Antananarivo vs Chennai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antananarivo	Chennai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$604	$409
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1515	$1006
🏠 One person rent	$241	$142
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$243
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$156
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$67
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$254
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	16 km
🎓 Higher education	13	79
😀 Quality of life	41	65
🏙️ Population	1.28M	6.6M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 48% more expensive than in Chennai. Cities ranked 7948th and 8947th ($604 vs $409) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 15th in Madagascar and India, respectively. Check Madagascar vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.6 months in Chennai. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Chennai ranked 2nd in India, while ranked 7675th and 5131st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Antananarivo	Chennai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$2.12
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$10.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$4.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.57
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$1.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$160
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$97.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$282
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$178
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$24
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$36.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.5	$7.79
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.75%	9.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$686	$1739
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$599	$712
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.95	$10.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$4.75
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$0.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$5.58
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$3.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$6.29
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.94
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.46
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.46
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.2
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.01
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.36	$7.82
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$4.37
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$0.75
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$3.25
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$0.94
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$0.73
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$15.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.53	$2.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.56	$2.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.1	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$37.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$71.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11359	$1792

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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 Chennai

Distance	City	Cost of living
111 km or 69 mi	Tirupati	$306
124 km or 77 mi	Vellore	$232
125 km or 78 mi	Chittoor	$302
138 km or 85 mi	Pondicherry	$322
153 km or 95 mi	Nellore	$508
159 km or 99 mi	Cuddalore	$294
198 km or 123 mi	Madanapalle	$320
219 km or 136 mi	Kadapa	$348
260 km or 162 mi	Proddatur	$339
269 km or 167 mi	Ongole	$317
279 km or 173 mi	Salem	$283
282 km or 175 mi	Thanjavur	$275
290 km or 180 mi	Bangalore	$507
304 km or 189 mi	Chirala	$290
305 km or 189 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$297
312 km or 194 mi	Hindupur	$339
328 km or 204 mi	Nandyal	$325
338 km or 210 mi	Anantapur	$331
339 km or 211 mi	Erode	$274
344 km or 214 mi	Tumkur	$303
353 km or 219 mi	Tenali	$273
354 km or 220 mi	Machilipatnam	$292
357 km or 222 mi	Guntur	$265
361 km or 224 mi	Tiruppur	$330
383 km or 238 mi	Vijayawada	$328
388 km or 241 mi	Kurnool	$317
396 km or 246 mi	Dindigul	$290
402 km or 250 mi	Mysore	$332
411 km or 256 mi	Eluru	$280
423 km or 263 mi	Madurai	$342
428 km or 266 mi	Coimbatore	$313
428 km or 266 mi	Adoni	$359
453 km or 282 mi	Nalgonda	$255
462 km or 287 mi	Rajahmundry	$281
463 km or 288 mi	Khammam	$247
474 km or 294 mi	Mahbubnagar	$327
476 km or 296 mi	Kakinada	$271
482 km or 300 mi	Hospet	$250
494 km or 307 mi	Davanagere	$264
509 km or 317 mi	Malappuram	$259