Antananarivo vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antananarivo	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$430
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1403	$1029
🏠 One person rent	$218	$168
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$274
🍽️ Food expenses	$190	$146
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$71.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$132
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	13	63
😀 Quality of life	42	54
🏙️ Population	1.28M	14.9M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 31% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 8141st and 8915th ($564 vs $430) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Madagascar and Pakistan, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Pakistan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.3 months in Karachi. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 7545th and 6371st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Karachi

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	Antananarivo	Karachi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.34	$1.75
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$12.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$4.41
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$1.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.45	$2.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.39
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$115
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.4	$71.8
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$601	$204
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$144	$133
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$75.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$12.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	16.46%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$563	$371
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.92	$8.76
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$6.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$0.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$1.13
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$6.72
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$5.37
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.95
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.27
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.93	$1.24
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.27
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$1.76
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$3.17
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$0.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$15.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.14	$4.27
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.6	$11.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$1.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$18.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$63.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.4	$67.6
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$1491

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$382
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$324
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$395
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$336
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$290
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$340
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$322
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$330
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$324
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$382
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$291
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$442
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$407
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$291
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$322
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$305
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$375
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$573
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$315
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$254
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$301
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$624
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$374
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$366
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$290
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$705
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$403
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$278
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$436
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$328
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$362
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$274
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$439
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$808
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$347
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$303
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$267
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1081
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$335
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$558