Blantyre vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Blantyre	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$591	$2309
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1602	$5128
🏠 One person rent	$181	$1523
🏘️ Family rent	$381	$2687
🍽️ Food expenses	$220	$458
🚐 Transport expenses	$138	$185
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$604	$3493
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	12 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	22	64
😀 Quality of life	27	86
🏙️ Population	1.9M	3.33M

The cost of living in Blantyre is 74% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 7882nd and 1098th ($591 vs $2309) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Malawi and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Malawi vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Blantyre compared to 1.5 months in Dubai. Blantyre ranked 1st best city to live in Malawi vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 8369th and 306th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Blantyre vs Dubai

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	Blantyre	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.31	$10.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.5	$70.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.01	$9.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$12.1
☕ Cappuccino	$2.06	$6.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$180	$1850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$1170
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$469	$3310
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$285	$2171
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$22.3	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$34.6	$202
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$24.8	$86
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.65%	4.64%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10628	$6006
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$406	$3452
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.28	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$15.1	$84.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.4	$11.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.82
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.85	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.99	$1.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.48	$2.15
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.3	$3.24
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.04	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.75	$9.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.42	$10
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.36	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.57	$1.89
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.9	$1.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$1.26
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$1.52
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.54	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.73	$2.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.66	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$2.6
🚬 Cigarette pack	$0.91	$5.98
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.48	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$1.3	$5.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.73	$2.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.7	$3.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$43.5	$75.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$1.43	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$17	$88.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.95	$9.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$35.6	$56.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$61.5	$98.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$378	$779
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$607	$12682

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Cities near Blantyre

Distance	City	Cost of living
57 km or 35 mi	Zomba	$498
60 km or 37 mi	Mulanje	$500
112 km or 70 mi	Ntcheu	$515
149 km or 92 mi	Mangochi	$516
157 km or 98 mi	Tete	$834
191 km or 119 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
240 km or 149 mi	Lilongwe	$582
307 km or 191 mi	Quelimane	$670
405 km or 252 mi	Chimoio	$953
432 km or 269 mi	Mutare	$662
450 km or 280 mi	Beira	$1000
454 km or 282 mi	Marondera	$810
458 km or 285 mi	Mzimba	$574
463 km or 287 mi	Nampula	$1190
478 km or 297 mi	Harare	$1012
487 km or 303 mi	Chitungwiza	$890
493 km or 307 mi	Mzuzu	$534
541 km or 336 mi	Chinhoyi	$830
611 km or 380 mi	Kadoma	$729
626 km or 389 mi	Nacala	$1394
637 km or 396 mi	Kwekwe	$731
650 km or 404 mi	Masvingo	$871
674 km or 419 mi	Pemba	$1500
685 km or 425 mi	Gweru	$761
708 km or 440 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$894
721 km or 448 mi	Lusaka	$685
746 km or 463 mi	Kasama	$1079
754 km or 469 mi	Ndola	$1139
784 km or 487 mi	Mbeya	$433
803 km or 499 mi	Kitwe	$1116
811 km or 504 mi	Mufulira	$1090
837 km or 520 mi	Mansa	$1017
837 km or 520 mi	Bulawayo	$756
849 km or 528 mi	Chingola	$1028
865 km or 537 mi	Choma	$725
935 km or 581 mi	Lubumbashi	$1007
991 km or 616 mi	Francistown	$585
999 km or 621 mi	Livingstone	$670
1000 km or 621 mi	Moroni	$1091
1038 km or 645 mi	Morogoro	$639

Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1503
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2084
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1232
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1050
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$994
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$786
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1810
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1110
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1719
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$561
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$556
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$547
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$520
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1267
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1218
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1226
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$531
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$870
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$687
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$989
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$558
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$878
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$546
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$515
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$639
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$467
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$928
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$541
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$537
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$548
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$489
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$831
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$577
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$507