Amman vs Antananarivo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Amman	Antananarivo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1032	$604
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2557	$1515
🏠 One person rent	$384	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$646	$382
🍽️ Food expenses	$382	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$151	$99.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$379	$111
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	65	13
😀 Quality of life	73	41
🏙️ Population	4.01M	1.28M

The cost of living in Amman is 71% more expensive than in Antananarivo. Cities ranked 5330th and 7948th ($1032 vs $604) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Jordan and Madagascar, respectively. Check Jordan vs Madagascar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.4 months in Amman compared to 0.2 months in Antananarivo. Amman ranked 1st best city to live in Jordan vs Antananarivo ranked 1st in Madagascar, while ranked 2337th and 7675th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Amman vs Antananarivo

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	Amman	Antananarivo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$7	$3.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$65.1	$21.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.43	$5.92
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$0.94
☕ Cappuccino	$4.45	$1.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.58	$0.86
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$378	$308
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$241	$103
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$674	$567
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$436	$188
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$83.6	$37.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$130	$58
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.2	$59.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.93%	14.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1681	$686
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1021	$599
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.2	$8.95
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.8	$18.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.51	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$1.22
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.6	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.59	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.52	$2.1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.2	$8.75
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.52	$5.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.3	$5.04
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$1.18
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.04	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.64	$0.99
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$0.93
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.65
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.52	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$21.2	$5.36
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.11	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.87	$1.68
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.24	$2.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.6	$2.74
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.68	$0.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.08	$0.83
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$59.7	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.2	$6.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.07	$2.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$59.1	$34.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$127	$81.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$337	$39.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7735	$11359

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$538
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$745
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$771
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$1205
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$1070
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2663
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1994
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$742
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$977
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2463
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2470
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$2347
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$1020
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$2133
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2245
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$2336
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$2379
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2214
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$1149
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$2466
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2465
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$2500
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$2422
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$2044
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2400
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2172
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2359
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1933
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$2125
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2165
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$2430
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2565
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2873
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2328
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2555
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$2201
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2541

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