Blantyre vs Saint Petersburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Blantyre	Saint Petersburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$874
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$2178
🏠 One person rent	$181	$442
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$863
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$238
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$604	$846
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	22	82
😀 Quality of life	27	67
🏙️ Population	1.9M	5.38M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 32% less expensive than in Saint Petersburg. Cities ranked 7882nd and 6204th ($591 vs $874) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Malawi and Russia, respectively. Check Malawi vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1 months in Saint Petersburg. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Saint Petersburg ranked 2nd in Russia, while ranked 8369th and 3645th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Saint Petersburg

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	Blantyre	Saint Petersburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.31	$7.59
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$32
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$2.67
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$2.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$322
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1149
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$656
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$66.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$102
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$5.86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.65%	16.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10628	$3238
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$406	$2069
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$38.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$0.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$0.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$1.63
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$9.24
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$4.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$8.28
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$2.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.66	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$0.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.91	$2.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$1.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$1.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$31.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.43	$4.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$15.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.95	$4.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.6	$98.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$321
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$607	$6847

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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 Saint Petersburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
135 km or 84 mi	Narva	$846
156 km or 97 mi	Sillamae	$979
162 km or 101 mi	Imatra	$1149
168 km or 104 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
170 km or 105 mi	Lappeenranta	$1378
181 km or 112 mi	Kohtla-Jarve	$990
185 km or 115 mi	Hamina	$1439
195 km or 121 mi	Kotka	$1416
223 km or 139 mi	Kouvola	$1447
227 km or 141 mi	Savonlinna	$1230
232 km or 144 mi	Rakvere	$973
254 km or 158 mi	Mikkeli	$1389
262 km or 163 mi	Porvoo	$1453
263 km or 164 mi	Pskov	$440
269 km or 167 mi	Tartu	$1120
280 km or 174 mi	Lahti	$1453
293 km or 182 mi	Kerava	$1532
294 km or 183 mi	Varkaus	$1123
294 km or 183 mi	Jarvenpaa	$1631
295 km or 183 mi	Vantaa	$1782
296 km or 184 mi	Joensuu	$1499
297 km or 184 mi	Tuusula	$1570
299 km or 186 mi	Petrozavodsk	$514
300 km or 186 mi	Helsinki	$1936
302 km or 188 mi	Maardu	$1278
310 km or 192 mi	Nurmijarvi	$1562
310 km or 193 mi	Hyvinkaa	$1360
315 km or 196 mi	Espoo	$2023
317 km or 197 mi	Riihimaki	$1534
318 km or 197 mi	Tallinn	$1447
322 km or 200 mi	Viljandi	$966
328 km or 204 mi	Kirkkonummi	$1608
342 km or 213 mi	Hameenlinna	$1431
348 km or 216 mi	Lohja	$1363
349 km or 217 mi	Jamsa	$1467
354 km or 220 mi	Jyvaskyla	$1466
356 km or 221 mi	Kuopio	$1414
373 km or 232 mi	Valkeakoski	$1584
374 km or 233 mi	Parnu	$1102
383 km or 238 mi	Raseborg	$1525