Blantyre vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Blantyre	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$338
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$820
🏠 One person rent	$181	$125
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$220
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$127
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$53
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$604	$193
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	22	48
😀 Quality of life	27	40
🏙️ Population	1.9M	1.97M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 75% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 7882nd and 9126th ($591 vs $338) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 19th 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 0.6 months in Peshawar. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Peshawar ranked 4th in Pakistan, while ranked 8369th and 6896th 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	$4.31	$1.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$12.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$3.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.42
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$1.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$98
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$44.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$211
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$97.5
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$56.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$87
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.65%	20.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10628	$181
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$406	$151
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$7.15
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.8
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$0.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.26
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$1.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$3.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$3.16
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$3.75
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.02
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$0.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.43
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$0.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.66	$1.64
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.91	$1.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$1.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$0.6
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$0.58
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$9.61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.43	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$14.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.95	$1.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.6	$13.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$34.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$28.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$607	$525

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$374
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$372
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$358
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$323
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$354
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$439
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$441
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$469
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$599
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$328
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$456
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$277
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$330
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$476
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$373
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$380
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$388
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$292
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$319
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$280
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$335
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$344
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$308
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$344
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$312
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$406
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$467
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$310
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$500
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$358
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$371
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$407
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$360
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$378
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659