	Beira	$1000
454 km or 282 mi	Marondera	$810
458 km or 285 mi	Mzimba	$574
463 km or 287 mi	Nampula	$1190
478 km or 297 mi	Harare	$1012
487 km or 303 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
493 km or 307 mi	Mzuzu	$534
541 km or 336 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
611 km or 380 mi	Kadoma	$729
626 km or 389 mi	Nacala	$1394
637 km or 396 mi	Kwekwe	$731
650 km or 404 mi	Masvingo	$871
674 km or 419 mi	Pemba	$1500
685 km or 425 mi	Gweru	$761
708 km or 440 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
721 km or 448 mi	Lusaka	$685
746 km or 463 mi	Kasama	$1079
754 km or 469 mi	Ndola	$1139
784 km or 487 mi	Mbeya	$433
803 km or 499 mi	Kitwe	$1116
811 km or 504 mi	Mufulira	$1090
837 km or 520 mi	Mansa	$1017
837 km or 520 mi	Bulawayo	$756
849 km or 528 mi	Chingola	$1028
865 km or 537 mi	Choma	$725
935 km or 581 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
991 km or 616 mi	Francistown	$585
999 km or 621 mi	Livingstone	$670
1000 km or 621 mi	Moroni	$1091
1038 km or 645 mi	Morogoro	$639

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487