Lilongwe vs Prague - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lilongwe	Prague
🚶 Cost of living one person	$592	$1778
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1419	$4184
🏠 One person rent	$250	$1098
🏘️ Family rent	$390	$1897
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$426
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.8	$121
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$105	$2284
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	12	93
😀 Quality of life	25	89
🏙️ Population	989K	1.4M

The cost of living in Lilongwe is 67% less expensive than in Prague. Cities ranked 7884th and 2821st ($592 vs $1778) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Malawi and the Czech Republic, respectively. Check Malawi vs the Czech Republic comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Lilongwe compared to 1.3 months in Prague. Lilongwe ranked 7th best city to live in Malawi vs Prague ranked 1st in the Czech Republic, while ranked 8966th and 277th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lilongwe vs Prague

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	Lilongwe	Prague
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.27	$9.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$46
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.09	$9.37
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$2.73
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$3.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$1.97
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$374	$1073
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$830
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$1910
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$1487
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.2	$196
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.6	$303
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.6	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.87%	4.74%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10587	$10023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$593	$7034
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$1.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.6	$26.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.7	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$2.11
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$4.07
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$13.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$10
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$13.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$2.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.26
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$7.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.15
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.57	$7.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.12	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$4.88
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.75	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$4.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.1	$69.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.17	$11.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$42.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.59	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$23	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.5	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$353	$994
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2356	$15329

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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 Prague

Distance	City	Cost of living
1.2 km or 0.7 mi	Smichov	$1601
3.3 km or 2.1 mi	Zizkov	$1580
4.2 km or 2.6 mi	Brevnov	$1564
23 km or 14 mi	Kladno	$1337
51 km or 31 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1187
53 km or 33 mi	Pribram	$1104
54 km or 34 mi	Litomerice	$1196
56 km or 35 mi	Kolin	$1915
68 km or 42 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1211
69 km or 43 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1063
72 km or 45 mi	Most	$1028
75 km or 46 mi	Teplice	$986
76 km or 47 mi	Tabor	$1074
78 km or 49 mi	Decin	$1182
81 km or 50 mi	Litvinov	$1489
83 km or 52 mi	Chomutov	$1125
83 km or 52 mi	Plzen	$1317
88 km or 55 mi	Pisek	$1209
89 km or 55 mi	Liberec	$1195
89 km or 56 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1152
95 km or 59 mi	Zittau	$1427
97 km or 61 mi	Pardubice	$1195
99 km or 61 mi	Strakonice	$1223
99 km or 61 mi	Havlickuv Brod	$1216
100 km or 62 mi	Chrudim	$1212
102 km or 63 mi	Hradec Kralove	$1257
103 km or 64 mi	Pirna	$1473
111 km or 69 mi	Klatovy	$1236
111 km or 69 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1117
114 km or 71 mi	Jihlava	$1103
115 km or 71 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1401
117 km or 73 mi	Freital	$1490
118 km or 73 mi	Dresden	$1555
119 km or 74 mi	Trutnov	$953
119 km or 74 mi	Freiberg	$1301
122 km or 76 mi	Bautzen	$1432
123 km or 77 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1308
125 km or 78 mi	Radebeul	$1485
126 km or 78 mi	Gorlitz	$1428
127 km or 79 mi	Sokolov	$1284