Antananarivo vs Brisbane - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Antananarivo	Brisbane
🚶 Cost of living one person	$519	$2491
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1528	$5397
🏠 One person rent	$205	$1506
🏘️ Family rent	$516	$2275
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.3	$280
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$131	$4184
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	13	66
😀 Quality of life	36	97
🏙️ Population	1.28M	2.36M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 79% less expensive than in Brisbane. Cities ranked 8538th and 781st ($519 vs $2491) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Madagascar and Australia, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.7 months in Brisbane. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Brisbane ranked 4th in Australia, while ranked 7340th and 15th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Brisbane

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	Antananarivo	Brisbane
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.31	$14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$83.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.36	$10.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$8.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.07	$3.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.18	$2.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$1542
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.4	$1283
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$2771
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$375	$1860
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$116
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$178
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.4	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	6.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$785	$7907
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$490	$5572
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.99
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.99	$145
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.2	$16.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.42
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$2.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$4.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.65	$8.96
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$8.74
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$14.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.92
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.71
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.87
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.11
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.84
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$2.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.38	$13.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.67	$5.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.31	$27.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$8.08
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$4.28
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.62	$3.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$3.33
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$55.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.62	$13.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$61.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.35	$19.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.7	$74.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.3	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$131	$1752
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11512	$9531

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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 Brisbane

Distance	City	Cost of living
31 km or 19 mi	Ipswich	$1877
45 km or 28 mi	Caboolture	$1925
66 km or 41 mi	Southport	$2141
71 km or 44 mi	Gold Coast	$2300
75 km or 47 mi	Caloundra	$1754
91 km or 57 mi	Sunshine Coast	$1733
107 km or 66 mi	Toowoomba	$1635
143 km or 89 mi	Byron Bay	$1958
243 km or 151 mi	Hervey Bay	$1835
299 km or 186 mi	Bundaberg	$1689
315 km or 196 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1913
362 km or 225 mi	Armidale	$1289
441 km or 274 mi	Gladstone	$1615
441 km or 274 mi	Port Macquarie	$1661
520 km or 323 mi	Rockhampton	$1514
618 km or 384 mi	Newcastle	$1833
682 km or 424 mi	Dubbo	$1815
719 km or 447 mi	Dee Why	$2286
722 km or 449 mi	Kellyville	$1997
730 km or 453 mi	Blacktown	$1732
732 km or 455 mi	Parramatta	$2472
733 km or 455 mi	Sydney	$2801
740 km or 460 mi	Bathurst	$1674
748 km or 465 mi	Orange	$1500
801 km or 498 mi	Wollongong	$1532
869 km or 540 mi	Goulburn	$1748
945 km or 587 mi	Canberra	$2393
1006 km or 625 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1628
1009 km or 627 mi	Griffith	$1746
1111 km or 690 mi	Townsville	$1303
1224 km or 761 mi	Shepparton	$1717
1278 km or 794 mi	Mildura	$1816
1320 km or 820 mi	Bendigo	$1397
1337 km or 831 mi	Traralgon	$1829
1367 km or 849 mi	Sunbury	$1822
1372 km or 853 mi	Pakenham	$1805
1375 km or 855 mi	Melbourne	$2397
1376 km or 855 mi	Berwick	$1800
1376 km or 855 mi	South Yarra	$1758
1377 km or 856 mi	Dandenong	$1876