Ahmedabad vs Antananarivo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Ahmedabad	Antananarivo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$433	$604
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1030	$1515
🏠 One person rent	$161	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$271	$382
🍽️ Food expenses	$174	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$52.6	$99.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$266	$111
😷 Air quality	Bad	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	58	13
😀 Quality of life	62	41
🏙️ Population	7.65M	1.28M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 28% less expensive than in Antananarivo. Cities ranked 8906th and 7948th ($433 vs $604) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 13th and 1st in India and Madagascar, respectively. Check India vs Madagascar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.6 months in Ahmedabad compared to 0.2 months in Antananarivo. Ahmedabad ranked 9th best city to live in India vs Antananarivo ranked 1st in Madagascar, while ranked 5691st and 7675th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Antananarivo

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	Ahmedabad	Antananarivo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.13	$3.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$15.6	$21.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.2	$5.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.16	$0.94
☕ Cappuccino	$2.21	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.43	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$169	$308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$107	$103
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$296	$567
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$191	$188
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$32.9	$37.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50.1	$58
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$8.76	$59.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.89%	14.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$861	$686
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$578	$599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.52	$8.95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.14	$18.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.71	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.58	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$2.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$8.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.89	$5.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.81	$5.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.14	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$0.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$0.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.37	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.4	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.2	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.92	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.57	$5.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.04	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.49	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.04	$2.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.17	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.95	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$14.6	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.25	$6.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$21.8	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.11	$2.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.4	$34.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$51.1	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$47	$39.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1402	$11359

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$391
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$360
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$367
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$358
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$350
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$273
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$298
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$314
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$663
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$267
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$283
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$273
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$299
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$241
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$316
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$346
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$370
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$312
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$329
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$285
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$312
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$252
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$309
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$335
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$355
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$464
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$260
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$476
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$335
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$717
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$385
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$335
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$355
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$495
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$282
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$309
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$384
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$320
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$279
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$311

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