Antananarivo vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antananarivo	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$2479
🏠 One person rent	$217	$494
🏘️ Family rent	$341	$812
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$307
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.8	$127
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$110	$1994
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	13	40
😀 Quality of life	41	76
🏙️ Population	1.28M	903K

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 46% less expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 8275th and 5399th ($564 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Madagascar and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.9 months in Dammam. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7753rd and 1421st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Dammam

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	Antananarivo	Dammam
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.36	$6.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$33.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.59	$6.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$1.52	$2.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.77
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$436
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$89.7	$335
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$763
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$163	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.6	$79.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.4	$122
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$59.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.44%	5.02%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$699	$940
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$586	$832
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.97
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.08	$36
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$24
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.24
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$7.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$8.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$12.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.46
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.47
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$2.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.04	$2.46
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$7.73
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.96	$3.17
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$3.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$2.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$2.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$81.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$13.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.3	$58.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$95.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.6	$420
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9859	$7883

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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 Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$931
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1192
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1309
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$823
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1109
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$928
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1923
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$2014
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$465
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$489
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$523
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1632
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$545
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$707
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$565
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$541
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$492
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$547
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$556
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$487
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$698
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$861
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2420
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1473
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2183
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$571
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$476
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$931
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$529