Blantyre vs Moroni - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Blantyre	Moroni
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$1091
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$2655
🏠 One person rent	$181	$694
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$1335
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$39.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$604	$638
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	22	1
😀 Quality of life	27	26
🏙️ Population	1.9M	74.7K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 46% less expensive than in Moroni. Cities ranked 7882nd and 4999th ($591 vs $1091) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Malawi and Comoros, respectively. Check Malawi vs Comoros comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 0.6 months in Moroni. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Moroni ranked 1st in Comoros, while ranked 8369th and 8483rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Moroni

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	Blantyre	Moroni
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.31	$1.11
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$7.81
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.02
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$1.71
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$641
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$533
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1369
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$1108
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$67.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$103
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$72.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.65%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10628	$1526
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$406	$1320
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$31.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$8.35
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$2.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$4.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$0.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$4.92
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$7.61
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$2.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$9.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$5.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$4.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$2.75
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.66	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.94
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.91	$1.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$3.59
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$2.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.29
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$33.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.43	$6.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$14.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.95	$3.98
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.6	$58.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$392
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$607	$13831

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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 Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1093
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1500
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1394
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$1190
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$736
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$675
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$639
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$601
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$516
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$519
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$560
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$498
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$500
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$670
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$457
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$515
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$591
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$502
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$534
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$564
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$574
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$582
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$433
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$548
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$834
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$543
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$1000
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$403
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$482
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$1079
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$953
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$745
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$571
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$662
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$535
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$810