Blantyre vs Kathmandu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Kathmandu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$419
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$1077
🏠 One person rent	$147	$131
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$240
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$181
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$62.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$238
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	22	28
😀 Quality of life	25	46
🏙️ Population	800K	846K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 21% more expensive than in Kathmandu. Cities ranked 8593rd and 8918th ($507 vs $419) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Malawi and Nepal, respectively. Check Malawi vs Nepal comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 0.6 months in Kathmandu. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Kathmandu ranked 1st in Nepal, while ranked 8566th and 6495th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Kathmandu

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	Blantyre	Kathmandu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$1.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$18.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$6.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.57
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$162
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$84.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$296
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$173
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$21.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$32.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$9.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	12.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$2191
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$1059
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.26
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$8.84
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$3.13
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$5.67
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.51
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$7.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$2.23
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$2.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$2.53
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$0.69
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$22.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$3.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$2.77
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$23.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$53.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$85.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$3409

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Kathmandu

Distance	City	Cost of living
5 km or 3.1 mi	Lalitpur	$341
47 km or 29 mi	Hetauda	$294
94 km or 58 mi	Birgunj	$321
124 km or 77 mi	Janakpur	$292
146 km or 91 mi	Pokhara	$391
183 km or 114 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
222 km or 138 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
234 km or 145 mi	Biratnagar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Patna	$316
238 km or 148 mi	Saharsa	$292
261 km or 162 mi	Damak	$317
300 km or 186 mi	Purnia	$300
320 km or 199 mi	Bhagalpur	$282
322 km or 200 mi	Siliguri	$312
332 km or 206 mi	Gaya	$299
346 km or 215 mi	Jaunpur	$297
355 km or 220 mi	Varanasi	$308
359 km or 223 mi	Raiganj	$309
384 km or 239 mi	Shigatse	$900
398 km or 247 mi	Mirzapur	$329
400 km or 249 mi	Paro	$459
410 km or 255 mi	Malda	$308
411 km or 256 mi	Saidpur	$296
421 km or 262 mi	Thimphu	$422
431 km or 268 mi	Allahabad	$314
438 km or 272 mi	Balurghat	$307
443 km or 275 mi	Rangpur	$296
447 km or 278 mi	Lucknow	$366
449 km or 279 mi	Dhanbad	$293
468 km or 291 mi	Kulti	$300
476 km or 296 mi	Asansol	$299
479 km or 298 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
485 km or 301 mi	Ranchi	$375
493 km or 306 mi	Rajshahi	$274
495 km or 307 mi	Berhampore	$304
503 km or 313 mi	Durgapur	$292
510 km or 317 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
510 km or 317 mi	Bogra	$280
517 km or 321 mi	Kanpur	$315
553 km or 344 mi	Jamshedpur	$361