Antananarivo vs Barcelona - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Antananarivo	Barcelona
🚶 Cost of living one person	$519	$1887
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1528	$4219
🏠 One person rent	$205	$1118
🏘️ Family rent	$516	$1805
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$475
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.3	$156
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$131	$2221
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	13	98
😀 Quality of life	36	88
🏙️ Population	1.28M	1.66M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 73% less expensive than in Barcelona. Cities ranked 8538th and 2198th ($519 vs $1887) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Madagascar and Spain, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Spain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.2 months in Barcelona. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Barcelona ranked 2nd in Spain, while ranked 7340th and 238th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Barcelona

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	Antananarivo	Barcelona
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.31	$16.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$59.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.36	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$4.54
☕ Cappuccino	$1.07	$3.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.18	$2.61
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$1205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.4	$915
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$2081
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$375	$1482
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$109
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$168
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.4	$35.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	3.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$785	$6469
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$490	$4528
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.85
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.99	$28.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.2	$19.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.88
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$1.61
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.64
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$3.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.65	$17.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$9.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.04
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.29
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$2.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.38	$8.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.67	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.31	$6.07
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$7.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.62	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$2.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$49
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.62	$10.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$65.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.35	$20.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.7	$82.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.3	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$131	$652
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11512	$11932

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$348
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$457
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$403
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1093
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1481
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1441
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1394
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1091
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$1190
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1500
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$767
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$826
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$701
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$804
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$796
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$670
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$500
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1000
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$498
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$591
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$516
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$515
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$953
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$834
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$662
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$582

Cities near Barcelona

Distance	City	Cost of living
7 km or 4.4 mi	L'Hospitalet de Llobregat	$1635
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Badalona	$1914
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Cornella de Llobregat	$1511
12 km or 7.5 mi	Sant Boi de Llobregat	$1473
13 km or 8 mi	Ripollet	$1573
17 km or 11 mi	Rubi	$1494
19 km or 12 mi	Sabadell	$1577
24 km or 15 mi	Terrassa	$1491
27 km or 17 mi	Granollers	$1507
28 km or 18 mi	Mataro	$1507
42 km or 26 mi	Vilanova i la Geltru	$1321
48 km or 30 mi	Manresa	$1105
61 km or 38 mi	Vic	$1134
65 km or 40 mi	Lloret de Mar	$1259
83 km or 52 mi	Tarragona	$1240
85 km or 53 mi	Girona	$1571
117 km or 73 mi	Figueres	$1485
131 km or 81 mi	Lleida	$1309
136 km or 85 mi	Andorra la Vella	$1688
141 km or 88 mi	Ordino	$1688
158 km or 98 mi	Perpignan	$1245
176 km or 109 mi	Vinaros	$1391
206 km or 128 mi	Palma de Mallorca	$1783
208 km or 129 mi	Ciutadella de Menorca	$1499
212 km or 131 mi	Narbonne	$1177
230 km or 143 mi	Huesca	$1094
234 km or 145 mi	Beziers	$1344
242 km or 150 mi	Mahon	$1548
245 km or 152 mi	Castellon de la Plana	$1209
247 km or 154 mi	Castres	$1456
250 km or 156 mi	Villarreal	$1238
253 km or 157 mi	Borriana	$1244
254 km or 158 mi	Toulouse	$1551
257 km or 159 mi	Zaragoza	$1330
269 km or 167 mi	Tarbes	$1439
281 km or 174 mi	Sagunto	$1274
282 km or 175 mi	Ibiza	$2685
284 km or 177 mi	Montpellier	$1531
299 km or 186 mi	Pau	$1399
303 km or 189 mi	Valencia	$1581