Antananarivo vs Dusseldorf - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Dusseldorf
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1772
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$4419
🏠 One person rent	$182	$985
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$1862
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$495
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$3209
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	13	92
😀 Quality of life	35	95
🏙️ Population	1.28M	631K

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 71% less expensive than in Dusseldorf. Cities ranked 8589th and 2469th ($507 vs $1772) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 16th 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 1.8 months in Dusseldorf. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Dusseldorf ranked 4th in Germany, while ranked 7515th and 27th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Dusseldorf

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	Antananarivo	Dusseldorf
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$14.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$65
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$11.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$4.58
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$3.95
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$3.2
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$930
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$738
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$1883
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1479
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$170
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$39.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	3.99%
🏙️ 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	$5584
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$3.47
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$52
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$27.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$11.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$18.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.6
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.64
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$2.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$6.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.06
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$8.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$6.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$2.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$1.43
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$1.5
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$41.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$13.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$55.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$15.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$92.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$95.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$721
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$21276

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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 Dusseldorf

Distance	City	Cost of living
6.5 km or 4 mi	Neuss	$1495
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Ratingen	$1497
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Erkrath	$1516
10 km or 6.3 mi	Kaarst	$1500
13 km or 8.3 mi	Hilden	$1522
14 km or 8.5 mi	Mettmann	$1479
16 km or 9.8 mi	Dormagen	$1561
16 km or 9.9 mi	Willich	$1476
17 km or 11 mi	Monheim am Rhein	$1576
17 km or 11 mi	Haan	$1517
17 km or 11 mi	Heiligenhaus	$1444
18 km or 11 mi	Langenfeld	$1577
18 km or 11 mi	Krefeld	$1494
19 km or 12 mi	Korschenbroich	$1490
19 km or 12 mi	Wulfrath	$1433
20 km or 13 mi	Grevenbroich	$1499
21 km or 13 mi	Leichlingen	$1559
22 km or 14 mi	Tonisvorst	$1471
22 km or 14 mi	Velbert	$1428
22 km or 14 mi	Duisburg	$1314
23 km or 14 mi	Solingen	$1580
23 km or 14 mi	Mulheim	$1434
24 km or 15 mi	Monchengladbach	$1511
26 km or 16 mi	Pulheim	$1572
26 km or 16 mi	Leverkusen	$1822
27 km or 17 mi	Viersen	$1469
27 km or 17 mi	Oberhausen	$1485
27 km or 17 mi	Moers	$1439
28 km or 17 mi	Neukirchen-Vluyn	$1445
28 km or 17 mi	Wuppertal	$1233
29 km or 18 mi	Kempen	$1460
29 km or 18 mi	Remscheid	$1494
30 km or 18 mi	Bedburg	$1504
30 km or 18 mi	Essen	$1443
31 km or 19 mi	Bergheim	$1518
32 km or 20 mi	Wermelskirchen	$1497
34 km or 21 mi	Bottrop	$1367
34 km or 21 mi	Kamp-Lintfort	$1435
34 km or 21 mi	Hattingen	$1444
35 km or 22 mi	Cologne	$1744