Antananarivo vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Antananarivo	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$600	$583
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$1433
🏠 One person rent	$263	$225
🏘️ Family rent	$755	$409
🍽️ Food expenses	$199	$203
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.8	$117
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$145	$56.5
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	13	25
😀 Quality of life	39	36
🏙️ Population	1.28M	2.5M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 3% more expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 7665th and 7822nd ($600 vs $583) 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 7272nd and 7665th 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	$3.87	$4.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$24
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.56	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$1.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$1.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$0.95
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$124	$126
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1149	$474
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$293
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.3	$19.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.2	$30.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57	$49.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	11.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$786	$1756
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$493	$1228
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.08
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.09	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$11.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$2.66
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.01
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$1.1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.13	$1.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.39	$3.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$5.76
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$9.17
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.7
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.82
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.41
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.43	$5.47
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.68	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.3	$3.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.88	$3.25
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.49	$0.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$12.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.65	$3.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$3.85
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$2.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.1	$30.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.8	$50.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$134	$94.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11649	$1634

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$353
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$461
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$428
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$585
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1439
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1417
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1127
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$587
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$1165
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1144
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$718
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$829
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$770
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$784
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$776
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$852
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$992
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$327
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1014
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$326
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$363
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$332
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$332
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$993
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$970
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$645
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$367

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$882
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1673
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$982
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$770
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1195
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1622
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$633
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1427
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1633
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$665
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$625
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1635
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1617
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1645
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1622
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1570
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1660
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1689
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1447
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1619
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1674
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1610
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1601
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1594
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1660
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$528
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1467
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$602
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1567
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1744
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1728
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1718
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$1746
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1725
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$679
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$849
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1593
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$981
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$1850