Lilongwe vs Peshawar - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lilongwe	Peshawar
🚶 Cost of living one person	$592	$334
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1419	$809
🏠 One person rent	$250	$119
🏘️ Family rent	$390	$193
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$136
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.8	$40.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$105	$113
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	12	47
😀 Quality of life	25	43
🏙️ Population	989K	1.97M

The cost of living in Lilongwe is 77% more expensive than in Peshawar. Cities ranked 7884th and 9121st ($592 vs $334) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 21st in Malawi and Pakistan, respectively. Check Malawi vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Lilongwe compared to 0.3 months in Peshawar. Lilongwe ranked 7th best city to live in Malawi vs Peshawar ranked 7th in Pakistan, while ranked 8966th and 7430th 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	$4.27	$2.81
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$12.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.09	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$1.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$0.32
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$374	$84.3
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$46.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$155
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$85.3
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.2	$54.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.6	$82.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.6	$11.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.87%	18.9%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10587	$267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$593	$213
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.6	$7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.7	$3.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$0.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$3.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$2.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$3.94
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$1.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.38
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.44
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$1.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.57	$1.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.12	$0.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$1.2
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.75	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.1	$9.69
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.17	$3.56
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$10.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.59	$1.86
👖 Brand Jeans	$23	$13.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.5	$61.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$353	$28.4
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2356	$2261

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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 Peshawar

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Kohat	$364
55 km or 34 mi	Mardan	$354
108 km or 67 mi	Jalalabad	$354
114 km or 71 mi	Wah	$344
117 km or 72 mi	Mingora	$351
146 km or 91 mi	Islamabad	$443
152 km or 94 mi	Rawalpindi	$416
164 km or 102 mi	Khost	$393
215 km or 133 mi	Gardez	$401
223 km or 138 mi	Kabul	$458
230 km or 143 mi	Mirpur	$277
239 km or 149 mi	Sargodha	$376
244 km or 151 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$326
262 km or 163 mi	Baramulla	$265
287 km or 179 mi	Gujrat	$320
289 km or 179 mi	Ghazni	$396
289 km or 180 mi	Chiniot	$372
296 km or 184 mi	Hafizabad	$363
305 km or 189 mi	Srinagar	$340
313 km or 195 mi	Jhang	$294
323 km or 201 mi	Faisalabad	$333
324 km or 201 mi	Gujranwala	$302
328 km or 204 mi	Sialkot	$311
335 km or 208 mi	Puli Khumri	$404
336 km or 209 mi	Gojra	$351
340 km or 211 mi	Kamoke	$316
341 km or 212 mi	Jammu	$284
346 km or 215 mi	Sheikhupura	$368
357 km or 222 mi	Sahiwal	$303
381 km or 237 mi	Lahore	$427
387 km or 240 mi	Kunduz	$428
400 km or 248 mi	Okara	$291
410 km or 255 mi	Amritsar	$380
413 km or 257 mi	Khanewal	$362
423 km or 263 mi	Multan	$403
432 km or 268 mi	Pathankot	$350
442 km or 275 mi	Burewala	$347
447 km or 278 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
484 km or 301 mi	Jalandhar	$337
492 km or 306 mi	Qurghonteppa	$684