Antananarivo vs Bangkok - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Bangkok
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$941
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$2857
🏠 One person rent	$182	$416
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$1154
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$276
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$148
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$753
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	13	89
😀 Quality of life	35	74
🏙️ Population	1.28M	5.68M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 46% less expensive than in Bangkok. Cities ranked 8589th and 5822nd ($507 vs $941) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and Thailand, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.8 months in Bangkok. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Bangkok ranked 1st in Thailand, while ranked 7515th and 1221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Bangkok

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	Antananarivo	Bangkok
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$2.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$29.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$5.91
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.69
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$2.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$576
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$291
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$1879
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$853
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$52.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$81
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$14.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	6.06%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$5781
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$2619
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$1.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$38.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$10.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$19.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$2.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$8.99
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.35
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$2.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$4.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$1.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$2.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$49.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$7.38
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$40
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$53
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$102
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$579
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$13301

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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

Cities near Bangkok

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.1 mi	Nonthaburi	$717
13 km or 8.4 mi	Lat Luang	$753
14 km or 8.4 mi	Pu Chao Saming Phrai	$748
18 km or 11 mi	Pak Kret	$715
28 km or 18 mi	Rangsit	$595
39 km or 25 mi	Tha Khlong	$641
50 km or 31 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$548
86 km or 53 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
87 km or 54 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
98 km or 61 mi	Pattaya	$781
103 km or 64 mi	Nong Prue	$752
145 km or 90 mi	Hua Hin	$656
164 km or 102 mi	Klaeng	$685
217 km or 135 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588
222 km or 138 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Myeik	$576
267 km or 166 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
270 km or 168 mi	Ko Chang	$677
299 km or 186 mi	Battambang	$573
342 km or 212 mi	Phitsanulok	$537
364 km or 226 mi	Siem Reap	$644
388 km or 241 mi	Khon Kaen	$568
416 km or 258 mi	Ko Tao	$777
434 km or 270 mi	Mawlamyine	$569
452 km or 281 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
466 km or 290 mi	Hpa-an	$610
473 km or 294 mi	Udon Thani	$543
475 km or 295 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
475 km or 295 mi	Ko Samui	$705
496 km or 308 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
519 km or 323 mi	Vientiane	$1163
529 km or 329 mi	Surat Thani	$563
529 km or 329 mi	Kampot	$596
536 km or 333 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
542 km or 337 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
569 km or 354 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
578 km or 359 mi	Yangon	$705
579 km or 360 mi	Prey Veng	$721
584 km or 363 mi	Chiang Mai	$691
587 km or 365 mi	Bago	$650