Lilongwe vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lilongwe	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$587	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1571	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$251	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$555	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.8	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$275	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	13	50
😀 Quality of life	20	48
🏙️ Population	989K	1.57M

The cost of living in Lilongwe is 0.2% less expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 7807th and 7787th ($587 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th in Malawi and Iran, respectively. Check Malawi vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Lilongwe compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Lilongwe ranked 4th best city to live in Malawi vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 8847th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lilongwe vs Shiraz

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	Lilongwe	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.27	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$362	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.6	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.1	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.4%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10555	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$588	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.91	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.7	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.67	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.29	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.57	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.11	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.75	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.8	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.17	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.6	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.1	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.4	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$349	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2351	$2161

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Cities near Lilongwe

Distance	City	Cost of living
123 km or 76 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
134 km or 83 mi	Ntcheu	$492
169 km or 105 mi	Mangochi	$493
228 km or 142 mi	Zomba	$457
233 km or 145 mi	Mzimba	$566
240 km or 149 mi	Blantyre	$507
243 km or 151 mi	Tete	$825
283 km or 176 mi	Mzuzu	$525
293 km or 182 mi	Mulanje	$461
506 km or 314 mi	Kasama	$748
518 km or 322 mi	Harare	$992
524 km or 326 mi	Marondera	$794
533 km or 331 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
536 km or 333 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
545 km or 339 mi	Quelimane	$675
550 km or 342 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
566 km or 352 mi	Mbeya	$461
567 km or 353 mi	Mutare	$752
568 km or 353 mi	Ndola	$541
572 km or 355 mi	Chimoio	$947
603 km or 375 mi	Nampula	$872
613 km or 381 mi	Lusaka	$738
616 km or 383 mi	Mansa	$776
616 km or 383 mi	Kitwe	$917
618 km or 384 mi	Mufulira	$1018
637 km or 396 mi	Kadoma	$723
660 km or 410 mi	Chingola	$875
660 km or 410 mi	Beira	$1003
682 km or 424 mi	Kwekwe	$730
732 km or 455 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
740 km or 460 mi	Pemba	$1506
741 km or 460 mi	Gweru	$597
744 km or 462 mi	Nacala	$1150
746 km or 464 mi	Masvingo	$854
795 km or 494 mi	Choma	$700
835 km or 519 mi	Likasi	$961
883 km or 549 mi	Bulawayo	$766
886 km or 551 mi	Dodoma	$502
902 km or 560 mi	Morogoro	$486
949 km or 590 mi	Livingstone	$688

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723