Antananarivo vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antananarivo	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$2483
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$5802
🏠 One person rent	$217	$1417
🏘️ Family rent	$341	$2357
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$720
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.8	$150
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$110	$3437
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	13	77
😀 Quality of life	41	86
🏙️ Population	1.28M	936K

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 77% less expensive than in Jerusalem. Cities ranked 8275th and 911th ($564 vs $2483) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Madagascar and Israel, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Israel comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.4 months in Jerusalem. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Jerusalem ranked 2nd in Israel, while ranked 7753rd and 410th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Jerusalem

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	Antananarivo	Jerusalem
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.36	$25.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$94.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.59	$19.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$10.2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.52	$5.04
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$3.26
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$1637
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$89.7	$1119
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$2975
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$163	$1851
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.6	$160
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.4	$247
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$34.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.44%	5.11%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$699	$16323
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$586	$9037
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.08	$72
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$13.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$2.4
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$2.36
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$2.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$4.82
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$15.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$13.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$23.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$3.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.49
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.17
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$1.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$3.65
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.04	$15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$3.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$12.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.96	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$4.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$3.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$79.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$14.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$107
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$17
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.3	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$152
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.6	$1104
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9859	$27069

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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 Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$1010
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1122
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$1823
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2198
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$895
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$2154
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1062
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1821
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2346
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$2066
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2270
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2260
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2298
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2288
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2403
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2105
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2253
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2192
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2079
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2172
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$978
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2385
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2449
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$2031
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2451
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$910
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2147
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2320
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2702
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2346
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2145
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2110
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$3089
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2432
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2274
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$546
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2207
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1946
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$1962
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1761