Antananarivo vs Budapest - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Budapest
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1109
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$2730
🏠 One person rent	$182	$553
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$965
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$342
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$1229
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	18 km
🎓 Higher education	13	92
😀 Quality of life	35	79
🏙️ Population	1.28M	1.69M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 54% less expensive than in Budapest. Cities ranked 8589th and 4777th ($507 vs $1109) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and Hungary, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Hungary comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.1 months in Budapest. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Budapest ranked 1st in Hungary, while ranked 7515th and 618th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Budapest

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	Antananarivo	Budapest
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$9.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$45
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$7.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.55
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$2.77
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$1.48
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$574
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$426
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$1044
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$769
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$79.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$18.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	6.95%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$4106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$2694
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$1.18
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$23.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$5.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.88
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.99
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.15
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$5.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$5.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$9.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$3.38
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$2.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$2.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$51
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$7.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$49.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$12.8
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$71.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$374
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$11151

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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 Budapest

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.2 km or 5.1 mi	Budafok-Teteny	$901
16 km or 9.8 mi	Erd	$790
16 km or 10 mi	Dunakeszi	$939
17 km or 11 mi	Szigetszentmiklos	$843
27 km or 17 mi	Godollo	$924
32 km or 20 mi	Vac	$827
49 km or 31 mi	Tatabanya	$794
58 km or 36 mi	Szekesfehervar	$762
58 km or 36 mi	Dunaujvaros	$684
67 km or 42 mi	Cegled	$855
74 km or 46 mi	Komarno	$1045
82 km or 51 mi	Kecskemet	$781
84 km or 52 mi	Nove Zamky	$1019
86 km or 53 mi	Salgotarjan	$823
86 km or 53 mi	Levice	$987
93 km or 58 mi	Szolnok	$666
96 km or 59 mi	Veszprem	$786
104 km or 65 mi	Lucenec	$922
107 km or 67 mi	Gyor	$784
109 km or 68 mi	Eger	$784
115 km or 72 mi	Nitra	$1039
121 km or 75 mi	Zvolen	$1237
123 km or 76 mi	Ozd	$802
130 km or 81 mi	Szekszard	$747
138 km or 86 mi	Banska Bystrica	$1080
139 km or 86 mi	Mosonmagyarovar	$794
145 km or 90 mi	Prievidza	$892
146 km or 91 mi	Trnava	$1181
146 km or 91 mi	Miskolc	$676
146 km or 91 mi	Baja	$692
150 km or 93 mi	Piestany	$935
153 km or 95 mi	Hodmezovasarhely	$681
158 km or 98 mi	Kaposvar	$750
160 km or 99 mi	Petrzalka	$1202
161 km or 100 mi	Bratislava	$1275
163 km or 101 mi	Subotica	$768
163 km or 101 mi	Szeged	$766
170 km or 106 mi	Pecs	$848
172 km or 107 mi	Trencin	$1118
174 km or 108 mi	Martin	$1039