Antananarivo vs Harare - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Harare
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$992
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$2589
🏠 One person rent	$182	$411
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$862
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$345
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$415
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	13	37
😀 Quality of life	35	45
🏙️ Population	1.28M	2.15M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 49% less expensive than in Harare. Cities ranked 8589th and 5540th ($507 vs $992) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and Zimbabwe, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Zimbabwe comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.4 months in Harare. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Harare ranked 1st in Zimbabwe, while ranked 7515th and 6578th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Harare

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	Antananarivo	Harare
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$10
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$50
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$6.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$341
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$243
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$919
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$638
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$35.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$54.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$113
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	14.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$1327
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$547
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$30.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$21.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$6.69
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$6.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.8
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.06
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$2.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$5.94
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$6.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$2.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$65.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$9.98
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$37
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$7.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$35.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$247
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$6241

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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 Harare

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
66 km or 41 mi	Marondera	$794
105 km or 65 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
133 km or 83 mi	Kadoma	$723
165 km or 103 mi	Kwekwe	$730
213 km or 132 mi	Mutare	$752
223 km or 138 mi	Gweru	$597
251 km or 156 mi	Masvingo	$854
291 km or 181 mi	Chimoio	$947
328 km or 204 mi	Tete	$825
369 km or 229 mi	Bulawayo	$766
399 km or 248 mi	Lusaka	$738
447 km or 278 mi	Choma	$700
458 km or 284 mi	Beira	$1003
478 km or 297 mi	Blantyre	$507
498 km or 309 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
510 km or 317 mi	Ntcheu	$492
514 km or 319 mi	Mulanje	$461
518 km or 322 mi	Lilongwe	$587
525 km or 326 mi	Francistown	$624
531 km or 330 mi	Zomba	$457
549 km or 341 mi	Livingstone	$688
584 km or 363 mi	Mangochi	$493
588 km or 365 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
599 km or 372 mi	Ndola	$541
618 km or 384 mi	Quelimane	$675
635 km or 394 mi	Kitwe	$917
659 km or 409 mi	Mufulira	$1018
665 km or 413 mi	Palapye	$540
679 km or 422 mi	Serowe	$583
680 km or 422 mi	Chingola	$875
714 km or 444 mi	Mzimba	$566
734 km or 456 mi	Mahalapye	$631
775 km or 482 mi	Mansa	$776
778 km or 484 mi	Mzuzu	$525
786 km or 489 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
847 km or 526 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
847 km or 526 mi	Kasama	$748
892 km or 554 mi	Likasi	$961
898 km or 558 mi	Middelburg	$795