Blantyre vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$346
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$824
🏠 One person rent	$147	$130
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$221
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$130
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$52
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	22	48
😀 Quality of life	25	40
🏙️ Population	800K	1.97M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 46% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 8593rd and 9093rd ($507 vs $346) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 20th in Malawi and Pakistan, respectively. Check Malawi vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Peshawar ranked 5th in Pakistan, while ranked 8566th and 6958th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Peshawar

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	Blantyre	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$2.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.43
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$106
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$47.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$207
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$95.2
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$60.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$92.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$10.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	21.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$177
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$148
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$7.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$6.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$3.48
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$3.71
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$0.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.39
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$1.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$1.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$10.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$11.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$1.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$13.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$39.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$30
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$518

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Cities near Blantyre

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 35 mi	Zomba	$457
60 km or 37 mi	Mulanje	$461
112 km or 70 mi	Ntcheu	$492
149 km or 92 mi	Mangochi	$493
157 km or 98 mi	Tete	$825
191 km or 119 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
240 km or 149 mi	Lilongwe	$587
307 km or 191 mi	Quelimane	$675
405 km or 252 mi	Chimoio	$947
432 km or 269 mi	Mutare	$752
450 km or 280 mi	Beira	$1003
454 km or 282 mi	Marondera	$794
458 km or 285 mi	Mzimba	$566
463 km or 287 mi	Nampula	$872
478 km or 297 mi	Harare	$992
487 km or 303 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
493 km or 307 mi	Mzuzu	$525
541 km or 336 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
611 km or 380 mi	Kadoma	$723
626 km or 389 mi	Nacala	$1150
637 km or 396 mi	Kwekwe	$730
650 km or 404 mi	Masvingo	$854
674 km or 419 mi	Pemba	$1506
685 km or 425 mi	Gweru	$597
708 km or 440 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
721 km or 448 mi	Lusaka	$738
746 km or 463 mi	Kasama	$748
754 km or 469 mi	Ndola	$541
784 km or 487 mi	Mbeya	$461
803 km or 499 mi	Kitwe	$917
811 km or 504 mi	Mufulira	$1018
837 km or 520 mi	Mansa	$776
837 km or 520 mi	Bulawayo	$766
849 km or 528 mi	Chingola	$875
865 km or 537 mi	Choma	$700
935 km or 581 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
991 km or 616 mi	Francistown	$624
999 km or 621 mi	Livingstone	$688
1000 km or 621 mi	Moroni	$1105
1038 km or 645 mi	Morogoro	$486

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$379
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$366
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$303
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$382
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$364
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$442
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$401
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$366
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$386
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$474
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$354
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$458
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$355
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$273
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$373
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$389
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$389
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$354
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$306
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$308
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$281
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$381
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$342
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$321
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$287
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$374
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$305
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$411
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$394
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$300
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$383
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$361
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$392
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$355
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$356
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$297
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$358
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$596