Blantyre vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Blantyre	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$2207
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1306	$5086
🏠 One person rent	$147	$1276
🏘️ Family rent	$239	$2185
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$174
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$239	$3556
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	23	83
😀 Quality of life	30	93
🏙️ Population	800K	633K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 77% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 8632nd and 1455th ($506 vs $2207) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 3rd in Malawi and Germany, respectively. Check Malawi vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Blantyre compared to 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Stuttgart ranked 12th in Germany, while ranked 8786th and 93rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Stuttgart

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	Blantyre	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.6	$81.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.69	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$5.68
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$4.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$4.18
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$176	$1201
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.2	$979
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$322	$2051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$1764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.9	$209
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$321
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$42.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.77%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10537	$6802
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$393	$5304
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$3.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$67
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$28.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$2.27
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$3.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$4.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$14.1
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$22
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$3.47
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$4.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.68
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.49	$6.98
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$9.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$11.6
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.28	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$54
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.44	$12.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$68
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$111
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$110
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$605
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$17949

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Cities near Blantyre

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 35 mi	Zomba	$458
60 km or 37 mi	Mulanje	$461
112 km or 70 mi	Ntcheu	$493
149 km or 92 mi	Mangochi	$496
157 km or 98 mi	Tete	$820
191 km or 119 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
240 km or 149 mi	Lilongwe	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Quelimane	$692
405 km or 252 mi	Chimoio	$916
432 km or 269 mi	Mutare	$755
450 km or 280 mi	Beira	$996
454 km or 282 mi	Marondera	$779
458 km or 285 mi	Mzimba	$565
463 km or 287 mi	Nampula	$935
478 km or 297 mi	Harare	$1021
487 km or 303 mi	Chitungwiza	$751
493 km or 307 mi	Mzuzu	$527
541 km or 336 mi	Chinhoyi	$650
611 km or 380 mi	Kadoma	$761
626 km or 389 mi	Nacala	$1168
637 km or 396 mi	Kwekwe	$716
650 km or 404 mi	Masvingo	$873
674 km or 419 mi	Pemba	$1511
685 km or 425 mi	Gweru	$587
708 km or 440 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$748
721 km or 448 mi	Lusaka	$655
746 km or 463 mi	Kasama	$888
754 km or 469 mi	Ndola	$577
784 km or 487 mi	Mbeya	$495
803 km or 499 mi	Kitwe	$1062
811 km or 504 mi	Mufulira	$1278
837 km or 520 mi	Mansa	$912
837 km or 520 mi	Bulawayo	$658
849 km or 528 mi	Chingola	$1069
865 km or 537 mi	Choma	$687
935 km or 581 mi	Lubumbashi	$1124
991 km or 616 mi	Francistown	$587
999 km or 621 mi	Livingstone	$653
1000 km or 621 mi	Moroni	$1207
1038 km or 645 mi	Morogoro	$421

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1954
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1944
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1931
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1922
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1919
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1913
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1900
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1877
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1900
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1893
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1892
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1879
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1871
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1873
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1844
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1842
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1829
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1769
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1803
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1793
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1846
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1819
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1980
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1836
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1688
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1876
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1748
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1726
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1565
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1863
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1726
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1909
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1787
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1844
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1791
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1738
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1725
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1846
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1752
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1763