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Tegucigalpa vs. Lilongwe Cost of Living Summary

Tegucigalpa is 24.6% more expensive than Lilongwe.

Restaurants: pay 11.1% more in Tegucigalpa
Groceries: pay 3.0% more in Tegucigalpa
Transportation: pay 22.4% less in Tegucigalpa
Housing: pay 2.1 times more in Tegucigalpa
Childcare: pay 36.1% less in Tegucigalpa
Entertainment and Sports: pay 17.4% less in Tegucigalpa

The cost of housing, restaurants, and groceries in Tegucigalpa are more expensive than in Lilongwe. Expenses including childcare, transportation, and entertainment and sports are lower in Tegucigalpa. Notably, housing is significantly more expensive in Tegucigalpa.

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Tegucigalpa vs. Lilongwe Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Tegucigalpa instead of Lilongwe, you would:

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pay 11.1% more for restaurants

	Lilongwe	Tegucigalpa
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$5.00 MWK8,683.00	$7.45 HNL200.28	+49.0%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$10.25 MWK17,800.16	$7.45 HNL200.28	-27.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.26 MWK2,182.36	$1.06 HNL28.37	-16.0%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.57 MWK984.76	$0.98 HNL26.44	+73.4%
Average			+11.1%

Lilongwe vs. Tegucigalpa - Cost of restaurants

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pay 3.0% more for groceries

	Lilongwe	Tegucigalpa
Bread 1 loaf	$1.82 MWK3,155.26	$1.91 HNL51.47	+5.4%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$7.88 MWK13,683.33	$3.41 HNL91.78	-56.7%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.73 MWK8,212.45	$5.27 HNL141.61	+11.4%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.90 MWK5,041.67	$1.77 HNL47.67	-38.9%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.38 MWK4,131.01	$2.51 HNL67.47	+5.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.17 MWK2,026.12	$1.61 HNL43.39	+38.3%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.56 MWK979.47	$0.70 HNL18.82	+24.1%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.68 MWK1,181.56	$0.98 HNL26.24	+43.4%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.03 MWK1,786.72	$0.93 HNL25.04	-9.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.92 MWK1,593.81	$0.86 HNL23.10	-6.4%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.45 MWK787.71	$0.92 HNL24.73	+102.8%
Average			+3.0%

Lilongwe vs. Tegucigalpa - Cost of groceries

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pay 22.4% less for transportation

	Lilongwe	Tegucigalpa
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$6.03 MWK10,463.30	$4.68 HNL125.75	-22.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$4.32 MWK7,505.49	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	??	$19,555.03 HNL526K
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$19.37 HNL520.73
Average			-22.4%

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pay 2.1 times more for housing

	Lilongwe	Tegucigalpa
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$61.21 MWK106K	$34.55 HNL928.81	-43.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$540.71 MWK939K	$451.86 HNL12,148.41	-16.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$85.13 MWK148K	$467.95 HNL12,580.91	+449.7%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$34.63 MWK60,134.34	$109.19 HNL2,935.51	+215.3%
Average			+112.5%

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pay 36.1% less for childcare

	Lilongwe	Tegucigalpa
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$350.00 MWK608K	$223.49 HNL6,008.47	-36.1%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	??	$6,704.58 HNL180K
Average			-36.1%

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pay 17.4% less for entertainment and sports

	Lilongwe	Tegucigalpa
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$2.20 MWK3,823.26	$1.12 HNL30.04	-49.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.21 MWK5,580.44	$2.20 HNL59.25	-31.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.43 MWK4,223.25	$2.98 HNL80.11	+22.5%
Monthly membership at local gym	$30.85 MWK53,568.54	$37.25 HNL1,001.41	+20.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	??	$5.59 HNL150.21
Average			-17.4%

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pay (unknown) more for clothing

	Lilongwe	Tegucigalpa
Regular jeans Levi's brand	??	$52.15 HNL1,401.98
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	??	$49.66 HNL1,335.21
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	??	$102.43 HNL2,753.88
Men's business shoes (leather)	??	$107.09 HNL2,879.06

Lilongwe vs. Tegucigalpa - Cost of clothing

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