Common information
- Country
- Malawi
- Population
- 646 750
Cost of living and prices in Lilongwe
- One bedroom apartment
- outside of centre68USD/month
- Three bedroom apartment
- outside of centre148USD/month
- in city centre267USD/month
Restaurants
| Meal | Inexpensive restaurant | 1 people | 3 USD |
| Meal | Mid-range restaurant | 2 people | 34 USD |
| Drinks | Domestic Beer | 0.5 litre | 1 USD |
| Drinks | Imported Beer | 0.33 litre | 2 USD |
| Drinks | Cappuccino | 1 portion | 3 USD |
| Drinks | Coke/Pepsi | 0.33 litre | 1 USD |
| Drinks | Water | 0.33 litre | 0 USD |
Markets
| Food | Milk | 1 litre | 1 USD |
| Food | Loaf bread | 0.5 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Rice white | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Food | Eggs | 12 pc | 3 USD |
| Food | Local cheese | 1 kg | 16 USD |
| Meat | Chicken fillets | 1 kg | 3 USD |
| Fruits | Apples | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Fruits | Bananas | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Potato | 1 kg | 2 USD |
| Food | Tomato | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Onion | 1 kg | 1 USD |
| Food | Water | 1.5 litre | 0 USD |
| Alcohol | Wine, Mid-Range | 1 bottle | 15 USD |
| Alcohol | Domestic Beer | 0.5 litre | 1 USD |
| Alcohol | Imported Beer | 0.33 litre | 2 USD |
| Cigarettes | Marlboro | 1 pack | 2 USD |
Transportation
| Public transport | One-way | 1 ticket | 1 USD |
| Public transport | Monthly pass | pass | 4 USD |
| Taxi | Normal tariff | 1 km | 3 USD |
| Taxi | Waiting | 1 hour | 2 USD |
| Fuel | Gasoline | 1 litre | 2 USD |
Entertainment
| Sport | Fitness Club | 1 month | 44 USD |
| Rest | Cinema, International Release | 1 place | 4 USD |
Accommodation
| Utilities | Electricity, Heating... for 85m2 | 1 month | 70 USD |
| Communication | Mobile Phone Monthly Plan | 1 month | 11 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 1 bedroom | 68 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 3 bedroom | 267 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 3 bedroom | 148 USD |
| Buy apartment | Apartment in City Centre | 1 sq. meter | 10,542 USD |
| Rent apartment | Apartment Outside of Centre | 1 sq. meter | 593 USD |
| Salary | Disposable Salary | 1 month | 275 USD |
Weather, climate, temperature by months in Lilongwe
| Season | Autumn | Winter | Spring | Summer | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Year |
| Record high, °C | 33 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 31 | 36 |
| Average high, °C | 27 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 26 |
| Average temperature, °C | 19 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 19 |
| Average low, °C | 11 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
| Record low, °C | 1 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 2 | -1 | -3 | -1 | -3 |
| Rain, days | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Fog, days | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 83 |
| Thunderstorms, days | 0 | 2 | 11 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 |
| Average precipitation, mm. | 0 | 0 | 70 | 170 | 200 | 210 | 130 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 810 |
| Relative humidity, % | 55 | 51 | 60 | 77 | 82 | 85 | 80 | 77 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 59 | 69 |
| Relative humidity morning, % | 77 | 75 | 80 | 92 | 95 | 96 | 96 | 95 | 95 | 92 | 89 | 84 | 89 |
| Relative humidity evening, % | 36 | 39 | 52 | 69 | 75 | 74 | 70 | 64 | 60 | 52 | 48 | 43 | 57 |
| Wind speed, km/h | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 14 |
| Day Length, часов | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Dew point, °C | 8 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 150 |
| Growing degree-day, °C | 283 | 379 | 400 | 396 | 370 | 337 | 362 | 308 | 241 | 167 | 155 | 207 | 3606 |
| Solar radiation, global, Mj/m2 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 19 |