Antananarivo vs Karaj - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antananarivo	Karaj
🚶 Cost of living one person	$604	$684
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1515	$1507
🏠 One person rent	$241	$396
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$629
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$32.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$245
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	13	75
😀 Quality of life	41	62
🏙️ Population	1.28M	1.59M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 12% less expensive than in Karaj. Cities ranked 7948th and 7388th ($604 vs $684) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Madagascar and Iran, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.4 months in Karaj. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Karaj ranked 2nd in Iran, while ranked 7675th and 5635th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Karaj

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	Antananarivo	Karaj
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$3.49
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$16.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$3.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$0.59
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$1.08
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$331
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$397
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$609
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$613
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$8.17
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$12.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.5	$4.52
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.75%	22.63%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$686	$1258
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$599	$541
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.95	$13.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$2.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.46
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.5
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.05
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$1.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$4.04
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$3.27
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$9.87
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.88
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$0.86
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.36	$0.74
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.51
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$2.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$4.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$4.89
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$1.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$22.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.53	$1.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$79.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.56	$6.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.1	$23
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$98.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$103
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11359	$826

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$533
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$511
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$493
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1196
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1615
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1584
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1167
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1196
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$933
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1511
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$747
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$802
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$871
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$819
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$810
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$691
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$456
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$952
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$452
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$495
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$494
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$489
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$875
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$792
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$754
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$587

Cities near Karaj

Distance	City	Cost of living
7.4 km or 4.6 mi	Mohammadshahr	$622
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Kamal Shahr	$619
10 km or 6.5 mi	Fardis	$616
13 km or 8.3 mi	Andisheh	$613
17 km or 10 mi	Qods	$614
17 km or 10 mi	Malard	$614
19 km or 12 mi	Shahriar	$611
33 km or 21 mi	Nasimshahr	$587
36 km or 22 mi	Nazarabad	$572
38 km or 24 mi	Eslamshahr	$590
38 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$577
43 km or 26 mi	Tehran	$638
46 km or 28 mi	Golestan	$584
50 km or 31 mi	Ray	$584
69 km or 43 mi	Qarchak	$570
74 km or 46 mi	Pakdasht	$570
77 km or 48 mi	Pardis	$563
79 km or 49 mi	Khak-e Ali	$533
87 km or 54 mi	Varamin	$557
100 km or 62 mi	Qazvin	$565
104 km or 65 mi	Saveh	$504
130 km or 81 mi	Qom	$448
144 km or 90 mi	Amol	$516
174 km or 108 mi	Babol	$359
177 km or 110 mi	Lahijan	$461
185 km or 115 mi	Qaem Shahr	$474
204 km or 127 mi	Rasht	$447
205 km or 128 mi	Sari	$612
208 km or 129 mi	Kashan	$487
220 km or 137 mi	Semnan	$523
225 km or 140 mi	Arak	$536
242 km or 150 mi	Zanjan	$401
249 km or 155 mi	Hamadan	$408
259 km or 161 mi	Malayer	$439
294 km or 183 mi	Borujerd	$456
311 km or 193 mi	Dorud	$469
333 km or 207 mi	Shahin Shahr	$459
334 km or 208 mi	Gorgan	$664
350 km or 218 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$466
354 km or 220 mi	Khorramabad	$484