Antananarivo vs Dresden - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antananarivo	Dresden
🚶 Cost of living one person	$604	$1448
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1515	$3599
🏠 One person rent	$241	$637
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$1099
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$517
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$159
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$3219
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	10 km
🎓 Higher education	13	65
😀 Quality of life	41	92
🏙️ Population	1.28M	566K

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 58% less expensive than in Dresden. Cities ranked 7948th and 4158th ($604 vs $1448) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 592nd in Madagascar and Germany, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Germany comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 2.2 months in Dresden. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Dresden ranked 17th in Germany, while ranked 7675th and 96th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Dresden

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	Antananarivo	Dresden
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$14.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$75.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$5.44
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$4.13
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$3.84
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$652
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$423
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$1203
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$764
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$210
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.5	$37.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.75%	3.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$686	$5147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$599	$2772
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$3.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.95	$73.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$23.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$2.06
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.33
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.42
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$3.69
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$16.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$10.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$23.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.07
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$3.69
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.73
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.36	$5.91
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.07
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$8.96
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$9.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$2.47
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$1.66
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$34.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.53	$13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$52.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.56	$16
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.1	$87.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$446
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11359	$15933

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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 Dresden

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.2 km or 4.5 mi	Freital	$1412
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Radebeul	$1410
14 km or 8.9 mi	Coswig	$1417
17 km or 11 mi	Pirna	$1424
22 km or 14 mi	Meissen	$1430
32 km or 20 mi	Freiberg	$1316
42 km or 26 mi	Riesa	$1445
44 km or 28 mi	Decin	$1216
44 km or 28 mi	Dobeln	$1440
47 km or 29 mi	Teplice	$1006
48 km or 30 mi	Usti nad Labem	$1141
50 km or 31 mi	Bautzen	$1503
51 km or 31 mi	Litvinov	$1517
55 km or 34 mi	Senftenberg	$1461
56 km or 35 mi	Hoyerswerda	$1470
61 km or 38 mi	Most	$1094
62 km or 39 mi	Chemnitz	$1530
64 km or 40 mi	Litomerice	$1276
69 km or 43 mi	Ceska Lipa	$1332
69 km or 43 mi	Chomutov	$1174
72 km or 45 mi	Limbach-Oberfrohna	$1464
73 km or 45 mi	Spremberg	$1419
73 km or 46 mi	Annaberg-Buchholz	$1438
74 km or 46 mi	Grimma	$1505
76 km or 47 mi	Torgau	$1482
77 km or 48 mi	Zittau	$1460
87 km or 54 mi	Glauchau	$1299
88 km or 55 mi	Gorlitz	$1467
89 km or 55 mi	Cottbus	$1332
92 km or 57 mi	Altenburg	$1363
95 km or 59 mi	Zwickau	$1131
98 km or 61 mi	Liberec	$1174
98 km or 61 mi	Markkleeberg	$1579
100 km or 62 mi	Leipzig	$1659
101 km or 63 mi	Werdau	$1244
104 km or 65 mi	Kladno	$1402
107 km or 66 mi	Jablonec nad Nisou	$1112
108 km or 67 mi	Mlada Boleslav	$1195
110 km or 68 mi	Karlovy Vary	$1218
111 km or 69 mi	Delitzsch	$1551