Blantyre vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Blantyre	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1072
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1306	$2566
🏠 One person rent	$147	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$239	$690
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$464
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$82.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$239	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	23	56
😀 Quality of life	30	44
🏙️ Population	800K	43.9K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 53% less expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 8632nd and 5084th ($506 vs $1072) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Malawi and the Palestine, respectively. Check Malawi vs the Palestine comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Blantyre compared to 0.2 months in Ramallah. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Ramallah ranked 5th in the Palestine, while ranked 8786th and 7218th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Ramallah

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	Blantyre	Ramallah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$13.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.6	$52.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.69	$10.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$6.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$4.09
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.83
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$176	$418
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.2	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$322	$744
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$506
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.9	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$93.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$43.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.77%	5.23%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10537	$1229
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$393	$1006
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$2.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$83.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$25.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$2.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$4.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$9.46
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$10.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$20
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.2
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.27
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$1.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.49	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$3.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$8.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.28	$5.22
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$4.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.44	$9.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$31.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$7.19
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$81.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$109
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$4130

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Cities near Blantyre

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 35 mi	Zomba	$458
60 km or 37 mi	Mulanje	$461
112 km or 70 mi	Ntcheu	$493
149 km or 92 mi	Mangochi	$496
157 km or 98 mi	Tete	$820
191 km or 119 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
240 km or 149 mi	Lilongwe	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Quelimane	$692
405 km or 252 mi	Chimoio	$916
432 km or 269 mi	Mutare	$755
450 km or 280 mi	Beira	$996
454 km or 282 mi	Marondera	$779
458 km or 285 mi	Mzimba	$565
463 km or 287 mi	Nampula	$935
478 km or 297 mi	Harare	$1021
487 km or 303 mi	Chitungwiza	$751
493 km or 307 mi	Mzuzu	$527
541 km or 336 mi	Chinhoyi	$650
611 km or 380 mi	Kadoma	$761
626 km or 389 mi	Nacala	$1168
637 km or 396 mi	Kwekwe	$716
650 km or 404 mi	Masvingo	$873
674 km or 419 mi	Pemba	$1511
685 km or 425 mi	Gweru	$587
708 km or 440 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$748
721 km or 448 mi	Lusaka	$655
746 km or 463 mi	Kasama	$888
754 km or 469 mi	Ndola	$577
784 km or 487 mi	Mbeya	$495
803 km or 499 mi	Kitwe	$1062
811 km or 504 mi	Mufulira	$1278
837 km or 520 mi	Mansa	$912
837 km or 520 mi	Bulawayo	$658
849 km or 528 mi	Chingola	$1069
865 km or 537 mi	Choma	$687
935 km or 581 mi	Lubumbashi	$1124
991 km or 616 mi	Francistown	$587
999 km or 621 mi	Livingstone	$653
1000 km or 621 mi	Moroni	$1207
1038 km or 645 mi	Morogoro	$421

Cities near Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$987
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1732
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1998
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2347
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2153
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2150
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$2142
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$915
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$2124
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1947
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$807
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2286
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2191
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$837
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2303
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2440
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$2214
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1937
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2492
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1974
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$2153
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$2064
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2937
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$2040
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$2290
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$2108
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$1021
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$548
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1993
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2247
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1850