Antananarivo vs Dubai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antananarivo	Dubai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$2420
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$5315
🏠 One person rent	$217	$1634
🏘️ Family rent	$341	$2835
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$459
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.8	$182
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$110	$4093
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	13	66
😀 Quality of life	41	90
🏙️ Population	1.28M	3.94M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 77% less expensive than in Dubai. Cities ranked 8275th and 1039th ($564 vs $2420) 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 7753rd and 203rd 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	$3.36	$10.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$69.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.59	$9.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$13.5
☕ Cappuccino	$1.52	$6.31
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.3
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$1988
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$89.7	$1244
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$3617
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$163	$2237
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.6	$148
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.4	$227
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$94
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.44%	4.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$699	$7290
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$586	$4052
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.64
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.08	$83
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$9.52
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.89
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.39
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.08
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$9.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.52
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.14
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$1.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.04	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$2.57
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$6.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.96	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$3.08
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$72.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$14.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$75.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$10.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.3	$72.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$106
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.6	$829
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9859	$16876

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$496
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$481
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$460
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1237
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1624
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1600
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1181
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1233
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$935
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1521
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$749
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$812
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$819
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$815
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$807
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$692
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1000
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$458
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$505
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$496
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$495
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$521
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$924
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$828
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$764
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$591

Cities near Dubai

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8 mi	Sharjah	$1473
22 km or 14 mi	Ajman	$2183
41 km or 25 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1148
104 km or 65 mi	Fujairah	$1214
108 km or 67 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1373
126 km or 78 mi	Al Ain	$1457
129 km or 80 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2070
234 km or 146 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
246 km or 153 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1710
339 km or 211 mi	Seeb	$1080
344 km or 214 mi	Nizwa	$796
380 km or 236 mi	Doha	$2014
380 km or 236 mi	Muscat	$1135
385 km or 239 mi	Al Khor	$1923
399 km or 248 mi	Jahrom	$545
440 km or 273 mi	Fasa	$541
449 km or 279 mi	Jiroft	$575
466 km or 290 mi	Sirjan	$545
485 km or 301 mi	Manama	$1309
486 km or 302 mi	Riffa	$1109
487 km or 303 mi	Isa Town	$1192
523 km or 325 mi	Bam	$563
528 km or 328 mi	Dhahran	$931
534 km or 332 mi	Chabahar	$575
537 km or 334 mi	Dammam	$1037
554 km or 345 mi	Shiraz	$565
560 km or 348 mi	Qatif	$823
568 km or 353 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$793
568 km or 353 mi	Marvdasht	$547
574 km or 357 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
578 km or 359 mi	Iranshahr	$627
584 km or 363 mi	Kerman	$761
595 km or 370 mi	Jubail	$928
601 km or 373 mi	Borazjan	$489
603 km or 375 mi	Kazerun	$523
604 km or 375 mi	Bushehr	$465
703 km or 437 mi	Yasuj	$487
721 km or 448 mi	Zahedan	$813
743 km or 461 mi	Yazd	$565
773 km or 481 mi	Behbahan	$492