Antananarivo vs Jerusalem - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antananarivo	Jerusalem
🚶 Cost of living one person	$604	$2663
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1515	$6195
🏠 One person rent	$241	$1533
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$2486
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$764
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$160
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$4127
😷 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 7948th and 638th ($604 vs $2663) 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 1.5 months in Jerusalem. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Jerusalem ranked 1st in Israel, while ranked 7675th and 407th 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	$3.19	$24.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$103
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$20.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$8.62
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$3.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$1756
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$1199
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$3183
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$1910
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$183
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$281
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.5	$40.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.75%	4.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$686	$18641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$599	$9368
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.95	$72.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$14.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$2.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$2.52
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$3.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$3.56
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$4.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$17.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$15.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$27.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$4.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.89
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.78
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$1.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$3.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.36	$16.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$3.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$14.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$4.64
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$2.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$3.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$72.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.53	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$112
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.56	$18.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.1	$125
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$160
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$1277
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11359	$30598

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$533
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$511
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$493
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1196
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1615
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1584
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1167
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1196
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$933
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1511
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$747
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$802
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$871
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$819
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$810
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$691
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$456
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$952
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$452
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$495
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$494
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$489
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$875
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$792
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$754
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$587

Cities near Jerusalem

Distance	City	Cost of living
8.8 km or 5.5 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
13 km or 7.9 mi	Ramallah	$1205
22 km or 14 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
28 km or 17 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
30 km or 19 mi	Hebron	$977
35 km or 22 mi	Lod	$2336
36 km or 22 mi	Dura	$1149
36 km or 22 mi	Ariel	$1994
36 km or 23 mi	Ramla	$2465
40 km or 25 mi	Rehovot	$2201
42 km or 26 mi	Rosh HaAyin	$2470
42 km or 26 mi	Yehud	$2466
43 km or 27 mi	Ness Ziona	$2487
43 km or 27 mi	Kafr Qasim	$2463
43 km or 27 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2587
44 km or 28 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
46 km or 28 mi	Petah Tikva	$2500
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Ono	$2359
46 km or 29 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
47 km or 29 mi	Yavne	$2354
48 km or 30 mi	Nablus	$1070
49 km or 30 mi	Bnei Brak	$2565
50 km or 31 mi	Givatayim	$2541
50 km or 31 mi	Holon	$2283
50 km or 31 mi	Ramat Gan	$2555
51 km or 32 mi	Qalqilya	$1020
51 km or 32 mi	Bat Yam	$2288
51 km or 32 mi	Hod HaSharon	$2400
52 km or 32 mi	Tel Aviv	$2966
53 km or 33 mi	Kfar Saba	$2422
54 km or 33 mi	Ashdod	$2305
54 km or 33 mi	Ramat HaSharon	$2328
54 km or 34 mi	Herzliya	$2873
55 km or 34 mi	Ra'anana	$2430
56 km or 35 mi	Tira	$2379
56 km or 35 mi	Al-Salt	$538
57 km or 36 mi	Tayibe	$2347
58 km or 36 mi	Arad	$1933
62 km or 38 mi	Rahat	$2060
63 km or 39 mi	Ashkelon	$1845