Lilongwe vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lilongwe	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$587	$1073
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1571	$3063
🏠 One person rent	$251	$469
🏘️ Family rent	$555	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$380
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.8	$116
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$275	$1589
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	13	94
😀 Quality of life	20	86
🏙️ Population	989K	4.04M

The cost of living in Lilongwe is 45% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 7807th and 5000th ($587 vs $1073) 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 0.5 months in Lilongwe compared to 1.5 months in New Taipei. Lilongwe ranked 4th best city to live in Malawi vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 8847th and 302nd 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	$4.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$30.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$2.46
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$495
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$362	$1348
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$898
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$46.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.6	$73.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.1	$22.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.4%	2.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10555	$9392
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$588	$4811
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.91	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.7	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.67	$8.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$2.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.29	$2.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$16.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$7.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$19.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$4.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.96
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.44
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.33
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.57	$3.67
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.11	$9.43
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$7.78
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.75	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$2.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.8	$31
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.17	$9.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.6	$15.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.1	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.4	$91.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$349	$515
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2351	$18855

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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 New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1181
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$875
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$967
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$731
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$821
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$897
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$728
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$894
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$813
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$796
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$770
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$747
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$669
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$625
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$788
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$814
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$648
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$644
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$627
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$681
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$823
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$726
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$688
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$630
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$671
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$603
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$682
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$661
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$649
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$601
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$587
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$677
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$616
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$451
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$671
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$581