Antananarivo vs Doha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antananarivo	Doha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$604	$2100
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1515	$4575
🏠 One person rent	$241	$1424
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$2453
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$429
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$3086
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	13	41
😀 Quality of life	41	83
🏙️ Population	1.28M	1.19M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 71% less expensive than in Doha. Cities ranked 7948th and 1744th ($604 vs $2100) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and Qatar, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Qatar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.5 months in Doha. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Doha ranked 1st in Qatar, while ranked 7675th and 513th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Antananarivo	Doha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$74.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$8.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$12.5
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$5.59
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$1799
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$1146
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$3302
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$2017
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$58.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$89.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.5	$89.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.75%	5.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$686	$4178
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$599	$2669
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.95	$27.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$19.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.55
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$2.13
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.38
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.96
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$2.91
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$11.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.67
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.56
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.3
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.85
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.36	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$3.16
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$6.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$6.03
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$4.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$2.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$2.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$130
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.53	$12.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$48.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.56	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.1	$63.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$762
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11359	$10635

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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 Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$2015
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1062
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1218
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1340
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$965
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$1059
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$778
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$917
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2470
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1543
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2356
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$494
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$454
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$457
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1455
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$497
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$471
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1173
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$505
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1628
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$485
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$459
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$703
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$469
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$521
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$522
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$797
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$861