Blantyre vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Blantyre	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$2463
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1306	$5699
🏠 One person rent	$147	$1467
🏘️ Family rent	$239	$2572
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$593
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$237
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$239	$3954
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	23	90
😀 Quality of life	30	94
🏙️ Population	800K	1.51M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 79% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8632nd and 920th ($506 vs $2463) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Malawi and Germany, respectively. Check Malawi vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Blantyre compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 8786th and 61st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Munich

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	Blantyre	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$19.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.6	$80.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.69	$14.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$5.48
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$4.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$4.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$176	$1546
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.2	$1155
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$322	$2816
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$2089
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.9	$191
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$294
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$43.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.77%	4.03%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10537	$13232
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$393	$9526
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$4.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$67.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$27.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$2.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$4.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$11.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$16.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.23
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$4.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.63
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.71
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.49	$8.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$9.75
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.28	$3.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$53.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.44	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$80.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$102
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$954
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$14492

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Cities near Blantyre

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 35 mi	Zomba	$458
60 km or 37 mi	Mulanje	$461
112 km or 70 mi	Ntcheu	$493
149 km or 92 mi	Mangochi	$496
157 km or 98 mi	Tete	$820
191 km or 119 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
240 km or 149 mi	Lilongwe	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Quelimane	$692
405 km or 252 mi	Chimoio	$916
432 km or 269 mi	Mutare	$755
450 km or 280 mi	Beira	$996
454 km or 282 mi	Marondera	$779
458 km or 285 mi	Mzimba	$565
463 km or 287 mi	Nampula	$935
478 km or 297 mi	Harare	$1021
487 km or 303 mi	Chitungwiza	$751
493 km or 307 mi	Mzuzu	$527
541 km or 336 mi	Chinhoyi	$650
611 km or 380 mi	Kadoma	$761
626 km or 389 mi	Nacala	$1168
637 km or 396 mi	Kwekwe	$716
650 km or 404 mi	Masvingo	$873
674 km or 419 mi	Pemba	$1511
685 km or 425 mi	Gweru	$587
708 km or 440 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$748
721 km or 448 mi	Lusaka	$655
746 km or 463 mi	Kasama	$888
754 km or 469 mi	Ndola	$577
784 km or 487 mi	Mbeya	$495
803 km or 499 mi	Kitwe	$1062
811 km or 504 mi	Mufulira	$1278
837 km or 520 mi	Mansa	$912
837 km or 520 mi	Bulawayo	$658
849 km or 528 mi	Chingola	$1069
865 km or 537 mi	Choma	$687
935 km or 581 mi	Lubumbashi	$1124
991 km or 616 mi	Francistown	$587
999 km or 621 mi	Livingstone	$653
1000 km or 621 mi	Moroni	$1207
1038 km or 645 mi	Morogoro	$421

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1966
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1924
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1956
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1934
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1905
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1901
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1876
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1731
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1842
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1757
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1854
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1784
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1841
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1298
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1826
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1790
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1954
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1745
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1664
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1851
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1655
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1807
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1597
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2083
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1585
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1697
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1917
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1675
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1706
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1720
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1725
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1654
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1654
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1904
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1730