Blantyre vs Lahore - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Lahore
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$411
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$1052
🏠 One person rent	$147	$163
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$338
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$57.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$179
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	22	69
😀 Quality of life	25	46
🏙️ Population	800K	11.1M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 23% more expensive than in Lahore. Cities ranked 8593rd and 8934th ($507 vs $411) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 4th in Malawi and Pakistan, respectively. Check Malawi vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 0.4 months in Lahore. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Lahore ranked 3rd in Pakistan, while ranked 8566th and 6486th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Blantyre vs Lahore infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/blantyre/lahore.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Blantyre vs Lahore infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/blantyre/lahore" target="_blank">Blantyre vs Lahore - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Blantyre vs Lahore

Prices for goods and services in Blantyre and Lahore are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Blantyre	Lahore
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$2.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$16
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$4.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$2.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$102
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$65.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$289
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$187
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$74.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	19.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$626
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$587
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$5.75
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$4.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.95
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.88
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$1.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$5.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$2.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$3.91
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$0.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$0.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$1.97
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$2.04
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$2.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$0.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$13
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$5.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$3.47
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$15
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$71.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$37.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$1172

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

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 Lahore

Distance	City	Cost of living
37 km or 23 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
49 km or 30 mi	Amritsar	$383
49 km or 30 mi	Kamoke	$321
68 km or 43 mi	Gujranwala	$308
85 km or 53 mi	Hafizabad	$380
107 km or 67 mi	Sialkot	$281
117 km or 72 mi	Gujrat	$373
118 km or 73 mi	Okara	$300
120 km or 74 mi	Jalandhar	$358
120 km or 75 mi	Sahiwal	$305
121 km or 75 mi	Faisalabad	$306
130 km or 81 mi	Chiniot	$389
140 km or 87 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
140 km or 87 mi	Jammu	$287
147 km or 91 mi	Pathankot	$355
160 km or 99 mi	Ludhiana	$441
164 km or 102 mi	Gojra	$342
169 km or 105 mi	Sargodha	$458
185 km or 115 mi	Mirpur	$354
195 km or 121 mi	Jhang	$292
222 km or 138 mi	Burewala	$356
244 km or 152 mi	Patiala	$365
250 km or 155 mi	Chandigarh	$369
257 km or 160 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
268 km or 167 mi	Islamabad	$442
269 km or 167 mi	Khanewal	$361
273 km or 170 mi	Shimla	$272
286 km or 178 mi	Srinagar	$354
294 km or 183 mi	Wah	$382
295 km or 183 mi	Baramulla	$273
299 km or 186 mi	Hisar	$251
317 km or 197 mi	Multan	$392
351 km or 218 mi	Bahawalpur	$342
352 km or 219 mi	Bhiwani	$321
353 km or 219 mi	Saharanpur	$283
354 km or 220 mi	Kohat	$379
364 km or 226 mi	Rohtak	$265
366 km or 227 mi	Mardan	$366
377 km or 234 mi	Dehradun	$372
381 km or 237 mi	Peshawar	$346