Lilongwe vs Stuttgart - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Lilongwe	Stuttgart
🚶 Cost of living one person	$582	$2063
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1336	$4878
🏠 One person rent	$260	$1179
🏘️ Family rent	$352	$2118
🍽️ Food expenses	$216	$579
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.3	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$278	$3356
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	13	84
😀 Quality of life	20	92
🏙️ Population	989K	633K

The cost of living in Lilongwe is 72% less expensive than in Stuttgart. Cities ranked 7990th and 1692nd ($582 vs $2063) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 4th in Malawi and Germany, respectively. Check Malawi vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Lilongwe compared to 1.6 months in Stuttgart. Lilongwe ranked 4th best city to live in Malawi vs Stuttgart ranked 14th in Germany, while ranked 8861st and 74th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lilongwe vs Stuttgart

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	Lilongwe	Stuttgart
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.23	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.7	$77.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$3.86	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.93	$5.05
☕ Cappuccino	$2.43	$4.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.92	$3.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$1120
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$113	$867
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$363	$2194
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$202	$1630
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$44.9	$210
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$68.5	$325
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$49.9	$50.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.6%	3.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10490	$7028
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$589	$5083
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.93	$3.33
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.6	$54.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.99	$27.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.4	$1.98
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$3.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.56	$3.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$15.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.01	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.24	$3.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$1.66
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.31
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$4.85
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$1.66
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.76
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.29	$0.6
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$2.07
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$6.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.95	$1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$9.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.13	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.05	$2.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.75	$1.89
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.67	$1.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.7	$54.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.11	$12.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17.2	$65.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.63	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$23	$97.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.3	$86.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$350	$656
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2358	$16244

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Cities near Lilongwe

Distance	City	Cost of living
123 km or 76 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
134 km or 83 mi	Ntcheu	$515
169 km or 105 mi	Mangochi	$516
228 km or 142 mi	Zomba	$498
233 km or 145 mi	Mzimba	$574
240 km or 149 mi	Blantyre	$591
243 km or 151 mi	Tete	$834
283 km or 176 mi	Mzuzu	$534
293 km or 182 mi	Mulanje	$500
506 km or 314 mi	Kasama	$1079
518 km or 322 mi	Harare	$1012
524 km or 326 mi	Marondera	$810
533 km or 331 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
536 km or 333 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
545 km or 339 mi	Quelimane	$670
550 km or 342 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
566 km or 352 mi	Mbeya	$433
567 km or 353 mi	Mutare	$662
568 km or 353 mi	Ndola	$1139
572 km or 355 mi	Chimoio	$953
603 km or 375 mi	Nampula	$1190
613 km or 381 mi	Lusaka	$685
616 km or 383 mi	Mansa	$1017
616 km or 383 mi	Kitwe	$1116
618 km or 384 mi	Mufulira	$1090
637 km or 396 mi	Kadoma	$729
660 km or 410 mi	Chingola	$1028
660 km or 410 mi	Beira	$1000
682 km or 424 mi	Kwekwe	$731
732 km or 455 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
740 km or 460 mi	Pemba	$1500
741 km or 460 mi	Gweru	$761
744 km or 462 mi	Nacala	$1394
746 km or 464 mi	Masvingo	$871
795 km or 494 mi	Choma	$725
835 km or 519 mi	Likasi	$939
883 km or 549 mi	Bulawayo	$756
886 km or 551 mi	Dodoma	$564
902 km or 560 mi	Morogoro	$639
949 km or 590 mi	Livingstone	$670

Cities near Stuttgart

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.1 km or 5 mi	Fellbach	$1831
8.6 km or 5.4 mi	Ostfildern	$1829
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kornwestheim	$1815
9.6 km or 6 mi	Leinfelden-Echterdingen	$1818
9.9 km or 6.1 mi	Ditzingen	$1796
11 km or 6.6 mi	Esslingen am Neckar	$1807
12 km or 7.4 mi	Waiblingen	$1793
12 km or 7.7 mi	Leonberg	$1758
13 km or 7.8 mi	Filderstadt	$1781
13 km or 7.8 mi	Remseck	$1787
14 km or 8.4 mi	Ludwigsburg	$1782
14 km or 8.9 mi	Weinstadt	$1788
15 km or 9.1 mi	Sindelfingen	$1756
17 km or 10 mi	Boblingen	$1760
20 km or 12 mi	Winnenden	$1759
20 km or 13 mi	Nurtingen	$1737
21 km or 13 mi	Bietigheim-Bissingen	$1726
24 km or 15 mi	Vaihingen an der Enz	$1629
25 km or 15 mi	Kirchheim unter Teck	$1722
26 km or 16 mi	Schorndorf	$1709
26 km or 16 mi	Backnang	$1760
28 km or 17 mi	Metzingen	$1704
30 km or 19 mi	Tubingen	$1914
30 km or 19 mi	Herrenberg	$1730
31 km or 20 mi	Muhlacker	$1512
33 km or 20 mi	Reutlingen	$1711
33 km or 20 mi	Calw	$1608
36 km or 22 mi	Goppingen	$1675
37 km or 23 mi	Pforzheim	$1298
38 km or 23 mi	Rottenburg am Neckar	$1783
40 km or 25 mi	Eislingen	$1661
41 km or 25 mi	Heilbronn	$1831
42 km or 26 mi	Nagold	$1698
42 km or 26 mi	Mossingen	$1748
44 km or 27 mi	Eppingen	$1692
45 km or 28 mi	Bretten	$1581
46 km or 28 mi	Schwabisch Gmund	$1668
46 km or 29 mi	Neckarsulm	$1772
51 km or 32 mi	Geislingen an der Steige	$1669
51 km or 32 mi	Horb am Neckar	$1671