Blantyre vs Montreal - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Montreal
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1857
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$4312
🏠 One person rent	$147	$940
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$1577
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$575
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$187
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$2742
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	22	100
😀 Quality of life	25	93
🏙️ Population	800K	1.8M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 73% less expensive than in Montreal. Cities ranked 8593rd and 2225th ($507 vs $1857) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 51st in Malawi and Canada, respectively. Check Malawi vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.5 months in Montreal. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Montreal ranked 1st in Canada, while ranked 8566th and 51st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Montreal

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	Blantyre	Montreal
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$15.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$64.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$6.26
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$3.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$2.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$1030
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$807
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$1828
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$1371
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$47.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$73.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$40.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	6.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$6524
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$4131
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$2.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$73.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$17.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$2.76
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$3.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$12.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$14.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$3.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.51
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$4.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$4.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$1.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$13.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$2.89
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$11.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$9.31
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$4.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$4.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$2.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$126
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$16.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$59.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$94.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$639
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$5725

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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 Montreal

Distance	City	Cost of living
3.6 km or 2.3 mi	Saint-Lambert	$1790
4.3 km or 2.7 mi	Westmount	$1773
4.4 km or 2.8 mi	Longueuil	$1835
6.4 km or 4 mi	Mount Royal	$1792
9.4 km or 5.9 mi	Cote-Saint-Luc	$1803
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Brossard	$2004
11 km or 7 mi	La Prairie	$1889
13 km or 8.3 mi	Boucherville	$1804
14 km or 8.9 mi	Candiac	$1852
16 km or 9.8 mi	Saint-Constant	$1824
16 km or 10 mi	Dorval	$1810
17 km or 10 mi	Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville	$1836
17 km or 10 mi	Laval	$1900
20 km or 12 mi	Sainte-Julie	$1800
20 km or 12 mi	Dollard-des-Ormeaux	$1814
20 km or 13 mi	Chateauguay	$1841
21 km or 13 mi	Pointe-Claire	$1819
22 km or 14 mi	Varennes	$1764
22 km or 14 mi	Terrebonne	$1776
23 km or 14 mi	Chambly	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Boisbriand	$1732
25 km or 15 mi	Kirkland	$1807
26 km or 16 mi	Repentigny	$1743
26 km or 16 mi	Sainte-Therese	$1753
27 km or 17 mi	Mascouche	$1735
27 km or 17 mi	Saint-Eustache	$1768
29 km or 18 mi	Beloeil	$1742
31 km or 19 mi	Blainville	$1761
31 km or 20 mi	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu	$1769
38 km or 23 mi	L'Assomption	$1651
39 km or 24 mi	Vaudreuil-Dorion	$1830
41 km or 26 mi	Saint-Lin-Laurentides	$1690
44 km or 27 mi	Mirabel	$1762
46 km or 28 mi	Saint-Jerome	$1733
49 km or 31 mi	Saint-Hyacinthe	$1562
53 km or 33 mi	Salaberry-de-Valleyfield	$1894
57 km or 35 mi	Joliette	$1433
66 km or 41 mi	Granby	$1106
68 km or 42 mi	Sorel-Tracy	$1532
91 km or 56 mi	Plattsburgh	$1692