Antananarivo vs Johannesburg - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antananarivo	Johannesburg
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$1082
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1403	$2560
🏠 One person rent	$218	$485
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$833
🍽️ Food expenses	$190	$306
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$206
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$1614
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	13	74
😀 Quality of life	42	62
🏙️ Population	1.28M	4.43M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 48% less expensive than in Johannesburg. Cities ranked 8141st and 5031st ($564 vs $1082) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Madagascar and South Africa, respectively. Check Madagascar vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.5 months in Johannesburg. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Johannesburg ranked 1st in South Africa, while ranked 7545th and 5648th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Johannesburg

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	Antananarivo	Johannesburg
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.34	$10.1
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$38.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$5.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$2.51
☕ Cappuccino	$1.45	$2.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$1.08
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$462
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.4	$342
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$601	$824
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$144	$632
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$78.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$122
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$40.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	11.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$1106
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$563	$741
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$2.21
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.92	$77.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$11.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.32
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.28
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.44
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$2.6
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$10.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$5.34
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$7.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.77
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.6
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.93	$6.13
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.46
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$3.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$5.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$4.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.98
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$1.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$33.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.14	$7.33
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.6	$29.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$6.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$52.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$93.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.4	$227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$5503

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$493
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$476
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$453
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1207
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1590
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1561
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1168
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1207
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$935
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1511
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$774
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$831
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$842
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$834
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$822
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$692
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$996
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$458
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$506
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$496
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$493
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$916
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$820
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$755
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$592

Cities near Johannesburg

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Sandton	$984
13 km or 8 mi	Randburg	$890
19 km or 12 mi	Soweto	$984
28 km or 17 mi	Benoni	$826
40 km or 25 mi	Springs	$740
41 km or 25 mi	Centurion	$892
53 km or 33 mi	Pretoria	$975
53 km or 33 mi	Vereeniging	$706
59 km or 36 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$799
71 km or 44 mi	Brits	$875
101 km or 62 mi	Rustenburg	$940
109 km or 68 mi	Potchefstroom	$731
143 km or 89 mi	Bethal	$838
152 km or 94 mi	Middelburg	$830
155 km or 97 mi	Klerksdorp	$762
179 km or 111 mi	Kroonstad	$808
237 km or 147 mi	Welkom	$762
244 km or 152 mi	Mmabatho	$833
262 km or 163 mi	Lobatse	$637
275 km or 171 mi	Gaborone	$668
287 km or 179 mi	Butha-Buthe	$570
302 km or 188 mi	Kanye	$637
311 km or 193 mi	Mbabane	$599
323 km or 201 mi	Vryheid	$827
325 km or 202 mi	Molepolole	$607
329 km or 204 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
333 km or 207 mi	Manzini	$469
350 km or 217 mi	Maseru	$650
366 km or 228 mi	Mahalapye	$577
369 km or 229 mi	Bloemfontein	$698
409 km or 254 mi	Mafeteng	$598
417 km or 259 mi	Palapye	$514
429 km or 267 mi	Kimberley	$861
442 km or 275 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$705
443 km or 275 mi	Matola	$908
446 km or 277 mi	Serowe	$536
454 km or 282 mi	Maputo	$915
501 km or 311 mi	Durban	$892
562 km or 349 mi	Francistown	$587
577 km or 358 mi	Xai-Xai	$915