Antananarivo vs Damascus - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antananarivo	Damascus
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$671
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1403	$1492
🏠 One person rent	$218	$315
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$505
🍽️ Food expenses	$190	$250
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$61.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$47.6
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	24 km
🎓 Higher education	13	28
😀 Quality of life	42	39
🏙️ Population	1.28M	2.69M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 16% less expensive than in Damascus. Cities ranked 8141st and 7287th ($564 vs $671) 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 7545th and 7834th 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	$3.34	$7.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$28.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$5.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$1.45	$1.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$1.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$219
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.4	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$601	$398
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$144	$295
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$88
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$135
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$54.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	13.62%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$1865
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$563	$645
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.92	$17
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$6.96
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.66
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$1.83
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$3.22
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.53
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.93	$5.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$3.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$0.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$0.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$0.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$16.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.14	$2.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.6	$3.82
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$2.78
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$44.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.4	$49.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$1711

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$493
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$476
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$453
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1207
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1590
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1561
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1168
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1207
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$935
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1511
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$774
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$831
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$842
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$834
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$822
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$692
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$996
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$458
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$506
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$496
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$493
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$916
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$820
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$755
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$592

Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$930
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1808
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1028
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$822
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1261
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1847
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$647
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1808
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1803
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$787
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1789
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1630
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1745
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1798
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1775
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$1862
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1850
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1633
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1828
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$1917
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1842
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1769
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1819
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1804
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1817
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$402
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1757
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$748
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1840
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$1932
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$1954
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$1978
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2001
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$1991
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$548
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$915
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1786
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1009
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2108