Antananarivo vs Djibouti City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antananarivo	Djibouti City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$604	$590
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1515	$1446
🏠 One person rent	$241	$246
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$408
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$50.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$246
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	13	8
😀 Quality of life	41	43
🏙️ Population	1.28M	604K

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 2% more expensive than in Djibouti City. Cities ranked 7948th and 8069th ($604 vs $590) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and Djibouti, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Djibouti comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.4 months in Djibouti City. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Djibouti City ranked 1st in Djibouti, while ranked 7675th and 7471st among best cities to live in the world.

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	Antananarivo	Djibouti City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$4.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$23.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$5.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$2
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$239
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$163
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$429
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$290
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$43.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.5	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.75%	12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$686	$1416
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$599	$879
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.95	$19.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$7.86
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.05
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.24
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.21
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$1.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$7.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$4.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$7.52
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.32
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.26
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.06
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.05
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.36	$8.04
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$3.17
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$4.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$3.16
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$1.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$24.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.53	$4.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$22.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.56	$4.71
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.1	$34.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$68.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$168
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11359	$5247

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$533
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$511
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$493
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1196
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1615
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1584
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1167
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1196
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$933
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1511
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$747
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$802
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$871
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$819
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$810
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$691
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$456
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$952
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$452
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$495
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$494
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$489
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$875
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$792
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$754
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$587

Cities near Djibouti City

Distance	City	Cost of living
44 km or 27 mi	Obock	$564
68 km or 42 mi	Ali Sabieh	$561
101 km or 63 mi	Dikhil	$563
185 km or 115 mi	Borama	$521
240 km or 149 mi	Taiz	$497
245 km or 152 mi	Aden	$509
247 km or 153 mi	Hargeisa	$682
253 km or 157 mi	Jijiga	$1045
264 km or 164 mi	Dire Dawa	$1050
277 km or 172 mi	Harar	$1050
286 km or 178 mi	Ibb	$488
290 km or 180 mi	Zabid	$476
356 km or 221 mi	Dhamar	$478
357 km or 222 mi	Al Hudaydah	$499
387 km or 240 mi	Dessie	$931
418 km or 259 mi	Sayyan	$476
433 km or 269 mi	Sanaa	$532
451 km or 280 mi	Mekelle	$748
561 km or 348 mi	Addis Ababa	$1148
594 km or 369 mi	Mendefera	$481
598 km or 371 mi	Sa'dah	$475
600 km or 373 mi	Massawa	$484
618 km or 384 mi	Asmara	$513
627 km or 390 mi	Bahir Dar	$800
628 km or 390 mi	Gondar	$923
664 km or 413 mi	Najran	$864
689 km or 428 mi	Keren	$483
720 km or 448 mi	Awasa	$910
726 km or 451 mi	Mukalla	$477
740 km or 460 mi	Abha	$871
818 km or 509 mi	Jimma	$746
826 km or 513 mi	Bareq	$873
846 km or 526 mi	Kassala	$947
884 km or 550 mi	El-Gadarif	$872
936 km or 582 mi	Bisha	$890
944 km or 587 mi	Baidoa	$745
958 km or 595 mi	Ad-Damazin	$753
1019 km or 633 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
1090 km or 677 mi	Mogadishu	$721
1095 km or 680 mi	Port Sudan	$976