Antananarivo vs Male - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antananarivo	Male
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$1320
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1403	$2817
🏠 One person rent	$218	$818
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$1403
🍽️ Food expenses	$190	$368
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$43.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$988
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	13	7
😀 Quality of life	42	66
🏙️ Population	1.28M	133K

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 57% less expensive than in Male. Cities ranked 8141st and 4439th ($564 vs $1320) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Madagascar and Maldives, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Maldives comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.7 months in Male. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Male ranked 1st in Maldives, while ranked 7545th and 5057th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Antananarivo	Male
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.34	$5.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$29.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$9.82
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$4.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.45	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$870
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.4	$609
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$601	$1575
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$144	$1116
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$75
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$81.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$2585
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$563	$1897
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.92	$29.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$17.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.85
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$9.08
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$6.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$8.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$4.03
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$3.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$4.35
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.22
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.93	$8.87
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$2.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$13
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$5.39
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$3.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$80.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.14	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.6	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$4.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$42.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$90.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.4	$166
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$3575

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$493
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$476
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$453
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1207
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1590
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1561
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1168
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1207
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$935
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1511
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$774
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$831
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$842
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$834
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$822
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$692
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$996
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$458
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$506
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$496
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$493
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$916
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$820
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$755
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$592

Cities near Male

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.4 km or 3.4 mi	Hulhumale	$1445
610 km or 379 mi	Thiruvananthapuram	$344
618 km or 384 mi	Varkala	$308
621 km or 386 mi	Nagercoil	$279
624 km or 388 mi	Kollam	$253
687 km or 427 mi	Tirunelveli	$270
688 km or 428 mi	Kottayam	$300
713 km or 443 mi	Kochi	$382
714 km or 444 mi	Ernakulam	$351
724 km or 450 mi	Thoothukudi	$296
761 km or 473 mi	Beruwala	$590
763 km or 474 mi	Colombo	$646
766 km or 476 mi	Thrissur	$356
771 km or 479 mi	Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte	$626
772 km or 479 mi	Galle	$512
777 km or 483 mi	Negombo	$469
788 km or 490 mi	Gampaha	$420
803 km or 499 mi	Matara	$479
814 km or 506 mi	Malappuram	$286
817 km or 507 mi	Madurai	$347
825 km or 513 mi	Kozhikode	$321
843 km or 524 mi	Dindigul	$310
849 km or 528 mi	Coimbatore	$326
862 km or 535 mi	Kandy	$440
879 km or 546 mi	Kannur	$317
892 km or 554 mi	Anuradhapura	$535
899 km or 559 mi	Tiruppur	$347
922 km or 573 mi	Erode	$286
935 km or 581 mi	Tiruchirappalli	$300
964 km or 599 mi	Thanjavur	$275
968 km or 602 mi	Mysore	$346
977 km or 607 mi	Salem	$295
979 km or 608 mi	Mangalore	$400
983 km or 611 mi	Trincomalee	$530
1027 km or 638 mi	Udupi	$283
1076 km or 669 mi	Bangalore	$524
1087 km or 675 mi	Cuddalore	$300
1093 km or 679 mi	Tumkur	$355
1106 km or 688 mi	Shimoga	$340
1108 km or 688 mi	Pondicherry	$327