Blantyre vs Maputo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Maputo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1068
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$2602
🏠 One person rent	$147	$531
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$1006
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$373
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	22	29
😀 Quality of life	25	41
🏙️ Population	800K	1.13M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 53% less expensive than in Maputo. Cities ranked 8593rd and 5045th ($507 vs $1068) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 3rd in Malawi and Mozambique, respectively. Check Malawi vs Mozambique comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 0.3 months in Maputo. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Maputo ranked 1st in Mozambique, while ranked 8566th and 6875th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Maputo

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	Blantyre	Maputo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$9.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$8.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$592
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$1399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$661
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$56
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$86.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$111
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	24.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$3504
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$2016
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$5.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$7.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$80.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$5643

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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 Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628