Blantyre vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$366
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$985
🏠 One person rent	$147	$116
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$277
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$144
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$441
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	22	62
😀 Quality of life	25	52
🏙️ Population	800K	3.38M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 38% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 8593rd and 9042nd ($507 vs $366) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 56th in Malawi and India, respectively. Check Malawi vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.2 months in Lucknow. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Lucknow ranked 24th in India, while ranked 8566th and 6090th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Lucknow

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	Blantyre	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$2.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$11.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.74
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$1.51
🥤 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	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$71.7
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$323
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$207
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$26.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$41
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$6.58
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	8.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$1250
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$722
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.52
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$16
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$4.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$2.58
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$4.62
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.67
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.62
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$8.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.83
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$3.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$1.93
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.01
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$4.06
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$2.61
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$26.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$42
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$60.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$1654

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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 Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$315
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$314
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$384
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$297
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$288
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$370
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$300
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$329
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$308
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$328
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$368
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$353
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$296
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$307
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$283
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$309
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$292
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$391
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$321
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$342
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$368
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$386
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$425
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$294
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$510
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$278
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$536
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$289
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$316
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$341
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$349
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$419
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$274
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$288
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$299
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$372
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$283
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$331
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$265
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$292