Antananarivo vs Kabul - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antananarivo	Kabul
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$473
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1051
🏠 One person rent	$217	$200
🏘️ Family rent	$341	$280
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$163
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.8	$75.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$110	$120
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	13	33
😀 Quality of life	41	25
🏙️ Population	1.28M	5.33M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 19% more expensive than in Kabul. Cities ranked 8275th and 8823rd ($564 vs $473) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd 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 7753rd and 8992nd 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	$3.36	$2.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$9.56
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.59	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$2.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.52	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$108
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$89.7	$72.2
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$196
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$163	$127
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.6	$35
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.4	$53.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$85.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.44%	12.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$699	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$586	$300
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.08	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$6.53
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.92
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.25
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$4.77
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$4.05
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$6.32
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.04	$2.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$2.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.96	$3.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.16
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$1.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$11.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$2.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$15.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$3.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.3	$15.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$39.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.6	$20.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9859	$1540

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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 Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$433
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$368
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$425
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$423
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$429
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$323
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$379
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$454
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$370
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$369
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$488
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$360
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$464
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$704
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$427
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$457
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$381
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$702
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$735
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$279
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$338
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$463
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$302
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$378
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$264
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$367
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$371
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$348
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$257
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$353
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$298
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$417
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$318
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$308
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$382
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$308
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$379
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$326
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$467