Amman vs Antananarivo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Amman	Antananarivo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$994	$507
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2473	$1468
🏠 One person rent	$386	$182
🏘️ Family rent	$700	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$345	$178
🚐 Transport expenses	$149	$85.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$663	$85.4
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	64	13
😀 Quality of life	68	35
🏙️ Population	4.01M	1.28M

The cost of living in Amman is 96% more expensive than in Antananarivo. Cities ranked 5535th and 8589th ($994 vs $507) 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 0.7 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 3048th and 7515th 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	$7.09	$3.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$48.9	$16.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.07	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.61	$0.91
☕ Cappuccino	$4.08	$1.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.48	$1.02
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$315
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$258	$43.3
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$763	$427
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.3	$33.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$98.7	$51.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$34	$50.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	7.3%	14.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1392	$624
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$875	$480
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.78	$0.13
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.1	$8.03
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.9	$15.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.42	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.47	$1.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.51	$1.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.72	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.62	$10.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.32	$4.36
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.7	$4.05
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.99	$1.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.66	$0.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.52	$1.08
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.8	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.69
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.75	$0.84
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.74	$0.88
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20.9	$4.23
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.84	$0.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.51	$2.44
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.93	$1.82
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.76	$2.44
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.99	$0.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.46	$0.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$57.5	$38.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.3	$7.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$35.1	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.68	$2.26
👖 Brand Jeans	$61	$24.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$114	$77.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$260	$77.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$5545	$11211

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Cities near Amman

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Al-Salt	$552
36 km or 22 mi	Jerash	$608
68 km or 42 mi	Irbid	$679
69 km or 43 mi	Ramallah	$996
69 km or 43 mi	Nablus	$877
70 km or 44 mi	Jerusalem	$2114
72 km or 45 mi	Ariel	$1556
74 km or 46 mi	Bethlehem	$905
88 km or 55 mi	Al-Karak	$710
89 km or 56 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$1915
91 km or 57 mi	Hebron	$762
92 km or 57 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1506
92 km or 57 mi	Kafr Qasim	$1927
94 km or 58 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$1919
95 km or 59 mi	Tayibe	$1902
95 km or 59 mi	Qalqilya	$761
95 km or 59 mi	Afula	$1652
97 km or 60 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1756
97 km or 61 mi	Lod	$1891
98 km or 61 mi	Tira	$1931
98 km or 61 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1782
99 km or 61 mi	Dura	$813
99 km or 62 mi	Yehud	$1930
100 km or 62 mi	Ramla	$2123
100 km or 62 mi	Petah Tikva	$1853
100 km or 62 mi	Kfar Saba	$1965
101 km or 63 mi	Tiberias	$1600
101 km or 63 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2035
102 km or 64 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1709
102 km or 64 mi	Kiryat Ono	$1894
103 km or 64 mi	Arad	$1680
103 km or 64 mi	Nazareth	$1732
104 km or 64 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1742
104 km or 65 mi	Ra'anana	$1990
105 km or 65 mi	Bnei Brak	$2072
105 km or 65 mi	Herzliya	$2145
105 km or 65 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$1912
106 km or 66 mi	Ramat Gan	$2232
106 km or 66 mi	Rehovot	$1811
107 km or 66 mi	Givatayim	$2156

Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$352
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$447
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$389
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1100
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1400
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1371
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1150
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1105
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$872
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1506
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$745
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$812
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$712
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$808
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$796
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$675
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1003
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$457
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$507
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$493
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$492
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$947
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$825
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$752
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$587