Blantyre vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Blantyre	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$1586
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$3407
🏠 One person rent	$181	$921
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$1393
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$358
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$176
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$604	$2861
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	22	71
😀 Quality of life	27	77
🏙️ Population	1.9M	7.01M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 63% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 7882nd and 3292nd ($591 vs $1586) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.8 months in Riyadh. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 8369th and 796th 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	$4.31	$7.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$52.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$7.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.99
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$4.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$1005
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$726
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1969
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$1032
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$65.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$99.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$74.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.65%	5.34%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10628	$2212
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$406	$1360
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$1.05
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$37.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$17.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.2
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$2.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$8.03
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$8.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$13.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.66	$7.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.91	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$2.85
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$5.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$104
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.43	$15.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$49.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.95	$7.27
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.6	$50.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$373
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$607	$10359

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$940
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$828
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$870
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$989
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$928
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$878
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1218
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1226
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1267
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1810
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1719
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$944
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$713
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$548
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$557
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$879
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$895
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$541
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$665
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$853
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$537
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$507
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$586
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$588
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$940
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$558
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$680
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$895
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$561
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$489