Lilongwe vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lilongwe	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$587	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1571	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$251	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$555	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.8	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$275	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	13	96
😀 Quality of life	20	74
🏙️ Population	989K	13.1M

The cost of living in Lilongwe is 53% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 7807th and 4359th ($587 vs $1244) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Malawi and Russia, respectively. Check Malawi vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Lilongwe compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Lilongwe ranked 4th best city to live in Malawi vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 8847th and 1187th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lilongwe vs Moscow

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	Lilongwe	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.27	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$362	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.6	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.1	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.4%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10555	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$588	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.91	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.7	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.67	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.29	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.57	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.11	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.75	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.8	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.17	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.6	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.1	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.4	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$349	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2351	$12252

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592