Adelaide vs Antananarivo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Adelaide	Antananarivo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2355	$604
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4952	$1515
🏠 One person rent	$1426	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$2084	$382
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$188	$99.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3842	$111
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	50	13
😀 Quality of life	92	41
🏙️ Population	1.39M	1.28M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 290% more expensive than in Antananarivo. Cities ranked 1178th and 7948th ($2355 vs $604) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 8th and 1st in Australia and Madagascar, respectively. Check Australia vs Madagascar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Adelaide compared to 0.2 months in Antananarivo. Adelaide ranked 6th best city to live in Australia vs Antananarivo ranked 1st in Madagascar, while ranked 75th and 7675th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Adelaide	Antananarivo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$15.8	$3.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$71.8	$21.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.9	$5.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.12	$0.94
☕ Cappuccino	$4.01	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.73	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1640	$308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1164	$103
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2242	$567
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1758	$188
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$116	$37.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$179	$58
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51	$59.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.04%	14.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9174	$686
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6193	$599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$3.21	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$82.9	$8.95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.9	$18.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.31	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.85	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.47	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.44	$2.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$8.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.9	$5.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.5	$5.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.85	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.88	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.53	$0.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.83	$0.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.96	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.39	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.6	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.3	$5.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.97	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$23	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.18	$2.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.24	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.6	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.53	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$45.5	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$6.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$54.3	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.2	$2.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$84.5	$34.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$126	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1172	$39.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9256	$11359

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$2133
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1905
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1880
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1876
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1493
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1606
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1896
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1933
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$2179
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1813
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1816
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2543
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1834
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1913
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1825
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1889
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1915
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1936
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$2000
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2258
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1868
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1855
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1460
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1795
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1701
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1728
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1695
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1709
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$2040
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2481
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2364
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2844
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2354
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1995
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1273
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1566
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786

Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$533
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$511
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$493
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1196
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1615
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1584
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1167
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1196
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$933
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1511
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$747
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$802
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$871
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$819
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$810
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$691
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$456
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$952
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$452
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$495
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$494
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$489
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$875
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$792
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$754
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$587