Antananarivo vs Lubumbashi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Lubumbashi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1050
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$3163
🏠 One person rent	$182	$489
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$1593
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$329
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$158
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$1100
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	13	14
😀 Quality of life	35	17
🏙️ Population	1.28M	1.79M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 52% less expensive than in Lubumbashi. Cities ranked 8589th and 5160th ($507 vs $1050) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd 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 1 months in Lubumbashi. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Lubumbashi ranked 2nd in the DR Congo, while ranked 7515th and 8961st among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Antananarivo vs Lubumbashi infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/antananarivo/lubumbashi.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Antananarivo vs Lubumbashi infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/antananarivo/lubumbashi" target="_blank">Antananarivo vs Lubumbashi - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Antananarivo vs Lubumbashi

Prices for goods and services in Antananarivo and Lubumbashi are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Antananarivo	Lubumbashi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$11.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$38.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.31
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$3.34
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$1.23
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$694
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$2119
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1165
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$130
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$199
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$38.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	12.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$6963
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$495
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$1
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$62.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$15.7
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.24
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.64
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.92
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$8.95
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$5.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.72
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.01
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$1.01
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$9.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.11
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$3.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$2.52
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$1.59
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$0.79
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$69.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$8.08
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$3.53
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$63.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$101
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$5003

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

$349

$907

$6.64K

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 Lubumbashi

Distance	City	Cost of living
107 km or 67 mi	Chingola	$875
110 km or 68 mi	Likasi	$961
131 km or 82 mi	Mufulira	$1018
152 km or 94 mi	Kitwe	$917
165 km or 102 mi	Mansa	$776
193 km or 120 mi	Ndola	$541
242 km or 150 mi	Kolwezi	$975
289 km or 180 mi	Kapiri Mposhi	$687
426 km or 265 mi	Lusaka	$738
437 km or 272 mi	Kasama	$748
575 km or 357 mi	Choma	$700
668 km or 415 mi	Kalemie	$747
668 km or 415 mi	Gandajika	$828
668 km or 415 mi	Mzimba	$566
680 km or 423 mi	Mwene-Ditu	$843
697 km or 433 mi	Chinhoyi	$646
708 km or 440 mi	Livingstone	$688
717 km or 445 mi	Mzuzu	$525
724 km or 450 mi	Mbeya	$461
732 km or 455 mi	Lilongwe	$587
749 km or 465 mi	Mbuji-Mayi	$1011
786 km or 489 mi	Harare	$992
788 km or 490 mi	Kadoma	$723
802 km or 498 mi	Chitungwiza	$873
822 km or 510 mi	Luena	$634
829 km or 515 mi	Tete	$825
845 km or 525 mi	Kananga	$976
847 km or 526 mi	Marondera	$794
850 km or 528 mi	Kwekwe	$730
851 km or 529 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
856 km or 532 mi	Ntcheu	$492
877 km or 545 mi	Makamba	$647
901 km or 560 mi	Mangochi	$493
902 km or 561 mi	Gweru	$597
906 km or 563 mi	Rutana	$648
935 km or 581 mi	Blantyre	$507
936 km or 581 mi	Tshikapa	$934
937 km or 583 mi	Uvira	$803
945 km or 587 mi	Bujumbura	$719
946 km or 588 mi	Zomba	$457