Blantyre vs Rotterdam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Rotterdam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$2359
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$147	$1479
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$2435
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$569
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$179
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$3493
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	22	94
😀 Quality of life	25	93
🏙️ Population	800K	664K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 79% less expensive than in Rotterdam. Cities ranked 8593rd and 1038th ($507 vs $2359) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 3rd in Malawi and the Netherlands, respectively. Check Malawi vs the Netherlands comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.5 months in Rotterdam. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Rotterdam ranked 5th in the Netherlands, while ranked 8566th and 68th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Rotterdam

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	Blantyre	Rotterdam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$20.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$83.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$6.3
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$3.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$3.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$1509
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$1241
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$2680
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$2049
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$138
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$213
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$46.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	4.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$5415
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$3934
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$4.15
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$98.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$20.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.15
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$2.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$3.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$4.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$13.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$15.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.15
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.96
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.69
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$3.58
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$6.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$12.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$41.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$14.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$19.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$78.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$2027
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$10730

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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 Rotterdam

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.4 mi	Ridderkerk	$2062
13 km or 8 mi	Delft	$1861
19 km or 12 mi	Leidschendam	$2042
21 km or 13 mi	The Hague	$2199
23 km or 14 mi	Sliedrecht	$1969
25 km or 16 mi	Scheveningen	$2049
26 km or 16 mi	Leiden	$2081
27 km or 17 mi	Oegstgeest	$1934
41 km or 25 mi	Etten-Leur	$1805
43 km or 27 mi	Breda	$1739
43 km or 27 mi	Roosendaal	$1890
47 km or 29 mi	Utrecht	$2251
49 km or 30 mi	Bergen op Zoom	$1917
50 km or 31 mi	Zandvoort	$2090
52 km or 32 mi	Haarlem	$2291
54 km or 34 mi	Zaltbommel	$2026
55 km or 34 mi	Zeist	$2180
56 km or 35 mi	Tilburg	$1862
59 km or 36 mi	Amsterdam	$2791
59 km or 37 mi	Hilversum	$2049
60 km or 38 mi	IJmuiden	$2085
61 km or 38 mi	Hoogstraten	$1492
62 km or 39 mi	Goes	$2001
63 km or 39 mi	's-Hertogenbosch	$1975
66 km or 41 mi	Tiel	$2432
67 km or 42 mi	Huizen	$1957
72 km or 45 mi	Almere	$1937
73 km or 45 mi	Purmerend	$1944
74 km or 46 mi	Veenendaal	$1631
74 km or 46 mi	Turnhout	$1421
76 km or 47 mi	Middelburg	$1879
79 km or 49 mi	Antwerp	$1640
81 km or 51 mi	Wageningen	$2105
82 km or 51 mi	Beveren	$1613
82 km or 51 mi	Ede	$1651
83 km or 52 mi	Uden	$1958
84 km or 52 mi	Mortsel	$1530
85 km or 53 mi	Veldhoven	$1917
87 km or 54 mi	Herentals	$1318
88 km or 54 mi	Sint-Niklaas	$1514