Antananarivo vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$2379
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$5357
🏠 One person rent	$182	$1601
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$2918
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$453
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$186
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$3975
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	13	65
😀 Quality of life	35	87
🏙️ Population	1.28M	3.33M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 79% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 8589th and 989th ($507 vs $2379) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and the United Arab Emirates, respectively. Check Madagascar vs the United Arab Emirates comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.7 months in Dubai. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Dubai ranked 1st in the United Arab Emirates, while ranked 7515th and 288th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Dubai

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	Antananarivo	Dubai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$10.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$58.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$9.28
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$12.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$6.1
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$1.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$1909
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$1243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$3782
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$2332
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$134
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$205
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$91.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	4.45%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$6638
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$3507
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$1.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$86.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.83
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.41
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$9.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$12.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.23
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$2.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$2.76
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$6.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$8.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$5.68
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$2.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$77.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$13.4
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$77.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$8.79
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$61.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$104
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$903
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$13241

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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 Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1494
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2240
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1196
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1239
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1540
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1844
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$967
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$780
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$1779
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1090
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1709
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$547
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$548
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$518
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$514
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1280
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1223
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1243
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$515
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$1068
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$585
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1056
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$589
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$897
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$563
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$605
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$464
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$901
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$546
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$557
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$551
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$529
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$829
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$573
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$536