Antananarivo vs Maputo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Maputo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1068
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$2602
🏠 One person rent	$182	$531
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$1006
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$319
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$131
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$373
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	1 km
🎓 Higher education	13	29
😀 Quality of life	35	41
🏙️ Population	1.28M	1.13M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 53% less expensive than in Maputo. Cities ranked 8589th and 5045th ($507 vs $1068) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Madagascar and Mozambique, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Mozambique comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.3 months in Maputo. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Maputo ranked 1st in Mozambique, while ranked 7515th and 6875th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Maputo

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	Antananarivo	Maputo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$9.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$47.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$8.61
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.14
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$592
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$308
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$1399
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$661
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$56
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$86.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$111
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	24.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$3504
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$2016
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$13.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.34
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.13
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.61
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.39
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$15.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$5.46
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$6.58
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.9
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$0.96
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.95
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$2.83
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$4.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$3.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$7.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$36.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$7.24
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$43.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$80.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$5643

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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 Maputo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.7 mi	Matola	$964
136 km or 85 mi	Manzini	$442
144 km or 90 mi	Xai-Xai	$1003
148 km or 92 mi	Mbabane	$562
272 km or 169 mi	Vryheid	$763
310 km or 193 mi	Middelburg	$795
318 km or 197 mi	Bethal	$784
415 km or 258 mi	Springs	$678
426 km or 265 mi	Benoni	$785
439 km or 273 mi	Centurion	$807
440 km or 273 mi	Pretoria	$906
453 km or 281 mi	Sandton	$953
454 km or 282 mi	Johannesburg	$993
457 km or 284 mi	Randburg	$837
460 km or 286 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$640
464 km or 288 mi	Durban	$809
471 km or 292 mi	Vereeniging	$672
472 km or 293 mi	Soweto	$923
480 km or 299 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$773
483 km or 300 mi	Brits	$820
534 km or 332 mi	Butha-Buthe	$535
536 km or 333 mi	Rustenburg	$889
553 km or 343 mi	Potchefstroom	$695
564 km or 351 mi	Kroonstad	$768
598 km or 371 mi	Teyateyaneng	$500
598 km or 372 mi	Klerksdorp	$722
624 km or 388 mi	Welkom	$748
628 km or 390 mi	Maseru	$621
661 km or 411 mi	Mahalapye	$631
667 km or 414 mi	Palapye	$540
674 km or 419 mi	Masvingo	$854
680 km or 422 mi	Mafeteng	$567
685 km or 425 mi	Gaborone	$691
695 km or 432 mi	Mmabatho	$780
697 km or 433 mi	Lobatse	$665
712 km or 443 mi	Serowe	$583
715 km or 444 mi	Beira	$1003
720 km or 447 mi	Bloemfontein	$657
730 km or 453 mi	Mthatha	$852
732 km or 455 mi	Molepolole	$628