Lilongwe vs Mashhad - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lilongwe	Mashhad
🚶 Cost of living one person	$587	$508
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1571	$1452
🏠 One person rent	$251	$169
🏘️ Family rent	$555	$391
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$180
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.8	$42.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$275	$216
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	13	46
😀 Quality of life	20	50
🏙️ Population	989K	3M

The cost of living in Lilongwe is 16% more expensive than in Mashhad. Cities ranked 7807th and 8574th ($587 vs $508) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 84th in Malawi and Iran, respectively. Check Malawi vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Lilongwe compared to 0.4 months in Mashhad. Lilongwe ranked 4th best city to live in Malawi vs Mashhad ranked 3rd in Iran, while ranked 8847th and 6227th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lilongwe vs Mashhad

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	Lilongwe	Mashhad
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.27	$2.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$32.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$0.5
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$194
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$362	$493
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$325
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$8.75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.6	$13.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.1	$18.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.4%	20.07%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10555	$1263
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$588	$773
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.91	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.7	$4.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.67	$4.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$0.8
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.23
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.29	$1.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$1.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$2.45
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$9.89
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.16
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$7.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$0.89
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.57	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.11	$5.22
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$5.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.75	$1.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$2.44
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.8	$13.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.17	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$95.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.6	$29
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.1	$20.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.4	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$349	$68
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2351	$618

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Lilongwe

Distance	City	Cost of living
123 km or 76 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
134 km or 83 mi	Ntcheu	$492
169 km or 105 mi	Mangochi	$493
228 km or 142 mi	Zomba	$457
233 km or 145 mi	Mzimba	$566
240 km or 149 mi	Blantyre	$507
243 km or 151 mi	Tete	$825
283 km or 176 mi	Mzuzu	$525
293 km or 182 mi	Mulanje	$461
506 km or 314 mi	Kasama	$748
518 km or 322 mi	Harare	$992
524 km or 326 mi	Marondera	$794
533 km or 331 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
536 km or 333 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
545 km or 339 mi	Quelimane	$675
550 km or 342 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
566 km or 352 mi	Mbeya	$461
567 km or 353 mi	Mutare	$752
568 km or 353 mi	Ndola	$541
572 km or 355 mi	Chimoio	$947
603 km or 375 mi	Nampula	$872
613 km or 381 mi	Lusaka	$738
616 km or 383 mi	Mansa	$776
616 km or 383 mi	Kitwe	$917
618 km or 384 mi	Mufulira	$1018
637 km or 396 mi	Kadoma	$723
660 km or 410 mi	Chingola	$875
660 km or 410 mi	Beira	$1003
682 km or 424 mi	Kwekwe	$730
732 km or 455 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
740 km or 460 mi	Pemba	$1506
741 km or 460 mi	Gweru	$597
744 km or 462 mi	Nacala	$1150
746 km or 464 mi	Masvingo	$854
795 km or 494 mi	Choma	$700
835 km or 519 mi	Likasi	$961
883 km or 549 mi	Bulawayo	$766
886 km or 551 mi	Dodoma	$502
902 km or 560 mi	Morogoro	$486
949 km or 590 mi	Livingstone	$688

Cities near Mashhad

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 45 mi	Nishapur	$509
120 km or 75 mi	Torbat-e Heydarieh	$521
132 km or 82 mi	Quchan	$515
150 km or 93 mi	Torbat-e Jam	$550
157 km or 98 mi	Kashmar	$521
174 km or 108 mi	Sabzevar	$524
202 km or 126 mi	Anau	$1553
212 km or 132 mi	Ashgabat	$1584
240 km or 149 mi	Bojnord	$510
245 km or 152 mi	Mary	$1503
304 km or 189 mi	Baherden	$1541
317 km or 197 mi	Herat	$512
384 km or 239 mi	Birjand	$574
409 km or 254 mi	Gonbad-e Kavus	$495
411 km or 255 mi	Shahrud	$598
461 km or 287 mi	Gorgan	$685
467 km or 290 mi	Turkmenabat	$1523
551 km or 342 mi	Sheberghan	$414
566 km or 351 mi	Semnan	$580
572 km or 355 mi	Bukhara	$431
586 km or 364 mi	Sari	$658
604 km or 375 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
612 km or 380 mi	Zabol	$552
614 km or 381 mi	Dasoguz	$1535
615 km or 382 mi	Qarshi	$484
620 km or 385 mi	Babol	$458
649 km or 403 mi	Amol	$557
673 km or 418 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$408
684 km or 425 mi	Lashkargah	$476
685 km or 425 mi	Nukus	$392
687 km or 427 mi	Yazd	$573
703 km or 437 mi	Pardis	$665
710 km or 441 mi	Kerman	$464
719 km or 447 mi	Pakdasht	$680
726 km or 451 mi	Varamin	$651
730 km or 454 mi	Qarchak	$681
733 km or 456 mi	Golestan	$714
737 km or 458 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
738 km or 459 mi	Ray	$710
739 km or 459 mi	Tehran	$788