Blantyre vs Rome - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Rome
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1718
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$4113
🏠 One person rent	$147	$929
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$1682
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$472
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$164
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$1842
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	22	92
😀 Quality of life	25	86
🏙️ Population	800K	2.75M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 71% less expensive than in Rome. Cities ranked 8593rd and 2624th ($507 vs $1718) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 2nd in Malawi and Italy, respectively. Check Malawi vs Italy comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.1 months in Rome. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Rome ranked 1st in Italy, while ranked 8566th and 337th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Rome

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	Blantyre	Rome
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$60.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$5.2
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$1.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$2.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$1049
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$701
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$2124
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$1286
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$28.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	4.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$7056
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$3427
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$1.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$36.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$16.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.87
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$4.06
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$11.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$17.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$1.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$6.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$6.92
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$8.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$4.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$2.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$51.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$71.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$9864

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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 Rome

Distance	City	Cost of living
2.7 km or 1.7 mi	Vatican City	$964
19 km or 12 mi	Frascati	$1562
34 km or 21 mi	Ladispoli	$1504
44 km or 27 mi	Cisterna di Latina	$1324
47 km or 29 mi	Colleferro	$1270
51 km or 32 mi	Anzio	$1289
59 km or 37 mi	Latina	$1250
61 km or 38 mi	Civitavecchia	$1543
65 km or 40 mi	Rieti	$1224
66 km or 41 mi	Viterbo	$1287
76 km or 47 mi	Terni	$1004
78 km or 48 mi	Frosinone	$1046
80 km or 49 mi	Avezzano	$1058
91 km or 56 mi	L'Aquila	$1208
93 km or 58 mi	Terracina	$1340
120 km or 74 mi	Foligno	$1241
132 km or 82 mi	Teramo	$1171
136 km or 84 mi	Perugia	$1100
140 km or 87 mi	Ascoli Piceno	$1128
148 km or 92 mi	Chieti	$1294
156 km or 97 mi	Pescara	$1312
170 km or 106 mi	Aversa	$1101
173 km or 107 mi	Santa Maria Capua Vetere	$1074
174 km or 108 mi	Fermo	$1239
175 km or 109 mi	Macerata	$1133
178 km or 111 mi	Giugliano in Campania	$1231
179 km or 112 mi	Caserta	$1181
181 km or 113 mi	Arezzo	$1267
183 km or 114 mi	Frattamaggiore	$1218
184 km or 115 mi	Siena	$1518
185 km or 115 mi	Campobasso	$955
187 km or 116 mi	Civitanova Marche	$1204
189 km or 117 mi	Naples	$1396
209 km or 130 mi	Ancona	$1270
210 km or 130 mi	Benevento	$1165
213 km or 133 mi	Castellammare di Stabia	$1301
221 km or 137 mi	Avellino	$1061
221 km or 137 mi	Fano	$1229
226 km or 140 mi	Amalfi	$1521
227 km or 141 mi	San Marino City	$1201