Blantyre vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Blantyre	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$1641
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$3833
🏠 One person rent	$181	$1005
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$1751
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$108
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$604	$1865
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	22	92
😀 Quality of life	27	86
🏙️ Population	1.9M	1.38M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 64% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 7882nd and 3084th ($591 vs $1641) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Malawi and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Malawi vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.1 months in Prague. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 8369th and 292nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Prague

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	Blantyre	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.31	$9.73
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$45.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$8.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$1012
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$756
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1872
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$1359
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$175
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$267
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$22.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.65%	5.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10628	$7685
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$406	$5446
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$1.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$24.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$1.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.9
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$8.67
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$3.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.66	$6.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.91	$6.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$3.3
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$64.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.43	$11.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$54.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.95	$18.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.6	$89.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$607	$12545

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1474
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1468
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1451
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1244
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1216
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1196
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1103
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1150
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1130
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$978
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$957
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$929
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1198
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1107
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1362
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1051
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1185
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1186
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1106
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1035
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1353
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1122
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1176
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1163
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1668
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1142
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1393
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1159
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1024
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1016
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1261
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1404
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1462
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$1195
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1215
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1377
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1237
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1413
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1364
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1141