Lilongwe vs Munich - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lilongwe	Munich
🚶 Cost of living one person	$587	$2201
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1571	$5311
🏠 One person rent	$251	$1313
🏘️ Family rent	$555	$2479
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$524
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.8	$211
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$275	$3560
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	23 km
🎓 Higher education	13	90
😀 Quality of life	20	93
🏙️ Population	989K	1.51M

The cost of living in Lilongwe is 73% less expensive than in Munich. Cities ranked 7807th and 1352nd ($587 vs $2201) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Malawi and Germany, respectively. Check Malawi vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Lilongwe compared to 1.6 months in Munich. Lilongwe ranked 4th best city to live in Malawi vs Munich ranked 8th in Germany, while ranked 8847th and 54th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lilongwe vs Munich

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	Lilongwe	Munich
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.27	$16.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$69.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$12.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$4.92
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$4.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$3.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$1323
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$1006
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$362	$2618
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$2005
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$205
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.6	$313
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.1	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.4%	3.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10555	$12224
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$588	$8488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.91	$4.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.7	$59.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.67	$24.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$2.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.29	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$11.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$18.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.57
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.83
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$6.83
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.57	$9.08
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.11	$8.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$3.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.75	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$1.42
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.8	$52.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.17	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$73.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.6	$22.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.1	$92.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.4	$97.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$349	$953
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2351	$14702

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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 Munich

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 9.6 mi	Germering	$1789
16 km or 10 mi	Unterschleiheim	$1746
17 km or 10 mi	Puchheim	$1772
17 km or 11 mi	Dachau	$1755
20 km or 13 mi	Olching	$1730
23 km or 15 mi	Starnberg	$1727
24 km or 15 mi	Furstenfeldbruck	$1711
31 km or 19 mi	Erding	$1631
31 km or 19 mi	Geretsried	$1679
32 km or 20 mi	Freising	$1611
44 km or 28 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1568
47 km or 29 mi	Weilheim in Oberbayern	$1700
48 km or 30 mi	Aichach	$1613
50 km or 31 mi	Friedberg	$1644
52 km or 32 mi	Rosenheim	$1164
53 km or 33 mi	Konigsbrunn	$1638
53 km or 33 mi	Landsberg am Lech	$1637
57 km or 35 mi	Augsburg	$1728
61 km or 38 mi	Gersthofen	$1644
62 km or 38 mi	Landshut	$1569
62 km or 38 mi	Waldkraiburg	$1541
62 km or 39 mi	Neusa	$1645
71 km or 44 mi	Ingolstadt	$1465
71 km or 44 mi	Muhldorf	$1537
72 km or 45 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1508
76 km or 48 mi	Kaufbeuren	$1698
77 km or 48 mi	Traunreut	$1517
80 km or 50 mi	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	$1911
85 km or 53 mi	Traunstein	$1540
87 km or 54 mi	Donauworth	$1544
98 km or 61 mi	Innsbruck	$1636
103 km or 64 mi	Gunzburg	$1538
104 km or 65 mi	Kempten	$1502
105 km or 65 mi	Regensburg	$1627
105 km or 65 mi	Memmingen	$1565
110 km or 69 mi	Straubing	$1522
112 km or 70 mi	Nordlingen	$1509
114 km or 71 mi	Senden	$1516
116 km or 72 mi	Salzburg	$1672
119 km or 74 mi	Sonthofen	$1560