Blantyre vs Ramallah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Ramallah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$996
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$2359
🏠 One person rent	$147	$434
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$758
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$66.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$973
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	22	56
😀 Quality of life	25	51
🏙️ Population	800K	39K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 49% less expensive than in Ramallah. Cities ranked 8593rd and 5524th ($507 vs $996) 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 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1 months in Ramallah. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Ramallah ranked 1st in the Palestine, while ranked 8566th and 6159th 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	$3.98	$9.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$43.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$10
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$5.56
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$402
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$317
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$776
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$588
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$60.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$93.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$39.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	6.08%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$1126
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$922
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$2.4
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$16.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.02
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$3.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$7.18
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$8.28
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$17.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.74
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$11.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$2.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$7.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$5.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$4.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$4.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$68.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$8.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$74.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$98.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$190
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$4230

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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 Ramallah

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 7.9 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
21 km or 13 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
21 km or 13 mi	Bethlehem	$905
23 km or 14 mi	Ariel	$1556
26 km or 16 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
29 km or 18 mi	Lod	$1891
31 km or 19 mi	Ramla	$2123
32 km or 20 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
32 km or 20 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
34 km or 21 mi	Yehud	$1930
36 km or 22 mi	Nablus	$877
36 km or 23 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
37 km or 23 mi	Rehovot	$1811
38 km or 23 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
38 km or 24 mi	Ness Ziona	$1943
38 km or 24 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2028
39 km or 24 mi	Qalqilya	$761
40 km or 25 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
41 km or 26 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
41 km or 26 mi	Hebron	$762
41 km or 26 mi	Givatayim	$2156
42 km or 26 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
42 km or 26 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
43 km or 27 mi	Holon	$1834
43 km or 27 mi	Tel Aviv	$2306
44 km or 27 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
44 km or 27 mi	Tira	$1931
44 km or 27 mi	Yavne	$1884
44 km or 28 mi	Herzliya	$2145
45 km or 28 mi	Bat Yam	$1890
45 km or 28 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
45 km or 28 mi	Tayibe	$1902
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$1809
46 km or 29 mi	Dura	$813
52 km or 32 mi	Kiryat Gat	$1757
52 km or 33 mi	Al-Salt	$552
53 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$1837
58 km or 36 mi	Netanya	$2138
60 km or 37 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
65 km or 41 mi	Ashkelon	$1511