Lilongwe vs Vienna - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Lilongwe	Vienna
🚶 Cost of living one person	$587	$1844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1571	$4559
🏠 One person rent	$251	$949
🏘️ Family rent	$555	$1773
🍽️ Food expenses	$237	$532
🚐 Transport expenses	$51.8	$184
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$275	$2695
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	22 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	13	98
😀 Quality of life	20	93
🏙️ Population	989K	1.97M

The cost of living in Lilongwe is 68% less expensive than in Vienna. Cities ranked 7807th and 2270th ($587 vs $1844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Malawi and Austria, respectively. Check Malawi vs Austria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Lilongwe compared to 1.5 months in Vienna. Lilongwe ranked 4th best city to live in Malawi vs Vienna ranked 1st in Austria, while ranked 8847th and 52nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Lilongwe vs Vienna

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	Lilongwe	Vienna
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.27	$14.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$24.2	$63.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.14	$10.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.37	$5.22
☕ Cappuccino	$2.32	$4.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$2.66
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$373	$966
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$114	$676
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$362	$1899
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$474	$1349
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$180
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.6	$279
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.1	$34.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.4%	3.65%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10555	$10201
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$588	$6325
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.91	$2.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.7	$49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.67	$19.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.35	$1.74
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.95	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.95	$2.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.29	$2.29
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.29	$4.42
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.29	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4	$20.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.49	$2.98
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.32	$3.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.83
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.15	$2.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.1	$7.56
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.57	$6.54
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.11	$12.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$3.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.75	$1.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$28.8	$40.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.17	$12.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$140
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.6	$18.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$23.1	$99
👟 Brand Sneakers	$49.4	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$349	$276
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2351	$18199

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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 Vienna

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 7.1 mi	Klosterneuburg	$1582
15 km or 9.4 mi	Modling	$1719
25 km or 15 mi	Baden bei Wien	$1627
45 km or 28 mi	Wiener Neustadt	$1586
55 km or 34 mi	Bratislava	$1275
56 km or 35 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
56 km or 35 mi	Sankt Polten	$1559
60 km or 38 mi	Sopron	$919
61 km or 38 mi	Krems an der Donau	$1553
72 km or 45 mi	Breclav	$943
76 km or 47 mi	Znojmo	$1087
77 km or 48 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
91 km or 56 mi	Hodonin	$1098
92 km or 57 mi	Trnava	$1181
110 km or 68 mi	Szombathely	$701
111 km or 69 mi	Gyor	$784
111 km or 69 mi	Brno	$1329
112 km or 70 mi	Amstetten	$1335
116 km or 72 mi	Piestany	$935
118 km or 73 mi	Trebic	$1120
118 km or 73 mi	Kapfenberg	$1323
125 km or 77 mi	Uherske Hradiste	$1381
127 km or 79 mi	Nitra	$1039
132 km or 82 mi	Leoben	$1263
136 km or 84 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
140 km or 87 mi	Komarno	$1045
142 km or 88 mi	Kromeriz	$1107
144 km or 90 mi	Jihlava	$974
144 km or 90 mi	Trencin	$1118
145 km or 90 mi	Graz	$1594
146 km or 91 mi	Steyr	$1474
148 km or 92 mi	Zlin	$1169
151 km or 94 mi	Prostejov	$1075
155 km or 96 mi	Linz	$1593
156 km or 97 mi	Zalaegerszeg	$750
157 km or 98 mi	Leonding	$1555
158 km or 98 mi	Traun	$1549
160 km or 99 mi	Prerov	$983
164 km or 102 mi	Ceske Budejovice	$1227
166 km or 103 mi	Levice	$987