Blantyre vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Blantyre	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$505	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1307	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$146	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$238	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.7	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$204	$912
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	22	8
😀 Quality of life	33	48
🏙️ Population	800K	24.7K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 69% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 8686th and 3471st ($505 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th 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 0.4 months in Blantyre compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 8666th and 6854th 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	$3.94	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.6	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.68	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$2.03	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.87	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$174	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$80.8	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$311	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$147	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.9	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.9	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.68%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8831	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$397	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.87	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.2	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.93	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.93	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.09	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.45	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.54	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.89	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.46	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.31	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.72	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.6	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.44	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$33.6	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$58.8	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$362	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$595	$8971

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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	$495
149 km or 92 mi	Mangochi	$496
157 km or 98 mi	Tete	$828
191 km or 119 mi	Monkey Bay	$521
240 km or 149 mi	Lilongwe	$591
307 km or 191 mi	Quelimane	$692
405 km or 252 mi	Chimoio	$924
432 km or 269 mi	Mutare	$764
450 km or 280 mi	Beira	$1000
454 km or 282 mi	Marondera	$768
458 km or 285 mi	Mzimba	$530
463 km or 287 mi	Nampula	$935
478 km or 297 mi	Harare	$1024
487 km or 303 mi	Chitungwiza	$770
493 km or 307 mi	Mzuzu	$527
541 km or 336 mi	Chinhoyi	$639
611 km or 380 mi	Kadoma	$754
626 km or 389 mi	Nacala	$1181
637 km or 396 mi	Kwekwe	$706
650 km or 404 mi	Masvingo	$861
674 km or 419 mi	Pemba	$1521
685 km or 425 mi	Gweru	$577
708 km or 440 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$815
721 km or 448 mi	Lusaka	$686
746 km or 463 mi	Kasama	$1002
754 km or 469 mi	Ndola	$613
784 km or 487 mi	Mbeya	$469
803 km or 499 mi	Kitwe	$1189
811 km or 504 mi	Mufulira	$1473
837 km or 520 mi	Mansa	$1030
837 km or 520 mi	Bulawayo	$630
849 km or 528 mi	Chingola	$1229
865 km or 537 mi	Choma	$750
935 km or 581 mi	Lubumbashi	$1133
991 km or 616 mi	Francistown	$633
999 km or 621 mi	Livingstone	$718
1000 km or 621 mi	Moroni	$1233
1038 km or 645 mi	Morogoro	$408

Cities near Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419