Lilongwe vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Lilongwe	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$367	$352
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$904	$857
🏠 One person rent	$147	$137
🏘️ Family rent	$237	$259
🍽️ Food expenses	$141	$134
🚐 Transport expenses	$42.4	$51.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$306	$175
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	13	48
😀 Quality of life	26	42
🏙️ Population	989K	1.97M

The cost of living in Lilongwe is 4% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 9038th and 9085th ($367 vs $352) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Malawi and Pakistan, respectively. Check Malawi vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.8 months in Lilongwe compared to 0.5 months in Peshawar. Lilongwe ranked 2nd best city to live in Malawi vs Peshawar ranked 6th in Pakistan, while ranked 8741st and 6943rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lilongwe vs Peshawar

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	Lilongwe	Peshawar
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2	$2.88
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.3	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$2.2	$3.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.78	$1.08
☕ Cappuccino	$1.74	$1.89
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.62	$0.33
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$228	$89.6
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$75.5	$56.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$277	$237
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$168	$131
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$10.4	$62.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$16.1	$96.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.1	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.98%	23.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9504	$183
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$356	$152
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.59	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.6	$5.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.44	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.69	$0.64
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$1.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.91	$4.41
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.26
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.46	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.09	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$0.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$0.5
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.18	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.58	$0.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.1	$1.94
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.68	$1.54
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.88	$1.82
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.73	$0.72
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.33	$1.21
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.52	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.71	$0.52
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$21.9	$9.11
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.06	$4.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.1	$4.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$1.78	$2.87
👖 Brand Jeans	$25	$11.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$32.7	$34.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$217	$31.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1424	$457

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Cities near Lilongwe

Distance	City	Cost of living
123 km or 76 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
134 km or 83 mi	Ntcheu	$332
169 km or 105 mi	Mangochi	$332
228 km or 142 mi	Zomba	$326
233 km or 145 mi	Mzimba	$337
240 km or 149 mi	Blantyre	$363
243 km or 151 mi	Tete	$970
283 km or 176 mi	Mzuzu	$338
293 km or 182 mi	Mulanje	$327
506 km or 314 mi	Kasama	$1176
518 km or 322 mi	Harare	$957
524 km or 326 mi	Marondera	$761
533 km or 331 mi	Chitungwiza	$852
536 km or 333 mi	Chinhoyi	$784
545 km or 339 mi	Quelimane	$992
550 km or 342 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$968
566 km or 352 mi	Mbeya	$457
567 km or 353 mi	Mutare	$645
568 km or 353 mi	Ndola	$1210
572 km or 355 mi	Chimoio	$993
603 km or 375 mi	Nampula	$1165
613 km or 381 mi	Lusaka	$777
616 km or 383 mi	Mansa	$1121
616 km or 383 mi	Kitwe	$1238
618 km or 384 mi	Mufulira	$1236
637 km or 396 mi	Kadoma	$689
660 km or 410 mi	Chingola	$1107
660 km or 410 mi	Beira	$1014
682 km or 424 mi	Kwekwe	$691
732 km or 455 mi	Lubumbashi	$1025
740 km or 460 mi	Pemba	$1144
741 km or 460 mi	Gweru	$722
744 km or 462 mi	Nacala	$1127
746 km or 464 mi	Masvingo	$837
795 km or 494 mi	Choma	$795
835 km or 519 mi	Likasi	$953
883 km or 549 mi	Bulawayo	$777
886 km or 551 mi	Dodoma	$581
902 km or 560 mi	Morogoro	$600
949 km or 590 mi	Livingstone	$734

Cities near Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$307
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$335
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$347
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$238
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$311
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$389
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$423
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$449
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$567
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$278
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$330
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$281
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$277
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$455
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$344
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$303
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$393
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$364
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$289
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$240
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$298
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$337
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$268
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$399
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$260
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$386
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$445
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$290
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$508
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$328
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$307
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$399
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$338
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$394
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632