Antananarivo vs Medan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Medan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$481
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$1335
🏠 One person rent	$182	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$394
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$35.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$262
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	13	53
😀 Quality of life	35	44
🏙️ Population	1.28M	2.11M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 5% more expensive than in Medan. Cities ranked 8589th and 8745th ($507 vs $481) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 47th in Madagascar and Indonesia, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Indonesia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.5 months in Medan. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Medan ranked 14th in Indonesia, while ranked 7515th and 6633rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Medan

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	Antananarivo	Medan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$1.97
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$12.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$3.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.39
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$2.24
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$107
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$469
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$265
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$40.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$62.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	9.24%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$1337
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$8.02
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$2.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.79
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.14
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.98
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.55
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$8.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.56
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$6.98
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$0.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.75
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.31
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.68
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$2.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$2.01
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$2.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$0.83
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$0.77
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$23
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$3.48
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$15.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$2.73
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$55.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$124
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$10763

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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 Medan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Binjai	$470
67 km or 41 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
90 km or 56 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
119 km or 74 mi	Langsa	$461
148 km or 92 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
238 km or 148 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
264 km or 164 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
264 km or 164 mi	Taiping	$695
264 km or 164 mi	Padangsidempuan	$582
268 km or 166 mi	George Town	$620
269 km or 167 mi	Butterworth	$619
286 km or 178 mi	Ipoh	$628
298 km or 185 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
307 km or 191 mi	Gunungsitoli	$571
317 km or 197 mi	Klang	$670
322 km or 200 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
324 km or 201 mi	Langkawi	$560
325 km or 202 mi	Shah Alam	$645
331 km or 206 mi	Alor Setar	$490
332 km or 206 mi	Subang Jaya	$714
332 km or 206 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
341 km or 212 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810
342 km or 212 mi	Cyberjaya	$585
345 km or 215 mi	Putrajaya	$532
352 km or 219 mi	Kangar	$536
378 km or 235 mi	Seremban	$604
381 km or 237 mi	Dumai	$543
422 km or 262 mi	Hat Yai	$570
426 km or 265 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
431 km or 268 mi	Malacca	$669
445 km or 277 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
466 km or 289 mi	Pekanbaru	$542
468 km or 291 mi	Muar	$682
470 km or 292 mi	Phuket	$940
483 km or 300 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
487 km or 303 mi	Ao Nang	$792
489 km or 304 mi	Krabi	$782
515 km or 320 mi	Batu Pahat	$703
518 km or 322 mi	Kuantan	$529
529 km or 329 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501