Blantyre vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Blantyre	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$719
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$2041
🏠 One person rent	$181	$256
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$740
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$257
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$67.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$604	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	22	26
😀 Quality of life	27	13
🏙️ Population	1.9M	2.12M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 18% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 7882nd and 6821st ($591 vs $719) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Malawi and Somalia, respectively. Check Malawi vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 8369th and 9110th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Mogadishu

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	Blantyre	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.31	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$51.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$3.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$1.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$163
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$77.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$217
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$127
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$195
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$33.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.65%	7.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10628	$6940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$406	$882
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$5.79
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$1.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$3.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$5.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$3.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.84
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.66	$25
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.91	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$3.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$2.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$25.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.43	$26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.95	$52.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.6	$18.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$61.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$74.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$607	$890

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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 Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$711
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$502
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$684
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$671
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$626
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$535
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$527
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$560
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$810
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$571
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$482
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$745
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$601
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$554
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$493
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$548
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$584
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$553
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$460
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$590
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$543
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$675
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$814
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$509
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$518
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$483
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$583
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$581
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$514
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$639
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$504
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1552
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$511
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$489
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$799