Blantyre vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Blantyre	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$495	$2525
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1273	$5816
🏠 One person rent	$156	$1500
🏘️ Family rent	$255	$2602
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$604
🚐 Transport expenses	$87.9	$252
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$4312
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	22	90
😀 Quality of life	30	94
🏙️ Population	800K	1.51M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 80% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 8689th and 863rd ($495 vs $2525) 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 0.2 months in Blantyre compared to 1.7 months in Munich. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 8790th and 44th 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	$3.67	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.7	$79
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$14.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$5.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.93	$4.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$3.92
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$191	$1520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.2	$1185
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$339	$2776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$168	$2116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.5	$206
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.2	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$41.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.84%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7401	$13704
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$393	$9217
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$4.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$73.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.2	$29.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$2.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$2.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$4.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$12.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$21.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$3.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.78
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$4.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.77
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.35
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.49	$7.65
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$10.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$10.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.31	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.74	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$56.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$16.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$77.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.93	$24.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$33	$99.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.4	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$393	$871
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$590	$17274

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Cities near Blantyre

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 35 mi	Zomba	$452
60 km or 37 mi	Mulanje	$456
112 km or 70 mi	Ntcheu	$489
149 km or 92 mi	Mangochi	$494
157 km or 98 mi	Tete	$792
191 km or 119 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
240 km or 149 mi	Lilongwe	$587
307 km or 191 mi	Quelimane	$691
405 km or 252 mi	Chimoio	$875
432 km or 269 mi	Mutare	$754
450 km or 280 mi	Beira	$952
454 km or 282 mi	Marondera	$755
458 km or 285 mi	Mzimba	$559
463 km or 287 mi	Nampula	$933
478 km or 297 mi	Harare	$1015
487 km or 303 mi	Chitungwiza	$780
493 km or 307 mi	Mzuzu	$522
541 km or 336 mi	Chinhoyi	$629
611 km or 380 mi	Kadoma	$727
626 km or 389 mi	Nacala	$1167
637 km or 396 mi	Kwekwe	$677
650 km or 404 mi	Masvingo	$840
674 km or 419 mi	Pemba	$1511
685 km or 425 mi	Gweru	$565
708 km or 440 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$925
721 km or 448 mi	Lusaka	$777
746 km or 463 mi	Kasama	$1132
754 km or 469 mi	Ndola	$692
784 km or 487 mi	Mbeya	$463
803 km or 499 mi	Kitwe	$1304
811 km or 504 mi	Mufulira	$1602
837 km or 520 mi	Mansa	$1166
837 km or 520 mi	Bulawayo	$632
849 km or 528 mi	Chingola	$1378
865 km or 537 mi	Choma	$849
935 km or 581 mi	Lubumbashi	$1125
991 km or 616 mi	Francistown	$632
999 km or 621 mi	Livingstone	$813
1000 km or 621 mi	Moroni	$1196
1038 km or 645 mi	Morogoro	$417

Cities near Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$2002
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1940
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1976
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1960
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1925
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1910
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1890
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1748
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1841
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1770
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1753
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1858
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1790
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1835
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1292
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1816
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1789
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1938
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1828
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1731
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1668
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1834
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1788
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1660
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1726
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1808
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1610
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$2075
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1606
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1704
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1887
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1669
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1678
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1667
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1717
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1647
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1647
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1636
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$2003
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1714