Antananarivo vs Lucknow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antananarivo	Lucknow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$340
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$826
🏠 One person rent	$217	$115
🏘️ Family rent	$341	$195
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$139
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.8	$47.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$110	$362
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	13	63
😀 Quality of life	41	61
🏙️ Population	1.28M	3.38M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 66% more expensive than in Lucknow. Cities ranked 8275th and 9109th ($564 vs $340) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 80th in Madagascar and India, respectively. Check Madagascar vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.1 months in Lucknow. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Lucknow ranked 18th in India, while ranked 7753rd and 5852nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Lucknow

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	Antananarivo	Lucknow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.36	$1.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$11
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.59	$3.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.67
☕ Cappuccino	$1.52	$1.68
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.37
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$89.7	$67.9
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$218
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$163	$126
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.6	$29.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.4	$43.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$7.57
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.44%	8.44%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$699	$1222
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$586	$593
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.44
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.08	$6.57
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$3.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.72
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.63
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$3.92
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$2.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$6.21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.22
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$0.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.04	$8.08
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$3.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.96	$1.86
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$2.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$0.97
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$15.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$3.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$12
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$2.51
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.3	$22.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$41.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.6	$39.3
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9859	$982

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$496
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$481
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$460
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1237
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1624
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1600
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1181
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1233
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$935
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1521
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$749
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$812
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$819
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$815
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$807
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$692
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1000
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$458
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$505
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$496
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$495
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$521
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$924
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$828
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$764
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$591

Cities near Lucknow

Distance	City	Cost of living
74 km or 46 mi	Kanpur	$314
180 km or 112 mi	Allahabad	$300
207 km or 129 mi	Dhangadhi	$363
213 km or 132 mi	Jaunpur	$276
226 km or 141 mi	Bareilly	$287
238 km or 148 mi	Bheemdatta	$347
243 km or 151 mi	Gorakhpur	$295
249 km or 155 mi	Mirzapur	$273
267 km or 166 mi	Varanasi	$267
283 km or 176 mi	Gwalior	$330
284 km or 176 mi	Jhansi	$331
292 km or 182 mi	Agra	$375
299 km or 186 mi	Satna	$321
305 km or 189 mi	Sambhal	$296
306 km or 190 mi	Aligarh	$299
311 km or 193 mi	Moradabad	$283
331 km or 205 mi	Mathura	$289
336 km or 209 mi	Pokhara	$395
389 km or 242 mi	Birgunj	$319
398 km or 247 mi	Meerut	$337
399 km or 248 mi	Faridabad	$362
402 km or 250 mi	Ghaziabad	$382
405 km or 252 mi	Noida	$423
409 km or 254 mi	Hetauda	$285
419 km or 260 mi	Delhi	$507
422 km or 262 mi	Jabalpur	$301
425 km or 264 mi	Gurgaon	$519
436 km or 271 mi	Alwar	$256
440 km or 274 mi	Patna	$308
443 km or 276 mi	Lalitpur	$340
445 km or 276 mi	Rishikesh	$374
447 km or 278 mi	Kathmandu	$412
454 km or 282 mi	Sonipat	$263
456 km or 284 mi	Muzaffarpur	$281
469 km or 292 mi	Gaya	$282
480 km or 298 mi	Dehradun	$383
480 km or 298 mi	Saharanpur	$285
486 km or 302 mi	Vidisha	$329
487 km or 303 mi	Rohtak	$250
494 km or 307 mi	Janakpur	$284