Blantyre vs Leipzig - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Leipzig
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1516
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$3783
🏠 One person rent	$147	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$1542
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$505
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$128
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$2738
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	22	72
😀 Quality of life	25	92
🏙️ Population	800K	620K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 67% less expensive than in Leipzig. Cities ranked 8593rd and 3353rd ($507 vs $1516) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 271st in Malawi and Germany, respectively. Check Malawi vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.8 months in Leipzig. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Leipzig ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 8566th and 87th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Leipzig

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	Blantyre	Leipzig
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$12.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$63.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$4.42
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$3.66
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$2.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$687
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$504
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$1640
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$1119
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$176
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$271
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$47.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$3984
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$2535
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$3.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$52.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.83
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$3.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$14.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.57
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$6.29
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$8.51
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$1.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$33.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$90.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$82.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$372
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$9452

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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 Leipzig

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.2 km or 3.8 mi	Markkleeberg	$1452
22 km or 13 mi	Delitzsch	$1419
26 km or 16 mi	Grimma	$1353
27 km or 17 mi	Merseburg	$1269
32 km or 20 mi	Bitterfeld-Wolfen	$1308
33 km or 20 mi	Weienfels	$1284
33 km or 21 mi	Halle	$1229
36 km or 22 mi	Halle-Neustadt	$1261
36 km or 22 mi	Zeitz	$1295
39 km or 24 mi	Altenburg	$1281
45 km or 28 mi	Naumburg	$1287
50 km or 31 mi	Torgau	$1350
54 km or 34 mi	Kothen	$1346
55 km or 34 mi	Gera	$1109
56 km or 35 mi	Dobeln	$1278
57 km or 35 mi	Dessau-Rolau	$1340
58 km or 36 mi	Glauchau	$1147
58 km or 36 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1222
61 km or 38 mi	Eisleben	$1306
62 km or 39 mi	Wittenberg	$1354
63 km or 39 mi	Riesa	$1309
67 km or 41 mi	Werdau	$1118
67 km or 42 mi	Chemnitz	$1187
69 km or 43 mi	Bernburg	$1388
69 km or 43 mi	Zwickau	$1011
70 km or 43 mi	Apolda	$1221
72 km or 45 mi	Jena	$1123
74 km or 46 mi	Zerbst	$1332
77 km or 48 mi	Greiz	$1215
77 km or 48 mi	Sangerhausen	$1312
78 km or 49 mi	Meissen	$1325
79 km or 49 mi	Aschersleben	$1355
80 km or 50 mi	Reichenbach im Vogtland	$1147
82 km or 51 mi	Freiberg	$1202
82 km or 51 mi	Stafurt	$1356
84 km or 52 mi	Weimar	$1288
86 km or 54 mi	Coswig	$1341
88 km or 54 mi	Schonebeck	$1326
93 km or 58 mi	Radebeul	$1351
94 km or 59 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1307