Antananarivo vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antananarivo	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$675
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1514
🏠 One person rent	$217	$310
🏘️ Family rent	$341	$498
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$255
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.8	$62.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$110	$48.3
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	13	29
😀 Quality of life	41	40
🏙️ Population	1.28M	2.69M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 16% less expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 8275th and 7406th ($564 vs $675) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and Syria, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Syria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.1 months in Damascus. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Damascus ranked 1st in Syria, while ranked 7753rd and 7899th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Damascus

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	Antananarivo	Damascus
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.36	$9.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$30.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.59	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.75
☕ Cappuccino	$1.52	$2.26
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$89.7	$145
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$459
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$163	$268
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.6	$89
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.4	$137
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.44%	14.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$699	$1767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$586	$627
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.08	$14.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$3.05
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$13.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$0.93
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.04	$6.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.97
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$2.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.96	$3.14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$0.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$0.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$0.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$3.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$4.39
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$3.18
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.3	$40.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$62.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.6	$56.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9859	$1770

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$496
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$481
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$460
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1237
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1624
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1600
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1181
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1233
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$935
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1521
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$749
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$812
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$819
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$815
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$807
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$692
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1000
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$458
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$505
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$496
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$495
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$521
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$924
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$828
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$764
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$591

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1005
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1925
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1106
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$865
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1353
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1973
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$676
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1870
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1929
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$842
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1917
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1770
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1873
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1934
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1894
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1981
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1766
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1960
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1936
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1911
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1949
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1940
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1909
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$385
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1856
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$740
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1930
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2071
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2103
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2101
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$546
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$978
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1887
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1013
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2207