Blantyre vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$705
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$1737
🏠 One person rent	$147	$293
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$447
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$374
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	22	56
😀 Quality of life	25	57
🏙️ Population	800K	2.42M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 28% less expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 8593rd and 6861st ($507 vs $705) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 25th in Malawi and Brazil, respectively. Check Malawi vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Salvador ranked 7th in Brazil, while ranked 8566th and 5641st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Salvador

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	Blantyre	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$5.22
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$23.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$6.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$1.94
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.74
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$301
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$485
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$304
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$59.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$91.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$15.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	10.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$1103
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$610
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.9
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$42.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$8.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.12
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$0.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$1.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$8.43
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$3.85
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$6.22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.23
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.05
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.23
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.17
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$1.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$5.48
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$4.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$0.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$19.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$5.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$7.14
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$46.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$64.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$217
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$10392

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$565
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$564
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$538
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$554
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$540
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$530
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$542
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$490
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$444
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$565
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$527
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$510
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$512
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$509
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$560
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$522
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$567
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$412
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$517
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$591
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$571
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$428
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$531
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$551
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$667
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$531
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$610
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$572
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$547
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$547
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$529
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$534
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$503
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$548
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$529
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$607
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$545
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$553
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$554
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$677