Antananarivo vs Kananga - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Kananga
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$976
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$2536
🏠 One person rent	$182	$413
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$990
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$302
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$194
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$816
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	13	5
😀 Quality of life	35	14
🏙️ Population	1.28M	1.97M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 48% less expensive than in Kananga. Cities ranked 8589th and 5651st ($507 vs $976) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Madagascar and the DR Congo, respectively. Check Madagascar vs the DR Congo comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.8 months in Kananga. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Kananga ranked 5th in the DR Congo, while ranked 7515th and 9075th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Kananga

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	Antananarivo	Kananga
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$7.29
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.65
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$4.18
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$1.22
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$505
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$198
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$1226
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$648
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$131
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$202
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$23.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	12.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$4060
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$511
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.62
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$95.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.09
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.65
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.61
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$5.49
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$4.09
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$8.14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.61
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.94
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$8.84
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$4.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$2.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$1.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$7.96
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$30.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$3.55
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$24.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$56.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$88.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$3312

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$352
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$447
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$389
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1100
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1400
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1371
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1150
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1105
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$872
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1506
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$745
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$812
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$712
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$808
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$796
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$675
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1003
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$457
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$507
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$493
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$492
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$947
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$825
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$752
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$587

Cities near Kananga

Distance	City	Cost of living
129 km or 80 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1011
165 km or 103 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$843
191 km or 119 mi	Tshikapa	$934
193 km or 120 mi	Gandajika	$828
413 km or 257 mi	Kikwit	$876
505 km or 314 mi	Kindu	$746
630 km or 392 mi	Kolwezi	$975
711 km or 442 mi	Luena	$634
736 km or 457 mi	Likasi	$961
746 km or 464 mi	Kalemie	$747
775 km or 482 mi	Kisangani	$910
791 km or 492 mi	Uvira	$803
804 km or 499 mi	Bukavu	$759
809 km or 502 mi	Mbandaka	$850
809 km or 503 mi	Kinshasa	$1120
809 km or 503 mi	Cyangugu	$496
814 km or 506 mi	Brazzaville	$580
815 km or 507 mi	Bujumbura	$719
832 km or 517 mi	Bubanza	$648
838 km or 520 mi	Makamba	$647
842 km or 523 mi	Mbanza-Ngungu	$812
845 km or 525 mi	Lubumbashi	$1050
865 km or 538 mi	Rutana	$648
869 km or 540 mi	Kinkala	$520
873 km or 543 mi	Gitega	$651
876 km or 544 mi	Kibuye	$479
882 km or 548 mi	Ngozi	$648
888 km or 551 mi	Gisenyi	$381
889 km or 552 mi	Butare	$413
899 km or 559 mi	Bumba	$806
901 km or 560 mi	Nyanza	$518
906 km or 563 mi	Ruyigi	$648
920 km or 571 mi	Mansa	$776
936 km or 582 mi	Ruhengeri	$492
937 km or 582 mi	Muyinga	$650
949 km or 590 mi	Chingola	$875
951 km or 591 mi	Kigali	$771
960 km or 597 mi	Gamboma	$522
972 km or 604 mi	Byumba	$613
977 km or 607 mi	Mufulira	$1018