Blantyre vs Sharjah - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Blantyre	Sharjah
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$1503
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$3133
🏠 One person rent	$181	$963
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$1557
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$323
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$114
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$604	$2228
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	22	65
😀 Quality of life	27	83
🏙️ Population	1.9M	1.25M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 61% less expensive than in Sharjah. Cities ranked 7882nd and 3679th ($591 vs $1503) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th in Malawi and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Malawi vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.5 months in Sharjah. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Sharjah ranked 2nd in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 8369th and 386th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Sharjah

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	Blantyre	Sharjah
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.31	$5.47
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$26.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$9.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$9.57
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$5.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.85
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$735
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1630
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$1186
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$185
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$97.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.65%	4.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10628	$6590
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$406	$4507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$2.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$57.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$9.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.81
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$2.43
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$8.82
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$6.68
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$8.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.95
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$0.92
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.66	$6.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.91	$6.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$6.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$4.66
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$60.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.43	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$46.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.95	$4.66
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.6	$51.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$78.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$278
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$607	$5054

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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 Sharjah

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Ajman	$2084
13 km or 8 mi	Dubai	$2309
28 km or 17 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
95 km or 59 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
98 km or 61 mi	Fujairah	$1232
133 km or 82 mi	Al Ain	$1050
142 km or 88 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
222 km or 138 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
259 km or 161 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
337 km or 210 mi	Seeb	$994
346 km or 215 mi	Nizwa	$786
377 km or 235 mi	Muscat	$1110
388 km or 241 mi	Doha	$1810
392 km or 243 mi	Al Khor	$1719
394 km or 245 mi	Jahrom	$561
434 km or 270 mi	Fasa	$556
436 km or 271 mi	Jiroft	$547
456 km or 283 mi	Sirjan	$520
491 km or 305 mi	Manama	$1267
492 km or 306 mi	Riffa	$1218
493 km or 307 mi	Isa Town	$1226
510 km or 317 mi	Bam	$531
526 km or 327 mi	Chabahar	$687
534 km or 332 mi	Dhahran	$870
543 km or 337 mi	Dammam	$989
550 km or 342 mi	Shiraz	$558
563 km or 350 mi	Marvdasht	$546
564 km or 350 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
564 km or 351 mi	Qatif	$878
566 km or 352 mi	Iranshahr	$639
572 km or 355 mi	Kerman	$467
575 km or 358 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
599 km or 372 mi	Borazjan	$541
600 km or 373 mi	Jubail	$928
600 km or 373 mi	Kazerun	$537
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$548
699 km or 434 mi	Yasuj	$489
709 km or 440 mi	Zahedan	$831
734 km or 456 mi	Yazd	$577
771 km or 479 mi	Behbahan	$507