Blantyre vs Tashkent - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Blantyre	Tashkent
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1306	$2106
🏠 One person rent	$147	$453
🏘️ Family rent	$239	$803
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$45.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$239	$280
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	23	46
😀 Quality of life	30	56
🏙️ Population	800K	2.96M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 40% less expensive than in Tashkent. Cities ranked 8632nd and 6476th ($506 vs $844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Malawi and Uzbekistan, respectively. Check Malawi vs Uzbekistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Blantyre compared to 0.3 months in Tashkent. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Tashkent ranked 1st in Uzbekistan, while ranked 8786th and 6210th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Tashkent

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	Blantyre	Tashkent
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$4.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.6	$33.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.69	$4.11
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.29
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$2.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$176	$591
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.2	$363
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$322	$1092
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.9	$33.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$51.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$11.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.77%	22.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10537	$1765
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$393	$976
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$9.84
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$3.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$0.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$1.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$8.13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$10.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.38
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$1.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.54
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.36
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.49	$5.95
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$2.05
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.28	$3.79
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$1.26
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$1.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$50
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.44	$5.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$45.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$99.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$312
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$9729

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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 Tashkent

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Chirchiq	$754
87 km or 54 mi	Istiklol	$620
115 km or 71 mi	Shymkent	$525
117 km or 73 mi	Khujand	$603
123 km or 77 mi	Buston	$650
127 km or 79 mi	Ghafurov	$600
149 km or 92 mi	Konibodom	$626
156 km or 97 mi	Istaravshan	$658
178 km or 110 mi	Jizzakh	$555
204 km or 127 mi	Namangan	$562
226 km or 140 mi	Margilan	$648
235 km or 146 mi	Fergana	$680
238 km or 148 mi	Turkistan	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Panjakent	$674
247 km or 153 mi	Taraz	$445
254 km or 158 mi	Kentau	$468
267 km or 166 mi	Andijan	$451
267 km or 166 mi	Samarkand	$475
280 km or 174 mi	Talas	$532
306 km or 190 mi	Dushanbe	$712
308 km or 191 mi	Osh	$549
313 km or 195 mi	Toktogul	$615
314 km or 195 mi	Jalal-Abad	$585
322 km or 200 mi	Tursunzoda	$680
387 km or 241 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684
400 km or 249 mi	Qarshi	$512
443 km or 275 mi	Bukhara	$433
471 km or 292 mi	Bishkek	$743
493 km or 306 mi	Kant	$501
499 km or 310 mi	Kyzylorda	$446
510 km or 317 mi	Kunduz	$428
526 km or 327 mi	Tokmok	$613
542 km or 337 mi	Turkmenabat	$1716
544 km or 338 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
562 km or 349 mi	Naryn	$573
597 km or 371 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
598 km or 372 mi	Sheberghan	$432
605 km or 376 mi	Kashgar	$651
610 km or 379 mi	Artux	$639
641 km or 398 mi	Kaskelen	$787