Antananarivo vs Copenhagen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Copenhagen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$2333
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$5412
🏠 One person rent	$182	$1326
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$2372
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$629
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$192
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$4139
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	13	93
😀 Quality of life	35	97
🏙️ Population	1.28M	644K

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 78% less expensive than in Copenhagen. Cities ranked 8589th and 1085th ($507 vs $2333) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Madagascar and Denmark, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Denmark comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.8 months in Copenhagen. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Copenhagen ranked 1st in Denmark, while ranked 7515th and 10th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Copenhagen

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	Antananarivo	Copenhagen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$18.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$102
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$13.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$8.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$6.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$3.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$1534
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$1083
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$2847
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1988
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$114
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$174
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$38.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	4.22%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$7935
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$5513
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$3.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$100
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$2.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.94
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$3.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.67
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$5.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$11.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.32
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$4.91
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.03
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.97
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$2.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$10.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$9.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$9.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$4.04
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$1.98
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$42.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$18.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$62.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$38.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$115
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$120
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$530
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$14686

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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 Copenhagen

Distance	City	Cost of living
2 km or 1.3 mi	Frederiksberg	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Gentofte	$2134
23 km or 14 mi	Horsholm	$1952
28 km or 17 mi	Landskrona	$1140
30 km or 19 mi	Malmo	$1585
31 km or 19 mi	Roskilde	$1722
33 km or 21 mi	Hillerod	$1983
40 km or 25 mi	Lund	$1474
40 km or 25 mi	Staffanstorp	$1447
40 km or 25 mi	Helsingor	$1800
42 km or 26 mi	Helsingborg	$1297
51 km or 32 mi	Trelleborg	$1426
66 km or 41 mi	Angelholm	$1310
71 km or 44 mi	Naestved	$1799
92 km or 57 mi	Hassleholm	$1298
104 km or 65 mi	Kristianstad	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Halmstad	$1208
141 km or 88 mi	Odense	$1816
141 km or 88 mi	Svendborg	$1607
154 km or 96 mi	Ljungby	$1333
156 km or 97 mi	Aarhus	$1828
156 km or 97 mi	Stralsund	$1401
159 km or 99 mi	Varberg	$1284
171 km or 106 mi	Horsens	$1585
177 km or 110 mi	Fredericia	$1506
179 km or 111 mi	Rostock	$1336
179 km or 111 mi	Randers	$1505
185 km or 115 mi	Greifswald	$1396
190 km or 118 mi	Varnamo	$1424
190 km or 118 mi	Vejle	$1637
193 km or 120 mi	Vaxjo	$1331
196 km or 122 mi	Sonderborg	$1416
196 km or 122 mi	Kolding	$1315
196 km or 122 mi	Silkeborg	$1680
199 km or 124 mi	Karlskrona	$1280
199 km or 124 mi	Haderslev	$1442
211 km or 131 mi	Wismar	$1307
211 km or 131 mi	Gustrow	$1347
215 km or 133 mi	Viborg	$1508
216 km or 134 mi	Kiel	$1452