Lilongwe vs Nuremberg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lilongwe	Nuremberg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$592	$1767
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1419	$4215
🏠 One person rent	$250	$898
🏘️ Family rent	$390	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$582
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.8	$152
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$105	$3627
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	12	56
😀 Quality of life	25	92
🏙️ Population	989K	526K

The cost of living in Lilongwe is 67% less expensive than in Nuremberg. Cities ranked 7884th and 2865th ($592 vs $1767) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 145th in Malawi and Germany, respectively. Check Malawi vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Lilongwe compared to 2.1 months in Nuremberg. Lilongwe ranked 7th best city to live in Malawi vs Nuremberg ranked 19th in Germany, while ranked 8966th and 132nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lilongwe vs Nuremberg

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	Lilongwe	Nuremberg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.27	$17.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$86.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.09	$11.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$4.6
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$4.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$3.88
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$374	$868
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$608
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$1598
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$1079
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.2	$194
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.6	$297
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.6	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.87%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10587	$7384
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$593	$4983
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$4.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.6	$68
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.7	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.32
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$2.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$3.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$3.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$14.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$12.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$3.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$2.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$4.62
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$2.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.57	$10.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.12	$15.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.75	$1.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$1.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.1	$32.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.17	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$47.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.59	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$23	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.5	$89.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$353	$510
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2356	$15497

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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 Nuremberg

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.9 km or 4.3 mi	Furth	$1679
9.2 km or 5.7 mi	Zirndorf	$1665
14 km or 8.9 mi	Schwabach	$1629
16 km or 9.8 mi	Lauf an der Pegnitz	$1643
17 km or 10 mi	Erlangen	$1688
19 km or 12 mi	Herzogenaurach	$1759
23 km or 14 mi	Roth	$1630
30 km or 18 mi	Forchheim	$1655
34 km or 21 mi	Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz	$1601
40 km or 25 mi	Ansbach	$1445
51 km or 31 mi	Bamberg	$1622
56 km or 35 mi	Amberg	$1320
66 km or 41 mi	Bayreuth	$1423
73 km or 45 mi	Kitzingen	$1538
75 km or 47 mi	Schwandorf	$1545
76 km or 47 mi	Lichtenfels	$1590
76 km or 47 mi	Kulmbach	$1545
79 km or 49 mi	Nordlingen	$1657
80 km or 50 mi	Neuburg an der Donau	$1671
81 km or 50 mi	Ingolstadt	$1659
81 km or 50 mi	Crailsheim	$1726
82 km or 51 mi	Weiden in der Oberpfalz	$1599
85 km or 53 mi	Donauworth	$1697
88 km or 54 mi	Regensburg	$1720
88 km or 55 mi	Ellwangen	$1686
90 km or 56 mi	Schweinfurt	$1506
90 km or 56 mi	Coburg	$1590
91 km or 57 mi	Wurzburg	$1307
95 km or 59 mi	Bad Mergentheim	$1560
99 km or 62 mi	Aalen	$1664
100 km or 62 mi	Sonneberg	$1346
104 km or 65 mi	Schwabisch Hall	$1766
107 km or 67 mi	Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm	$1725
109 km or 68 mi	Heidenheim an der Brenz	$1712
110 km or 69 mi	Bad Kissingen	$1546
112 km or 69 mi	Aichach	$1784
113 km or 70 mi	Hof	$1632
116 km or 72 mi	Gersthofen	$1848
116 km or 72 mi	Cheb	$1258
117 km or 73 mi	Wertheim am Main	$1719