Antananarivo vs Karachi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Antananarivo	Karachi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$600	$417
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$995
🏠 One person rent	$263	$174
🏘️ Family rent	$755	$312
🍽️ Food expenses	$199	$142
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.8	$60.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$145	$184
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	13	63
😀 Quality of life	39	53
🏙️ Population	1.28M	14.9M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 44% more expensive than in Karachi. Cities ranked 7665th and 8902nd ($600 vs $417) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.4 months in Karachi. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Karachi ranked 1st in Pakistan, while ranked 7272nd and 6078th 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	$3.87	$1.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$12.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.56	$4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$2.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$0.31
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$142
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$124	$93.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1149	$316
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$179
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.3	$60.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.2	$93.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57	$11
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	21.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$786	$584
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$493	$336
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.09	$12.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$3.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.04
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.79
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.13	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.39	$5.94
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$3.24
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$3.76
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$0.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.32
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.25
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$0.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.43	$4.22
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.68	$1.38
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.3	$2.03
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.88	$1.92
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.49	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$1.07
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$17.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.65	$4.05
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$10.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$2.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.1	$15.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.8	$53.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$134	$46.7
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11649	$1093

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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 Karachi

Distance	City	Cost of living
148 km or 92 mi	Hyderabad	$297
208 km or 129 mi	Nawabshah	$292
213 km or 132 mi	Mirpur Khas	$326
324 km or 201 mi	Larkana	$301
324 km or 201 mi	Bhuj	$308
366 km or 227 mi	Sukkur	$293
406 km or 252 mi	Jacobabad	$289
445 km or 277 mi	Porbandar	$358
480 km or 298 mi	Rajkot	$353
564 km or 351 mi	Mehsana	$377
593 km or 368 mi	Quetta	$313
601 km or 374 mi	Ahmedabad	$505
604 km or 375 mi	Gandhinagar	$339
626 km or 389 mi	Bhavnagar	$296
629 km or 391 mi	Jodhpur	$360
643 km or 399 mi	Pali	$336
643 km or 399 mi	Nadiad	$396
645 km or 401 mi	Chabahar	$779
675 km or 419 mi	Udaipur	$338
679 km or 422 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$242
683 km or 425 mi	Bahawalpur	$267
683 km or 425 mi	Iranshahr	$672
692 km or 430 mi	Vadodara	$399
711 km or 442 mi	Godhra	$385
719 km or 447 mi	Bikaner	$291
723 km or 449 mi	Surat	$809
736 km or 457 mi	Multan	$307
745 km or 463 mi	Navsari	$301
761 km or 473 mi	Kandahar	$513
769 km or 478 mi	Bhilwara	$338
775 km or 482 mi	Khanewal	$328
785 km or 488 mi	Ajmer	$336
792 km or 492 mi	Lashkargah	$484
796 km or 494 mi	Zahedan	$822
812 km or 504 mi	Burewala	$338
836 km or 519 mi	Ratlam	$323
845 km or 525 mi	Vasai	$315
865 km or 537 mi	Muscat	$1126
866 km or 538 mi	Sikar	$375
874 km or 543 mi	Zabol	$546