Antananarivo vs Manama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antananarivo	Manama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$604	$1340
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1515	$3091
🏠 One person rent	$241	$765
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$1313
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$372
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$102
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$2321
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	13	45
😀 Quality of life	41	76
🏙️ Population	1.28M	298K

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 55% less expensive than in Manama. Cities ranked 7948th and 4453rd ($604 vs $1340) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and Bahrain, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Bahrain comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.7 months in Manama. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Manama ranked 1st in Bahrain, while ranked 7675th and 1297th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Manama

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	Antananarivo	Manama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$6.61
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$52.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$7.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$6.74
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$4.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.87
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$904
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$568
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$1636
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$1009
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$94.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$143
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.5	$35.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.75%	6.26%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$686	$2618
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$599	$1965
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.69
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.95	$37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$33.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.5
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$2.22
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$8.65
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$6.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$8.69
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.31
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.38
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.54
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.36	$18.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$3.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$5.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$5.42
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$6.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$2.8
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$63.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.53	$10.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$39.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.56	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.1	$51.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$88.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$403
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11359	$10985

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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 Manama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.9 km or 3.7 mi	Isa Town	$1218
10 km or 6.2 mi	Riffa	$1062
44 km or 27 mi	Dhahran	$965
54 km or 33 mi	Dammam	$1059
98 km or 61 mi	Qatif	$778
110 km or 68 mi	Al Khor	$2015
126 km or 78 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
126 km or 78 mi	Jubail	$917
139 km or 87 mi	Doha	$2100
307 km or 191 mi	Bushehr	$454
345 km or 214 mi	Borazjan	$457
376 km or 233 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
388 km or 241 mi	Jahrom	$494
392 km or 244 mi	Kazerun	$471
421 km or 262 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
424 km or 263 mi	Shiraz	$505
426 km or 265 mi	Riyadh	$1628
427 km or 265 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
428 km or 266 mi	Fasa	$497
435 km or 270 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
461 km or 287 mi	Marvdasht	$485
467 km or 290 mi	Al-Faw	$703
485 km or 301 mi	Dubai	$2470
488 km or 303 mi	Behbahan	$469
491 km or 305 mi	Sharjah	$1543
498 km or 309 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
498 km or 310 mi	Ajman	$2356
501 km or 312 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
503 km or 312 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1170
504 km or 313 mi	Yasuj	$459
510 km or 317 mi	Abadan	$522
524 km or 326 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
543 km or 337 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
547 km or 340 mi	Basra	$861
555 km or 345 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1355
565 km or 351 mi	Al Ain	$1455
573 km or 356 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
589 km or 366 mi	Fujairah	$1173
597 km or 371 mi	Ahvaz	$548
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$521