Blantyre vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$147	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	22	96
😀 Quality of life	25	74
🏙️ Population	800K	13.1M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 59% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8593rd and 4359th ($507 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Malawi and Russia, respectively. Check Malawi vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 8566th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Moscow

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	Blantyre	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592