Blantyre vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Blantyre	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1306	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$147	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$239	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$239	$132
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	23	63
😀 Quality of life	30	54
🏙️ Population	800K	14.9M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 18% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 8632nd and 8915th ($506 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd 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 Karachi. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 8786th and 6371st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Karachi

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	Blantyre	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.6	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.69	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$176	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.2	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$322	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.9	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.77%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10537	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$393	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.49	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.28	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.44	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$1491

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$382
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$324
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$336
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$290
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$340
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$322
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$330
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$324
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$382
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$291
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$322
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$305
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$375
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$315
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$624
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$374
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$290
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$705
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$403
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$436
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$328
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$362
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$274
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$439
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$808
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$347
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$303
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$267
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1081
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$335
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558