Blantyre vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Blantyre	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1306	$2471
🏠 One person rent	$147	$546
🏘️ Family rent	$239	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$278
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$135
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$239	$1724
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	23	15
😀 Quality of life	30	53
🏙️ Population	800K	886K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 53% less expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 8632nd and 5095th ($506 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 5th in Malawi and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Malawi vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Blantyre compared to 1.6 months in Tabuk. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Tabuk ranked 11th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 8786th and 6448th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Tabuk

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	Blantyre	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$6.77
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.6	$22.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.69	$6.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$2.64
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.72
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$176	$525
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.2	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$322	$708
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$580
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.9	$70.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$108
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$81.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.77%	4.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10537	$1383
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$393	$921
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$40.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$2.29
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$6.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$2.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$1.55
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.49	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$6.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$3.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.28	$3.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$65.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.44	$25.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$3.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$28.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$90.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$672
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$8498

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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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$782
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$517
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$1734
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$798
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$589
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$940
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$645
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$346
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$354
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$718
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$1910
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1855
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$791
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1645
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$1867
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$1879
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$1021
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$837
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$1951
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$987
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$769
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2032
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$1957
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2447
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$1009
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$695
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1747
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2027
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$1072
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1850
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$548
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$1993
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2100
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$1947
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2347
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$2064
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$1998
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$2130
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$276
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2233