Blantyre vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$474
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$147	$203
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$302
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$158
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$81.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$218
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	22	30
😀 Quality of life	25	14
🏙️ Population	800K	4.27M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 7% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 8593rd and 8769th ($507 vs $474) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 3rd 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 0.5 months in Kabul. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 8566th and 9071st 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	$3.98	$2.38
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$9.34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$4.64
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.11
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$1.53
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$140
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$90
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$312
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$141
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$66.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$59.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	18.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$404
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$202
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$7.27
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$1.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$4.36
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$3.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$5.88
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$2.97
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$3.48
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$12.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$2.15
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$13.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$16.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$17.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$1356

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$386
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$303
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$389
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$366
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$346
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$394
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$366
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$364
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$382
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$442
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$414
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$458
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$593
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$605
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$354
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$468
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$389
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$273
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$342
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$306
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$373
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$354
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$266
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$392
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$305
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$361
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$281
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$321
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$476