Lilongwe vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lilongwe	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$592	$1135
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1419	$2924
🏠 One person rent	$250	$510
🏘️ Family rent	$390	$885
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$385
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.8	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$105	$1378
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	12	94
😀 Quality of life	25	87
🏙️ Population	989K	4.04M

The cost of living in Lilongwe is 48% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 7884th and 4867th ($592 vs $1135) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Malawi and Taiwan, respectively. Check Malawi vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Lilongwe compared to 1.2 months in New Taipei. Lilongwe ranked 7th best city to live in Malawi vs New Taipei ranked 2nd in Taiwan, while ranked 8966th and 387th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lilongwe vs New Taipei

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	Lilongwe	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.27	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$32.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.09	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$1.8
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$2.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$374	$520
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$386
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$947
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.2	$72.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.6	$112
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.6	$25.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.87%	2.76%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10587	$14096
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$593	$6224
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.6	$39.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.7	$9.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.01
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$2.68
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$7.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$22.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$4.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$2.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$9.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.55
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.57	$4.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.12	$10.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$7.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.75	$1.71
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$2.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.1	$39.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.17	$11.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$38.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.59	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$23	$59.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.5	$91.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$353	$571
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2356	$17207

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Cities near Lilongwe

Distance	City	Cost of living
123 km or 76 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
134 km or 83 mi	Ntcheu	$493
169 km or 105 mi	Mangochi	$496
228 km or 142 mi	Zomba	$458
233 km or 145 mi	Mzimba	$565
240 km or 149 mi	Blantyre	$506
243 km or 151 mi	Tete	$820
283 km or 176 mi	Mzuzu	$527
293 km or 182 mi	Mulanje	$461
506 km or 314 mi	Kasama	$888
518 km or 322 mi	Harare	$1021
524 km or 326 mi	Marondera	$779
533 km or 331 mi	Chitungwiza	$751
536 km or 333 mi	Chinhoyi	$650
545 km or 339 mi	Quelimane	$692
550 km or 342 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$748
566 km or 352 mi	Mbeya	$495
567 km or 353 mi	Mutare	$755
568 km or 353 mi	Ndola	$577
572 km or 355 mi	Chimoio	$916
603 km or 375 mi	Nampula	$935
613 km or 381 mi	Lusaka	$655
616 km or 383 mi	Mansa	$912
616 km or 383 mi	Kitwe	$1062
618 km or 384 mi	Mufulira	$1278
637 km or 396 mi	Kadoma	$761
660 km or 410 mi	Chingola	$1069
660 km or 410 mi	Beira	$996
682 km or 424 mi	Kwekwe	$716
732 km or 455 mi	Lubumbashi	$1124
740 km or 460 mi	Pemba	$1511
741 km or 460 mi	Gweru	$587
744 km or 462 mi	Nacala	$1168
746 km or 464 mi	Masvingo	$873
795 km or 494 mi	Choma	$687
835 km or 519 mi	Likasi	$1032
883 km or 549 mi	Bulawayo	$658
886 km or 551 mi	Dodoma	$526
902 km or 560 mi	Morogoro	$421
949 km or 590 mi	Livingstone	$653

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1313
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$942
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1030
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$802
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$868
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$993
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$695
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$1006
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$914
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$894
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$894
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$914
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$628
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$634
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$854
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$894
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$628
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$621
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$615
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$700
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$901
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$753
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$707
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$671
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$677
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$616
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$696
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$666
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$697
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$600
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$586
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$672
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$604
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$454
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$650
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$589