Blantyre vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Blantyre	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1181
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1439	$3254
🏠 One person rent	$147	$567
🏘️ Family rent	$369	$1230
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$408
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.9	$104
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$499	$1684
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	22	95
😀 Quality of life	25	86
🏙️ Population	800K	2.6M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 57% less expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 8593rd and 4534th ($507 vs $1181) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Malawi and Taiwan, respectively. Check Malawi vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.4 months in Taipei. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 8566th and 339th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Taipei

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	Blantyre	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.98	$6.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.7	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.71	$4.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.83
☕ Cappuccino	$2.01	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$1.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$175	$613
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.7	$468
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$454	$1547
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$274	$1030
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.8	$46.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.5	$72.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$23.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.26%	2.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10525	$13635
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$398	$6907
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$36.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$8.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$2.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.91	$17.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.51	$8.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.13	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$4.64
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$2.46
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.61
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.61
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.67
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.79
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.55	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.87	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$9.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$7.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$2.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.8	$38.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.45	$9.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.1	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.97	$15.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$56.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$85.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$359	$617
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$591	$19749

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1073
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$967
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$875
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$731
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$821
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$897
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$728
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$894
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$813
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$796
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$770
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$747
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$669
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$625
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$788
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$814
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$648
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$644
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$627
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$681
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$823
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$726
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$688
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$671
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$630
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$682
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$603
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$661
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$649
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$601
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$587
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$677
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$616
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$671
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$451
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$581