Blantyre: facts

At a glance

• Country: Malawi
• Region: Southern Region
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 902,588
• Coordinates: 15.7850° S, 35.0085° E
• Time zone: Africa/Blantyre (UTC+02:00)
• Currency: Kwacha (MWK)
• Distance to the capital, Lilongwe: 241 km (150 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Chileka International Airport (BLZ): 13 km (8 mi), straight line
• Tete Airport (TET, Mozambique): 151 km (94 mi), straight line
• Kamuzu International Airport (LLW): 258 km (160 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Makata: 2.4 km (1.5 mi)
• Chiradzulu: 19 km (12 mi)
• Thyolo: 34 km (21 mi)
• Chikwawa: 35 km (22 mi)
• Zomba: 55 km (34 mi)