Antananarivo vs Kuwait City - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Kuwait City
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1393
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$3599
🏠 One person rent	$182	$698
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$1494
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$207
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$2507
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	13	43
😀 Quality of life	35	75
🏙️ Population	1.28M	2.99M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 64% less expensive than in Kuwait City. Cities ranked 8589th and 3893rd ($507 vs $1393) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and Kuwait, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Kuwait comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.8 months in Kuwait City. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Kuwait City ranked 1st in Kuwait, while ranked 7515th and 1114th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Kuwait City

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	Antananarivo	Kuwait City
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$9.69
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$64.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$8.17
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$3.26
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$5.73
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$786
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$597
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$1716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1333
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$39.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$61.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$24
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	7.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$6776
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$2989
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$39.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$29.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.18
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$4.79
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$5.99
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.74
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.52
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.22
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.36
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$3.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$6.28
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$5.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$3.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$3.93
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$119
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$11.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$78.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$37.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$86.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$398
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$6378

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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 Kuwait City

Distance	City	Cost of living
73 km or 46 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
82 km or 51 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
82 km or 51 mi	Al-Faw	$736
112 km or 69 mi	Abadan	$547
116 km or 72 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
119 km or 74 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
125 km or 78 mi	Basra	$904
176 km or 110 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
226 km or 141 mi	Ahvaz	$597
250 km or 155 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
257 km or 159 mi	Behbahan	$536
281 km or 174 mi	Bushehr	$551
285 km or 177 mi	Amarah	$683
308 km or 192 mi	Shushtar	$562
311 km or 193 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
312 km or 194 mi	Jubail	$901
314 km or 195 mi	Borazjan	$546
328 km or 204 mi	Izeh	$525
337 km or 209 mi	Samawah	$582
337 km or 209 mi	Qatif	$897
337 km or 210 mi	Dezful	$583
344 km or 214 mi	Andimeshk	$577
356 km or 221 mi	Kazerun	$557
375 km or 233 mi	Yasuj	$529
388 km or 241 mi	Dammam	$1056
405 km or 252 mi	Kut	$626
406 km or 252 mi	Dhahran	$1068
412 km or 256 mi	Al Diwaniyah	$467
428 km or 266 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
435 km or 270 mi	Manama	$1280
436 km or 271 mi	Isa Town	$1243
441 km or 274 mi	Riffa	$1223
442 km or 275 mi	Shiraz	$589
452 km or 281 mi	Kufa	$570
456 km or 284 mi	Najaf	$587
456 km or 284 mi	Khorramabad	$554
468 km or 291 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
469 km or 292 mi	Marvdasht	$563
470 km or 292 mi	Dorud	$513
473 km or 294 mi	Shahreza	$502