Blantyre vs Nicosia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Blantyre	Nicosia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$1352
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$3249
🏠 One person rent	$181	$701
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$1285
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$434
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$92.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$604	$1689
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	22	69
😀 Quality of life	27	81
🏙️ Population	1.9M	330K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 56% less expensive than in Nicosia. Cities ranked 7882nd and 4220th ($591 vs $1352) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Malawi and Cyprus, respectively. Check Malawi vs Cyprus comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.2 months in Nicosia. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Nicosia ranked 1st in Cyprus, while ranked 8369th and 469th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Nicosia

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	Blantyre	Nicosia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.31	$12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$60.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$7.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$4.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$631
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$506
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1228
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$992
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$216
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$29.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.65%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10628	$2667
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$406	$1828
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$2.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$55.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$1.82
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$4.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$13.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$9.82
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.48
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.66	$8.96
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.91	$5.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$6.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$3.81
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$2.86
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$61.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.43	$11.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$50.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.95	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.6	$87.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$90.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$408
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$607	$7504

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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 Nicosia

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Dali	$1356
19 km or 12 mi	Kyrenia	$1216
32 km or 20 mi	Aradippou	$1242
37 km or 23 mi	Larnaca	$1559
54 km or 33 mi	Famagusta	$1331
58 km or 36 mi	Paralimni	$1150
63 km or 39 mi	Limassol	$2130
65 km or 41 mi	Ypsonas	$1832
96 km or 60 mi	Paphos	$1528
164 km or 102 mi	Mut	$627
196 km or 122 mi	Alanya	$835
213 km or 132 mi	Mersin	$789
224 km or 139 mi	Latakia	$427
224 km or 139 mi	Karaman	$536
238 km or 148 mi	Tarsus	$689
240 km or 149 mi	Tripoli	$708
243 km or 151 mi	Beirut	$1165
246 km or 153 mi	Jounieh	$948
257 km or 160 mi	Samandag	$510
259 km or 161 mi	Sidon	$767
267 km or 166 mi	Eregli	$618
269 km or 167 mi	Adana	$705
271 km or 168 mi	Tyre	$545
276 km or 171 mi	Zahle	$857
276 km or 172 mi	Antakya	$450
286 km or 178 mi	Iskenderun	$596
289 km or 180 mi	Nahariya	$1565
296 km or 184 mi	Acre	$1451
297 km or 185 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1619
298 km or 185 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1604
302 km or 187 mi	Ceyhan	$576
303 km or 188 mi	Haifa	$1582
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1607
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1604
304 km or 189 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1585
308 km or 191 mi	Idlib	$516
308 km or 191 mi	Hama	$450
308 km or 191 mi	Antalya	$963
308 km or 192 mi	Karmiel	$1579
309 km or 192 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1591