Antananarivo vs Cape Town - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Cape Town
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1071
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$2522
🏠 One person rent	$182	$582
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$1083
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$273
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$124
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$1532
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	13	56
😀 Quality of life	35	58
🏙️ Population	1.28M	3.78M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 53% less expensive than in Cape Town. Cities ranked 8589th and 5016th ($507 vs $1071) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Madagascar and South Africa, respectively. Check Madagascar vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.4 months in Cape Town. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Cape Town ranked 1st in South Africa, while ranked 7515th and 5491st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Antananarivo	Cape Town
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$8.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$32.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.58
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$2.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$677
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$435
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$1304
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$863
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$93.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$38.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	11.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$1804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$1180
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$1.09
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$39
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$8.47
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.08
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.03
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.48
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.58
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$8.33
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$5.42
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$7.24
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.53
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.33
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.13
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.43
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$5.48
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.39
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$4.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$34.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$6.22
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$35.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$8.05
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$51
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$204
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$4806

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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 Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$1147
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$619
371 km or 231 mi	George	$743
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$840
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$901
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$699
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$763
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$915
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$814
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1332
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$766
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$567
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$621
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$852
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$748
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$827
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$768
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$780
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$792
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$665
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$664
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$672
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$923
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$889
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$691
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$628
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$993
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$837
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$862
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$953
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$809
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$813
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$740