Blantyre vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Blantyre	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$1552
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$3818
🏠 One person rent	$181	$876
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$1845
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$481
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$79.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$604	$819
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	22	8
😀 Quality of life	27	58
🏙️ Population	1.9M	24.7K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 62% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 7882nd and 3466th ($591 vs $1552) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Malawi and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Malawi vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 0.5 months in Victoria. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 8369th and 5469th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Victoria

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	Blantyre	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.31	$16.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$43.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$9.42
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$3.63
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$4.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$813
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$707
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1874
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$1618
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$49.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$77.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$98.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.65%	16.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10628	$419
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$406	$1184
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$23.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$41.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$1.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$1.87
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$3.11
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$11.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$5.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$6.05
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.95
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$3.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.66	$9.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$3.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.91	$19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$7.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$1.95
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$89
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.43	$4.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$72.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.95	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.6	$64.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$68.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$149
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$607	$8081

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Cities near Blantyre

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 35 mi	Zomba	$498
60 km or 37 mi	Mulanje	$500
112 km or 70 mi	Ntcheu	$515
149 km or 92 mi	Mangochi	$516
157 km or 98 mi	Tete	$834
191 km or 119 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
240 km or 149 mi	Lilongwe	$582
307 km or 191 mi	Quelimane	$670
405 km or 252 mi	Chimoio	$953
432 km or 269 mi	Mutare	$662
450 km or 280 mi	Beira	$1000
454 km or 282 mi	Marondera	$810
458 km or 285 mi	Mzimba	$574
463 km or 287 mi	Nampula	$1190
478 km or 297 mi	Harare	$1012
487 km or 303 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
493 km or 307 mi	Mzuzu	$534
541 km or 336 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
611 km or 380 mi	Kadoma	$729
626 km or 389 mi	Nacala	$1394
637 km or 396 mi	Kwekwe	$731
650 km or 404 mi	Masvingo	$871
674 km or 419 mi	Pemba	$1500
685 km or 425 mi	Gweru	$761
708 km or 440 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
721 km or 448 mi	Lusaka	$685
746 km or 463 mi	Kasama	$1079
754 km or 469 mi	Ndola	$1139
784 km or 487 mi	Mbeya	$433
803 km or 499 mi	Kitwe	$1116
811 km or 504 mi	Mufulira	$1090
837 km or 520 mi	Mansa	$1017
837 km or 520 mi	Bulawayo	$756
849 km or 528 mi	Chingola	$1028
865 km or 537 mi	Choma	$725
935 km or 581 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
991 km or 616 mi	Francistown	$585
999 km or 621 mi	Livingstone	$670
1000 km or 621 mi	Moroni	$1091
1038 km or 645 mi	Morogoro	$639

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$719
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1093
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1091
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$711
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$457
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$502
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$796
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$804
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$826
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$767
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$560
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$701
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$736
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$675
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$519
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$601
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1441
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1481
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1500
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$348
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1394
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$639
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$548
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$684
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$535
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$482