Blantyre vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

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Blantyre Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person
$591
$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family
$1602
$2731
🏠 One person rent
$181
$612
🏘️ Family rent
$381
$1215
🍽️ Food expenses
$220
$272
🚐 Transport expenses
$138
$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax
$604
$1262
😷 Air quality
Moderate
Good
✈️ Airport proximity
12 km
27 km
🎓 Higher education
22
96
😀 Quality of life
27
74
🏙️ Population
1.9M
13M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 45% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 7882nd and 5091st ($591 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 8369th and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Blantyre Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu
$4.31
$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2
$15.5
$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's
$7.01
$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$1
$3.22
☕ Cappuccino
$2.06
$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz
$0.86
$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$180
$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2
$123
$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$469
$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2
$285
$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$22.3
$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.
$34.6
$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited
$24.8
$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years
12.65%
17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$10628
$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2
$406
$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket
$1.28
$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport
$15.1
$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi
$21.4
$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal
$1.25
$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.85
$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb
$0.99
$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.48
$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12
$1.3
$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.04
$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$4.75
$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$6.42
$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.87
$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.36
$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$2.57
$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$0.9
$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.03
$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb
$1.39
$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt
$0.54
$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz
$0.73
$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle
$8.66
$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz
$0.97
$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack
$0.91
$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week
$1.48
$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo
$1.3
$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls
$0.73
$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube
$0.7
$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month
$43.5
$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person
$1.43
$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit
$17
$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple
$2.95
$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans
$35.6
$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers
$61.5
$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month
$378
$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year
$607
$11652

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$498
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$500
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$516
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$834
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$526
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$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

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Distance City Cost of living
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$736
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$743
19 km or 12 mi Lyubertsy
$797
19 km or 12 mi Mytishchi
$583
21 km or 13 mi Balashikha
$633
22 km or 14 mi Korolyov
$672
37 km or 23 mi Podolsk
$566
52 km or 32 mi Elektrostal
$660
96 km or 60 mi Obninsk
$606
161 km or 100 mi Kaluga
$490
161 km or 100 mi Tver
$590
173 km or 107 mi Tula
$507
179 km or 111 mi Vladimir
$616
184 km or 114 mi Ryazan
$515
248 km or 154 mi Yaroslavl
$533
250 km or 155 mi Ivanovo
$498
266 km or 165 mi Rybinsk
$623
301 km or 187 mi Kostroma
$507
326 km or 202 mi Oryol
$471
349 km or 217 mi Bryansk
$450
366 km or 228 mi Dzerzhinsk
$541
369 km or 229 mi Smolensk
$461
372 km or 231 mi Lipetsk
$401
376 km or 234 mi Cherepovets
$551
402 km or 250 mi Nizhny Novgorod
$639
408 km or 254 mi Vologda
$480
419 km or 260 mi Tambov
$508
457 km or 284 mi Kursk
$457
466 km or 290 mi Voronezh
$419
474 km or 294 mi Vitebsk
$298
491 km or 305 mi Veliky Novgorod
$682
495 km or 308 mi Starooskolsky
$447
496 km or 308 mi Stary Oskol
$415
509 km or 316 mi Mogilev
$467
513 km or 319 mi Saransk
$376
555 km or 345 mi Penza
$514
568 km or 353 mi Gomel
$469
571 km or 355 mi Sumy
$449
577 km or 359 mi Belgorod
$451
601 km or 373 mi Cheboksary
$541