Blantyre vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Blantyre	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$506	$1414
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1306	$3338
🏠 One person rent	$147	$764
🏘️ Family rent	$239	$1283
🍽️ Food expenses	$210	$436
🚐 Transport expenses	$98.2	$86.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$239	$1836
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	23	61
😀 Quality of life	30	83
🏙️ Population	800K	581K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 64% less expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 8632nd and 4221st ($506 vs $1414) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 5th and 1st in Malawi and Lithuania, respectively. Check Malawi vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Blantyre compared to 1.3 months in Vilnius. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 8786th and 544th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Vilnius

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	Blantyre	Vilnius
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.97	$12.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$12.6	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.69	$8.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$5.39
☕ Cappuccino	$2.02	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.82	$2.09
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$176	$763
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$81.2	$547
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$322	$1376
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$145	$933
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.9	$159
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.4	$246
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$25.2	$15.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.77%	4.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10537	$6130
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$393	$3717
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.85	$1.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.9	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$20.1	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.81	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.94	$1.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.41	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.37	$3.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.92	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.58	$7.92
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.17	$12.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$1.57
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.87	$3.36
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.35	$0.96
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.53	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.72	$2.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.49	$11.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.75
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.88	$5.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.45	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.28	$4.7
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.69	$2.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.7	$38.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.44	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$16.9	$54.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.96	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$34	$78.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.1	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$357	$609
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$589	$9582

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$865
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$883
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1334
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$974
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$920
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$988
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$349
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$929
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1113
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$735
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$517
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$967
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$894
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1125
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$561
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1148
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$840
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1046
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$864
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1270
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$993
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1419
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1057
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$426
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$829
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$528
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$406
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$293
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$928
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1034
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$545
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$1009
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$968
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$1074
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1522