Antananarivo vs Dodoma - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Antananarivo	Dodoma
🚶 Cost of living one person	$600	$581
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$1640
🏠 One person rent	$263	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$755	$478
🍽️ Food expenses	$199	$286
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.8	$39.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$145	$293
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	13	19
😀 Quality of life	39	26
🏙️ Population	1.28M	214K

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 3% more expensive than in Dodoma. Cities ranked 7665th and 7835th ($600 vs $581) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Madagascar and Tanzania, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Tanzania comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.5 months in Dodoma. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Dodoma ranked 7th in Tanzania, while ranked 7272nd and 8738th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Dodoma

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	Antananarivo	Dodoma
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.87	$5.89
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$39.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.56	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$1.92
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$0.64
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$164
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$124	$105
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1149	$535
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$338
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.3	$33.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.2	$51.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57	$49.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	13.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$786	$3825
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$493	$3629
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.09	$5.91
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$14.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$1.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.13	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.39	$6.35
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$8.49
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$3.65
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$2.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.73
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.55
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$1.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.72
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.36
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.43	$4.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.68	$0.92
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.3	$1.36
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.88	$3.34
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.49	$3.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$1.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$49.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.65	$8.81
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$22.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$2.69
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.1	$16.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.8	$32.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$134	$399
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11649	$2745

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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 Dodoma

Distance	City	Cost of living
221 km or 137 mi	Morogoro	$600
337 km or 209 mi	Arusha	$571
369 km or 229 mi	Moshi	$536
381 km or 237 mi	Stone Town	$706
381 km or 237 mi	Zanzibar	$762
389 km or 242 mi	Mbeya	$457
393 km or 244 mi	Tanga	$622
395 km or 246 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
498 km or 309 mi	Mombasa	$493
522 km or 324 mi	Mwanza	$493
553 km or 343 mi	Machakos	$524
564 km or 351 mi	Nairobi	$646
590 km or 366 mi	Malindi	$452
597 km or 371 mi	Thika	$530
608 km or 378 mi	Mzuzu	$338
664 km or 413 mi	Nakuru	$439
669 km or 415 mi	Kasama	$1176
671 km or 417 mi	Mzimba	$337
683 km or 425 mi	Ruyigi	$446
687 km or 427 mi	Rutana	$448
693 km or 430 mi	Kisumu	$441
700 km or 435 mi	Makamba	$449
709 km or 441 mi	Muyinga	$449
717 km or 446 mi	Gitega	$445
726 km or 451 mi	Kalemie	$746
732 km or 455 mi	Meru	$486
745 km or 463 mi	Mumias	$424
754 km or 469 mi	Eldoret	$405
756 km or 470 mi	Ngozi	$448
776 km or 482 mi	Bujumbura	$493
779 km or 484 mi	Butare	$458
787 km or 489 mi	Bubanza	$453
790 km or 491 mi	Entebbe	$547
791 km or 492 mi	Kigali	$677
791 km or 492 mi	Tororo	$557
794 km or 493 mi	Nyanza	$539
794 km or 493 mi	Jinja	$542
798 km or 496 mi	Uvira	$776
810 km or 503 mi	Kampala	$654
816 km or 507 mi	Kira Town	$600