Lilongwe vs Salvador - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Lilongwe	Salvador
🚶 Cost of living one person	$592	$791
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1419	$1943
🏠 One person rent	$250	$338
🏘️ Family rent	$390	$492
🍽️ Food expenses	$241	$260
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.8	$120
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$105	$391
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	12	56
😀 Quality of life	25	62
🏙️ Population	989K	2.42M

The cost of living in Lilongwe is 25% less expensive than in Salvador. Cities ranked 7884th and 6702nd ($592 vs $791) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 17th in Malawi and Brazil, respectively. Check Malawi vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Lilongwe compared to 0.5 months in Salvador. Lilongwe ranked 7th best city to live in Malawi vs Salvador ranked 9th in Brazil, while ranked 8966th and 5621st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lilongwe vs Salvador

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	Lilongwe	Salvador
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.27	$6.39
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.6	$25.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.09	$6.88
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.55	$2.31
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$2.33
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.43	$1.11
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$374	$317
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$235
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$524
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$207	$327
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.2	$71
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.6	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.6	$15.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.87%	9.6%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10587	$1661
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$593	$901
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.92	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.6	$48.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.7	$8.83
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.34	$1.11
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.06	$1.21
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.42	$1.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.27	$1.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.4	$9.23
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.25	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.01	$6.36
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.38	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.5	$1.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.34	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.12
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.13	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$6.27
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.57	$2.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.12	$5.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$3.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.75	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.66	$0.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$29.1	$20.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.17	$5.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.59	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$23	$48.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.5	$66.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$353	$332
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2356	$13462

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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 Salvador

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Valenca	$619
81 km or 51 mi	Santo Antonio de Jesus	$624
93 km or 58 mi	Feira de Santana	$541
93 km or 58 mi	Alagoinhas	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Serrinha	$600
197 km or 122 mi	Jequie	$566
201 km or 125 mi	Itaberaba	$602
210 km or 131 mi	Ilheus	$512
218 km or 136 mi	Itabuna	$462
222 km or 138 mi	Estancia	$611
278 km or 173 mi	Aracaju	$555
315 km or 196 mi	Itapetinga	$537
328 km or 204 mi	Vitoria da Conquista	$533
334 km or 207 mi	Senhor do Bonfim	$544
364 km or 226 mi	Penedo	$588
367 km or 228 mi	Brumado	$552
391 km or 243 mi	Porto Seguro	$574
397 km or 247 mi	Paulo Afonso	$434
408 km or 254 mi	Irece	$557
412 km or 256 mi	Arapiraca	$615
446 km or 277 mi	Palmeira dos Indios	$604
451 km or 280 mi	Juazeiro	$456
454 km or 282 mi	Petrolina	$569
465 km or 289 mi	Itamaraju	$573
476 km or 296 mi	Maceio	$691
482 km or 300 mi	Guanambi	$561
485 km or 301 mi	Rio Largo	$634
504 km or 313 mi	Garanhuns	$631
524 km or 326 mi	Teixeira de Freitas	$575
531 km or 330 mi	Arcoverde	$580
532 km or 331 mi	Bom Jesus da Lapa	$560
549 km or 341 mi	Salgueiro	$562
590 km or 367 mi	Caruaru	$545
605 km or 376 mi	Janauba	$574
631 km or 392 mi	Teofilo Otoni	$558
645 km or 401 mi	Cabo de Santo Agostinho	$618
645 km or 401 mi	Crato	$571
646 km or 402 mi	Juazeiro do Norte	$576
655 km or 407 mi	Sao Mateus	$600
662 km or 411 mi	Jaboatao dos Guararapes	$699