Blantyre vs Sheffield - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Sheffield
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1764
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$4219
🏠 One person rent	$147	$1001
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$1774
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$497
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$2831
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	54 km
🎓 Higher education	22	87
😀 Quality of life	25	90
🏙️ Population	800K	518K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 71% less expensive than in Sheffield. Cities ranked 8593rd and 2490th ($507 vs $1764) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 147th in Malawi and the United Kingdom, respectively. Check Malawi vs the United Kingdom comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.6 months in Sheffield. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Sheffield ranked 26th in the United Kingdom, while ranked 8566th and 141st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Sheffield

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	Blantyre	Sheffield
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$18.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$76.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$9.51
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$5.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$4.42
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$2.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$937
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$818
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$1922
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$1459
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$120
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$183
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	5.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$3631
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$2541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$14.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$3.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$9.32
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$8.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.92
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$10
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$2.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$17.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$4.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$5.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$2.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$35.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$10.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$80.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$87.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$1155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$9487

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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 Sheffield

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Rotherham	$1511
19 km or 12 mi	Barnsley	$1401
27 km or 17 mi	Doncaster	$1463
32 km or 20 mi	Mansfield	$1724
33 km or 21 mi	Wakefield	$1619
35 km or 22 mi	Dewsbury	$1693
36 km or 22 mi	Huddersfield	$1680
38 km or 24 mi	Batley	$1707
42 km or 26 mi	Brighouse	$1737
44 km or 27 mi	Ashton-under-Lyne	$1720
46 km or 28 mi	Macclesfield	$1720
46 km or 29 mi	Halifax	$1793
46 km or 29 mi	Oldham	$1602
47 km or 29 mi	Leeds	$1943
47 km or 29 mi	Droylsden	$1800
48 km or 30 mi	Leek	$1686
49 km or 31 mi	Bradford	$1598
51 km or 32 mi	Manchester	$2071
52 km or 32 mi	Derby	$1727
52 km or 32 mi	Nottingham	$1820
52 km or 33 mi	Rochdale	$1672
56 km or 35 mi	Salford	$1948
56 km or 35 mi	Stretford	$1874
57 km or 35 mi	Sale	$1845
59 km or 36 mi	Altrincham	$1788
59 km or 36 mi	Scunthorpe	$1324
59 km or 37 mi	Bury	$1806
61 km or 38 mi	Keighley	$1680
63 km or 39 mi	Lincoln	$1698
64 km or 40 mi	Stoke-on-Trent	$1552
65 km or 40 mi	Newcastle-under-Lyme	$1465
65 km or 41 mi	Burton upon Trent	$1633
67 km or 42 mi	Bolton	$1806
68 km or 42 mi	Harrogate	$1867
68 km or 42 mi	York	$1727
68 km or 42 mi	Burnley	$1376
70 km or 44 mi	Loughborough	$1759
72 km or 45 mi	Crewe	$1486
75 km or 47 mi	Warrington	$1962
77 km or 48 mi	Stafford	$1750