Blantyre vs Malaga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Blantyre	Malaga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$1519
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$3537
🏠 One person rent	$181	$941
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$1683
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$384
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$85.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$604	$1781
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	22	24
😀 Quality of life	27	78
🏙️ Population	1.9M	586K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 61% less expensive than in Malaga. Cities ranked 7882nd and 3616th ($591 vs $1519) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 27th in Malawi and Spain, respectively. Check Malawi vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.2 months in Malaga. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Malaga ranked 18th in Spain, while ranked 8369th and 654th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Malaga

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	Blantyre	Malaga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.31	$13.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$8.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$3.1
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$1055
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$761
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1968
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$1402
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$91.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$138
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$30.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.65%	3.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10628	$6321
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$406	$2750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$1.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$28.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$13.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$2.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$6.94
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.12
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.63
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.7
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.08
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.66	$5.25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.24
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.91	$6.13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$5.91
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$3.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$41.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.43	$8.89
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$49.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.95	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.6	$61.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$92.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$401
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$607	$14939

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Cities near Blantyre

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 35 mi	Zomba	$498
60 km or 37 mi	Mulanje	$500
112 km or 70 mi	Ntcheu	$515
149 km or 92 mi	Mangochi	$516
157 km or 98 mi	Tete	$834
191 km or 119 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
240 km or 149 mi	Lilongwe	$582
307 km or 191 mi	Quelimane	$670
405 km or 252 mi	Chimoio	$953
432 km or 269 mi	Mutare	$662
450 km or 280 mi	Beira	$1000
454 km or 282 mi	Marondera	$810
458 km or 285 mi	Mzimba	$574
463 km or 287 mi	Nampula	$1190
478 km or 297 mi	Harare	$1012
487 km or 303 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
493 km or 307 mi	Mzuzu	$534
541 km or 336 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
611 km or 380 mi	Kadoma	$729
626 km or 389 mi	Nacala	$1394
637 km or 396 mi	Kwekwe	$731
650 km or 404 mi	Masvingo	$871
674 km or 419 mi	Pemba	$1500
685 km or 425 mi	Gweru	$761
708 km or 440 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
721 km or 448 mi	Lusaka	$685
746 km or 463 mi	Kasama	$1079
754 km or 469 mi	Ndola	$1139
784 km or 487 mi	Mbeya	$433
803 km or 499 mi	Kitwe	$1116
811 km or 504 mi	Mufulira	$1090
837 km or 520 mi	Mansa	$1017
837 km or 520 mi	Bulawayo	$756
849 km or 528 mi	Chingola	$1028
865 km or 537 mi	Choma	$725
935 km or 581 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
991 km or 616 mi	Francistown	$585
999 km or 621 mi	Livingstone	$670
1000 km or 621 mi	Moroni	$1091
1038 km or 645 mi	Morogoro	$639

Cities near Malaga

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Benalmadena	$1482
24 km or 15 mi	Mijas	$1432
27 km or 17 mi	Fuengirola	$1407
36 km or 22 mi	Antequera	$1272
48 km or 30 mi	Marbella	$2180
55 km or 34 mi	Loja	$1415
65 km or 40 mi	Almunecar	$993
67 km or 41 mi	Ronda	$1388
71 km or 44 mi	Estepona	$1430
80 km or 50 mi	Motril	$1146
89 km or 55 mi	Granada	$1288
94 km or 58 mi	Alcala la Real	$2079
104 km or 64 mi	La Linea de la Concepcion	$1214
105 km or 65 mi	Gibraltar City	$2431
109 km or 68 mi	Ecija	$1297
113 km or 70 mi	Los Barrios	$1097
114 km or 71 mi	Algeciras	$938
119 km or 74 mi	Martos	$1284
122 km or 76 mi	Ceuta	$1221
124 km or 77 mi	Arcos de la Frontera	$1229
125 km or 78 mi	Adra	$1108
130 km or 81 mi	Jaen	$1013
132 km or 82 mi	Tarifa	$1256
133 km or 83 mi	Cordoba	$1165
137 km or 85 mi	Carmona	$1290
143 km or 89 mi	El Ejido	$1025
148 km or 92 mi	Dos Hermanas	$1260
152 km or 94 mi	Jerez de la Frontera	$936
154 km or 96 mi	Tetouan	$535
158 km or 98 mi	Seville	$1358
158 km or 98 mi	Chiclana de la Frontera	$1341
162 km or 101 mi	Tangier	$710
169 km or 105 mi	Linares	$1316
169 km or 105 mi	Cadiz	$1454
171 km or 106 mi	Ubeda	$1461
174 km or 108 mi	Rota	$1446
176 km or 109 mi	Almeria	$1110
196 km or 122 mi	Almonte	$1196
207 km or 129 mi	Melilla	$855
218 km or 135 mi	Nador	$429