Blantyre vs Vilnius - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Blantyre	Vilnius
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$1341
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$3192
🏠 One person rent	$181	$726
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$1252
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$415
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$75
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$604	$1594
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	22	61
😀 Quality of life	27	80
🏙️ Population	1.9M	581K

The cost of living in Blantyre is 56% less expensive than in Vilnius. Cities ranked 7882nd and 4248th ($591 vs $1341) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Malawi and Lithuania, respectively. Check Malawi vs Lithuania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.2 months in Vilnius. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Vilnius ranked 1st in Lithuania, while ranked 8369th and 531st 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	$4.31	$11.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$57.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$8.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$4.87
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$3.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.01
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$741
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$527
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$1406
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$920
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.65%	4.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10628	$5601
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$406	$3443
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$32.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$10.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.7
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$3.12
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$7.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$2.12
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$3.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$0.93
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.64
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.66	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.91	$5.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$4.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$2.56
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$33.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.43	$8.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$53.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.95	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.6	$82.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$97
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$570
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$607	$8624

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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 Vilnius

Distance	City	Cost of living
77 km or 48 mi	Jonava	$856
86 km or 53 mi	Alytus	$871
90 km or 56 mi	Kaunas	$1191
93 km or 58 mi	Utena	$950
125 km or 78 mi	Marijampole	$886
130 km or 81 mi	Panevezys	$902
148 km or 92 mi	Grodno	$390
153 km or 95 mi	Daugavpils	$899
166 km or 103 mi	Suwalki	$1061
171 km or 107 mi	Minsk	$717
180 km or 112 mi	Baranavichy	$516
186 km or 116 mi	Siauliai	$999
205 km or 127 mi	Jekabpils	$946
214 km or 133 mi	Elk	$1057
215 km or 133 mi	Barysaw	$563
223 km or 138 mi	Bialystok	$1002
240 km or 149 mi	Jelgava	$856
240 km or 149 mi	Rezekne	$817
241 km or 150 mi	Ogre	$1111
259 km or 161 mi	Mazeikiai	$1042
262 km or 163 mi	Riga	$1169
269 km or 167 mi	Lomza	$916
271 km or 168 mi	Jurmala	$1377
286 km or 178 mi	Klaipeda	$1016
290 km or 180 mi	Pinsk	$437
301 km or 187 mi	Ostroleka	$1042
307 km or 191 mi	Kaliningrad	$578
308 km or 192 mi	Brest	$527
310 km or 192 mi	Babruysk	$437
317 km or 197 mi	Vitebsk	$298
318 km or 197 mi	Valmiera	$893
327 km or 203 mi	Olsztyn	$1134
328 km or 204 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1113
336 km or 209 mi	Liepaja	$1029
339 km or 211 mi	Mogilev	$467
342 km or 212 mi	Siedlce	$931
366 km or 228 mi	Ciechanow	$1136
379 km or 236 mi	Ventspils	$923
385 km or 239 mi	Elblag	$977
390 km or 242 mi	Otwock	$1406