Abu Dhabi vs Antananarivo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Abu Dhabi	Antananarivo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1936	$600
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4876	$1828
🏠 One person rent	$1291	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$2811	$755
🍽️ Food expenses	$427	$199
🚐 Transport expenses	$65.9	$67.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3588	$145
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	11 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	52	13
😀 Quality of life	82	39
🏙️ Population	1.48M	1.28M

The cost of living in Abu Dhabi is 223% more expensive than in Antananarivo. Cities ranked 1938th and 7665th ($1936 vs $600) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the United Arab Emirates and Madagascar, respectively. Check the United Arab Emirates vs Madagascar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Abu Dhabi compared to 0.2 months in Antananarivo. Abu Dhabi ranked 4th best city to live in the United Arab Emirates vs Antananarivo ranked 1st in Madagascar, while ranked 369th and 7272nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Abu Dhabi vs Antananarivo

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	Abu Dhabi	Antananarivo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.91	$3.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$68.7	$17.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.78	$6.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.3	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$5.69	$1.15
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.27	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1396	$408
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$977	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3226	$1149
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2329	$537
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$121	$25.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$193	$39.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$109	$57
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.77%	14.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5079	$786
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4566	$493
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.55	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$21.7	$8.09
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.27	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.82	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.88	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.29	$1.22
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.57	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.07	$2.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$9.39
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.37	$4.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.3	$4.42
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.32	$1.73
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.83	$0.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.98	$1.14
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$0.86
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.09	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.54	$0.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$15.1	$4.43
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.45	$0.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.81	$3.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.3	$1.88
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.96	$2.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.19	$0.51
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.51	$0.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$74.4	$44.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.1	$6.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$90.6	$13.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$13.6	$2.36
👖 Brand Jeans	$72.1	$28.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$103	$98.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$717	$134
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11210	$11649

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Cities near Abu Dhabi

Distance	City	Cost of living
117 km or 73 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1673
129 km or 80 mi	Dubai	$2229
142 km or 88 mi	Sharjah	$1612
143 km or 89 mi	Al Ain	$1132
152 km or 94 mi	Ajman	$1841
170 km or 105 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1577
211 km or 131 mi	Fujairah	$1191
237 km or 147 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1584
300 km or 187 mi	Doha	$1872
318 km or 198 mi	Al Khor	$1810
356 km or 221 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
365 km or 227 mi	Nizwa	$787
395 km or 246 mi	Seeb	$1164
425 km or 264 mi	Riffa	$1285
427 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1375
428 km or 266 mi	Isa Town	$1327
439 km or 273 mi	Muscat	$1126
454 km or 282 mi	Jahrom	$798
468 km or 291 mi	Dhahran	$959
481 km or 299 mi	Dammam	$1005
486 km or 302 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$768
501 km or 311 mi	Fasa	$890
514 km or 320 mi	Qatif	$868
548 km or 341 mi	Jubail	$910
568 km or 353 mi	Sirjan	$604
575 km or 357 mi	Jiroft	$573
599 km or 372 mi	Shiraz	$606
610 km or 379 mi	Bushehr	$646
617 km or 384 mi	Borazjan	$621
620 km or 385 mi	Marvdasht	$604
632 km or 392 mi	Kazerun	$606
637 km or 396 mi	Chabahar	$779
649 km or 404 mi	Bam	$544
678 km or 421 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
698 km or 434 mi	Kerman	$457
701 km or 435 mi	Iranshahr	$672
741 km or 460 mi	Yasuj	$561
775 km or 481 mi	Riyadh	$1642
790 km or 491 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
792 km or 492 mi	Behbahan	$541

Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$353
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$461
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$428
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$585
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1439
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1417
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1127
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$587
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$1165
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1144
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$718
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$829
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$770
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$784
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$776
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$852
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$992
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$327
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1014
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$326
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$363
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$332
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$332
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$993
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$970
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$645
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$367