Antananarivo vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antananarivo	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$604	$504
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1515	$1114
🏠 One person rent	$241	$211
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$298
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$177
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$78.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	13	33
😀 Quality of life	41	26
🏙️ Population	1.28M	5.33M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 20% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 7948th and 8650th ($604 vs $504) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Madagascar and Afghanistan, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Afghanistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.3 months in Kabul. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Kabul ranked 1st in Afghanistan, while ranked 7675th and 8929th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Kabul

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	Antananarivo	Kabul
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$8.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$5.85
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$3.24
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$1.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$126
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$83.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$223
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$145
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$31.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$49.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.5	$88.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.75%	12.73%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$686	$664
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$599	$346
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.16
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.95	$14.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$6.58
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$1.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$5.34
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$4.61
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.71
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.59
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.26
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.36	$2.37
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$3.49
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$4.19
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$1.2
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$1.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$13.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.53	$2.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$14.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.56	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.1	$17.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$45.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$20.9
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11359	$1302

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$456
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$381
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$447
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$438
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$447
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$321
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$394
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$468
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$373
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$373
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$493
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$371
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$496
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$734
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$446
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$470
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$391
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$737
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$773
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$280
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$350
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$473
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$306
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$393
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$253
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$379
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$382
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$359
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$335
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$278
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$344
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$303
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$440
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$339
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$309
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$401
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$313
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$396
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$332
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$469