Blantyre vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Blantyre	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$181	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$604	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	22	95
😀 Quality of life	27	87
🏙️ Population	1.9M	4.04M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 44% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 7882nd and 5212th ($591 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Malawi and Taiwan, respectively. Check Malawi vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 8369th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs New Taipei

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	Blantyre	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.31	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.85
🥤 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	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.65%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10628	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$406	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.66	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.91	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.43	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.95	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.6	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$607	$13786

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605