Blantyre vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Blantyre	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$495	$2011
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1273	$4813
🏠 One person rent	$156	$1082
🏘️ Family rent	$255	$1874
🍽️ Food expenses	$203	$595
🚐 Transport expenses	$87.9	$180
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$104	$4366
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	22	84
😀 Quality of life	30	94
🏙️ Population	800K	633K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 75% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 8689th and 1987th ($495 vs $2011) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 8th in Malawi and Germany, respectively. Check Malawi vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Blantyre compared to 2.2 months in Stuttgart. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Stuttgart ranked 5th in Germany, while ranked 8790th and 33rd among best cities to live in the world.

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	Blantyre	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.67	$17.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$11.7	$83.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.74	$13.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$6.06
☕ Cappuccino	$1.93	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$4.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$191	$1057
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$93.2	$788
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$339	$1925
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$168	$1424
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$18.5	$197
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$28.2	$308
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$42.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.84%	3.82%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$7401	$7341
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$393	$4476
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.73	$3.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$73.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.2	$28
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$2.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1	$2.32
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.65
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$4.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.95	$15.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.56	$13.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$23.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$3.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.33	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$4.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.49	$6.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$1.18
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.31	$3.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.74	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.3	$58.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$67
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.93	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$33	$97.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.4	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$393	$801
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$590	$18116

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Cities near Blantyre

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 35 mi	Zomba	$452
60 km or 37 mi	Mulanje	$456
112 km or 70 mi	Ntcheu	$489
149 km or 92 mi	Mangochi	$494
157 km or 98 mi	Tete	$792
191 km or 119 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
240 km or 149 mi	Lilongwe	$587
307 km or 191 mi	Quelimane	$691
405 km or 252 mi	Chimoio	$875
432 km or 269 mi	Mutare	$754
450 km or 280 mi	Beira	$952
454 km or 282 mi	Marondera	$755
458 km or 285 mi	Mzimba	$559
463 km or 287 mi	Nampula	$933
478 km or 297 mi	Harare	$1015
487 km or 303 mi	Chitungwiza	$780
493 km or 307 mi	Mzuzu	$522
541 km or 336 mi	Chinhoyi	$629
611 km or 380 mi	Kadoma	$727
626 km or 389 mi	Nacala	$1167
637 km or 396 mi	Kwekwe	$677
650 km or 404 mi	Masvingo	$840
674 km or 419 mi	Pemba	$1511
685 km or 425 mi	Gweru	$565
708 km or 440 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$925
721 km or 448 mi	Lusaka	$777
746 km or 463 mi	Kasama	$1132
754 km or 469 mi	Ndola	$692
784 km or 487 mi	Mbeya	$463
803 km or 499 mi	Kitwe	$1304
811 km or 504 mi	Mufulira	$1602
837 km or 520 mi	Mansa	$1166
837 km or 520 mi	Bulawayo	$632
849 km or 528 mi	Chingola	$1378
865 km or 537 mi	Choma	$849
935 km or 581 mi	Lubumbashi	$1125
991 km or 616 mi	Francistown	$632
999 km or 621 mi	Livingstone	$813
1000 km or 621 mi	Moroni	$1196
1038 km or 645 mi	Morogoro	$417

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1817
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1821
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1810
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1820
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1809
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1813
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1807
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1784
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1818
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1794
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1788
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1793
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1794
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1788
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1777
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1800
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1769
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1724
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1774
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1764
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1772
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1817
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1896
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1780
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1660
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1893
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1717
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1740
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1521
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1801
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1735
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1807
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1747
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1803
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1773
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1735
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1719
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1771
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1726
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1733