Antananarivo vs Dammam - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Dammam
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1056
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$2577
🏠 One person rent	$182	$475
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$789
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$338
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$130
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$2468
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	13	40
😀 Quality of life	35	74
🏙️ Population	1.28M	903K

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 52% less expensive than in Dammam. Cities ranked 8589th and 5127th ($507 vs $1056) 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 2.3 months in Dammam. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Dammam ranked 3rd in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7515th and 1259th 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	$3.19	$6.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$53.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$7.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$3.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$375
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$341
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$748
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$598
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$63.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$97.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$62.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	3.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$1147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$1112
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$33.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$25.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.42
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.27
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.48
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$6.93
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$8.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$11.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$2.47
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$2.12
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$7.94
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$3.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$3.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$2.54
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$2.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$71.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$16.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$29.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$4.82
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$68.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$83.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$439
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$8339

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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 Dammam

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Dhahran	$1068
53 km or 33 mi	Isa Town	$1243
54 km or 33 mi	Manama	$1280
56 km or 35 mi	Qatif	$897
57 km or 35 mi	Riffa	$1223
76 km or 47 mi	Jubail	$901
119 km or 74 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
163 km or 101 mi	Al Khor	$1709
191 km or 119 mi	Doha	$1779
291 km or 181 mi	Bushehr	$551
325 km or 202 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
334 km or 207 mi	Borazjan	$546
385 km or 239 mi	Kazerun	$557
388 km or 241 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
394 km or 245 mi	Riyadh	$1637
411 km or 256 mi	Jahrom	$547
425 km or 264 mi	Al-Faw	$736
427 km or 265 mi	Shiraz	$589
447 km or 278 mi	Fasa	$548
453 km or 282 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
463 km or 288 mi	Behbahan	$536
465 km or 289 mi	Marvdasht	$563
467 km or 290 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
468 km or 291 mi	Abadan	$547
473 km or 294 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
481 km or 299 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
483 km or 300 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
492 km or 306 mi	Yasuj	$529
498 km or 310 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
503 km or 313 mi	Basra	$904
537 km or 334 mi	Dubai	$2379
543 km or 337 mi	Sharjah	$1494
550 km or 342 mi	Ajman	$2240
554 km or 344 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
561 km or 349 mi	Ahvaz	$597
601 km or 374 mi	Izeh	$525
604 km or 376 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
610 km or 379 mi	Unaizah	$969
616 km or 383 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
616 km or 383 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552