Antananarivo vs Cairo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antananarivo	Cairo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$604	$483
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1515	$1185
🏠 One person rent	$241	$190
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$332
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$191
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$38.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$190
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	13	83
😀 Quality of life	41	63
🏙️ Population	1.28M	9.8M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 25% more expensive than in Cairo. Cities ranked 7948th and 8753rd ($604 vs $483) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Madagascar and Egypt, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Egypt comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.4 months in Cairo. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Cairo ranked 1st in Egypt, while ranked 7675th and 5501st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Cairo

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	Antananarivo	Cairo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$4.87
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.54
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$1.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.36
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$207
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$152
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$373
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$277
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$16.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$25.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.5	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.75%	16.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$686	$855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$599	$476
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.95	$10.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$2.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.38
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.66
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$1.35
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$4.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$4.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$9.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.7
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.77
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.45
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$0.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.36	$7.42
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.43
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$1.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$1.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$2.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$0.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$22.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.53	$3.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$10.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.56	$2.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.1	$39.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$100
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11359	$2716

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$533
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$511
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$493
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1196
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1615
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1584
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1167
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1196
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$933
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1511
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$747
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$802
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$871
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$819
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$810
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$691
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$456
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$952
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$452
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$495
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$494
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$489
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$875
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$792
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$754
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$587

Cities near Cairo

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.6 mi	Giza	$356
8.1 km or 5 mi	Shubra El Kheima	$414
26 km or 16 mi	Helwan	$374
46 km or 28 mi	Benha	$314
60 km or 37 mi	Shibin El Kom	$332
62 km or 39 mi	Zagazig	$325
84 km or 52 mi	Tanta	$267
93 km or 58 mi	Faiyum	$315
101 km or 63 mi	El Mahalla El Kubra	$313
111 km or 69 mi	Beni Suef	$271
111 km or 69 mi	Mansoura	$307
115 km or 71 mi	Ismailia	$279
125 km or 78 mi	Suez	$288
133 km or 83 mi	Damanhur	$267
161 km or 100 mi	Kafr El Dawwar	$316
161 km or 100 mi	Damietta	$294
166 km or 103 mi	Port Said	$288
179 km or 111 mi	Alexandria	$366
224 km or 139 mi	Minya	$324
319 km or 198 mi	Asyut	$264
347 km or 216 mi	Gaza	$862
351 km or 218 mi	Ofakim	$2038
354 km or 220 mi	Netivot	$2145
360 km or 223 mi	Sderot	$2133
361 km or 224 mi	Dahab	$429
362 km or 225 mi	Eilat	$2054
365 km or 226 mi	Ashkelon	$1845
366 km or 227 mi	Beersheba	$1810
367 km or 228 mi	Rahat	$2060
368 km or 229 mi	Aqaba	$818
379 km or 235 mi	Ashdod	$2305
379 km or 235 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
380 km or 236 mi	Dimona	$2014
381 km or 236 mi	El Gouna	$338
383 km or 238 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
384 km or 239 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$555
390 km or 242 mi	Yavne	$2354
391 km or 243 mi	Sohag	$375
396 km or 246 mi	Dura	$1149
397 km or 246 mi	Rehovot	$2201