Antananarivo vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antananarivo	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$724
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1682
🏠 One person rent	$217	$264
🏘️ Family rent	$341	$397
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.8	$70.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$110	$94.6
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	13	27
😀 Quality of life	41	19
🏙️ Population	1.28M	2.12M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 22% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 8275th and 7125th ($564 vs $724) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Madagascar and Somalia, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Somalia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.1 months in Mogadishu. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Mogadishu ranked 2nd in Somalia, while ranked 7753rd and 9150th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Mogadishu

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	Antananarivo	Mogadishu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.36	$3.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$52.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.59	$4.52
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$4.02
☕ Cappuccino	$1.52	$1.51
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$143
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$89.7	$79.5
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$262
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$163	$145
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.6	$105
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.4	$162
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$67.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.44%	8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$699	$4814
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$586	$7574
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.08	$22.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$5.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.43
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.62
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.79
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$4.53
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$3.77
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.77
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.29
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.73
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$1.09
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.04	$3.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$1.21
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.96	$3.19
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$2.84
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$1.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$25.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$15.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$52.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.3	$17.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$26.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.6	$50.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9859	$571

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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 Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$743
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$553
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$712
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$1152
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$1153
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$542
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$509
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$1156
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$604
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$996
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$455
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$419
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$797
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$544
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$570
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$572
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$508
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$1269
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$523
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$601
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$571
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$520
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$775
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$602
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$551
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$1022
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$526
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$533
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$505
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$651
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$624
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$514
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$408
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$504
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1646
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$593
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$491
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$863