Blantyre vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$147	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	22	72
😀 Quality of life	25	78
🏙️ Population	800K	7.01M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 69% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8593rd and 2911th ($507 vs $1637) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Malawi and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Malawi vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.7 months in Riyadh. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 8566th and 733rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Riyadh

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	Blantyre	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529