Blantyre vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Blantyre	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$1295
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$3008
🏠 One person rent	$181	$809
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$1621
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$347
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$40.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$604	$1018
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	22	7
😀 Quality of life	27	61
🏙️ Population	1.9M	133K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 54% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 7882nd and 4342nd ($591 vs $1295) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Malawi and Maldives, respectively. Check Malawi vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 0.8 months in Male. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 8369th and 5145th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Blantyre	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.31	$5.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$29.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$9.83
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$3.95
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$851
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$582
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1573
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$1368
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$98.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.65%	13.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10628	$2675
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$406	$1944
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$22.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$17.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$1.51
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$1.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$9.02
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$5.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$8.66
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$4.17
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$3.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$3.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.66	$8.81
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$2.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.91	$7.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$5.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$3.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$80.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.43	$8.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$22.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.95	$4.33
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.6	$56.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$170
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$607	$3225

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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 Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1515
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$370
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$331
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$289
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$250
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$280
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$316
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$394
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$368
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$306
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$549
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$636
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$298
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$492
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$484
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$437
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$428
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$499
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$287
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$355
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$350
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$334
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$340
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$435
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$304
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$561
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$306
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$338
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$324
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$289
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$325
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$330
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$433
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$534
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$298
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$578
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$310
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$378
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$346
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$352