Antananarivo vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Antananarivo	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$600	$567
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$1181
🏠 One person rent	$263	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$755	$383
🍽️ Food expenses	$199	$168
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.8	$88.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$145	$175
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	13	29
😀 Quality of life	39	21
🏙️ Population	1.28M	4.27M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 6% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 7665th and 7972nd ($600 vs $567) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 7272nd and 8953rd 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	$3.87	$2.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$10.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.56	$5.27
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$4.97
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$1.75
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$0.38
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$173
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$124	$114
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1149	$295
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$182
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.3	$51.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.2	$79.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57	$99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	14.25%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$786	$424
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$493	$259
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.09	$18.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$8.36
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$0.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.25
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.13	$1.4
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.39	$3.87
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.86
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$6.19
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.79
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.55
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$0.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.43	$9.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.68	$1.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.3	$2.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.88	$2.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.49	$3.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$11.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.65	$2.21
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$13.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$2.99
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.1	$14.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.8	$41.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$134	$22.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11649	$1370

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$353
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$461
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$428
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$585
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1439
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1417
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1127
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$587
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$1165
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1144
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$718
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$829
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$770
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$784
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$776
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$852
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$992
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$327
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1014
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$326
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$363
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$332
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$332
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$993
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$970
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$645
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$367

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$449
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$347
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$455
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$437
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$352
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$307
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$445
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$335
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$311
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$449
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$238
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$389
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$632
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$331
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$446
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$330
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$629
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$638
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$278
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$287
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$513
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$364
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$344
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$281
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$337
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$303
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$289
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$277
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$393
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$313
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$307
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$260
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$240
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$328
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$298
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$337
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$268
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$484