Antananarivo vs Mogadishu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Antananarivo	Mogadishu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$600	$819
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$2860
🏠 One person rent	$263	$276
🏘️ Family rent	$755	$1255
🍽️ Food expenses	$199	$265
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.8	$67.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$145	$394
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	13	26
😀 Quality of life	39	16
🏙️ Population	1.28M	2.12M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 27% less expensive than in Mogadishu. Cities ranked 7665th and 6317th ($600 vs $819) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 0.5 months in Mogadishu. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Mogadishu ranked 1st in Somalia, while ranked 7272nd and 9088th 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	$3.87	$2.98
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$50.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.56	$3.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$7
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$1.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$0.62
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$179
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$124	$75
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1149	$1690
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$836
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.3	$128
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.2	$196
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57	$51.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	7.72%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$786	$6395
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$493	$823
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.5
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.09	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$5.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.03
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$1.63
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$1.17
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.07
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.13	$2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.39	$5.73
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$4.06
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$5.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$3.1
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$0.83
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.98
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.43	$25.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.68	$1.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.3	$1.71
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.88	$3.26
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.49	$2.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$1.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$31.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.65	$26.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$174
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$52
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.1	$17.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.8	$25.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$134	$64.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11649	$1047

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$353
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$461
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$428
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$585
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1439
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1417
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1127
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$587
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$1165
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1144
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$718
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$829
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$770
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$784
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$776
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$852
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$992
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$327
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1014
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$326
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$363
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$332
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$332
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$993
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$970
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$645
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$367

Cities near Mogadishu

Distance	City	Cost of living
223 km or 138 mi	Baidoa	$805
824 km or 512 mi	Malindi	$452
849 km or 527 mi	Hargeisa	$815
860 km or 534 mi	Jijiga	$702
883 km or 549 mi	Harar	$676
883 km or 549 mi	Meru	$486
909 km or 565 mi	Borama	$602
923 km or 573 mi	Dire Dawa	$705
925 km or 575 mi	Mombasa	$493
944 km or 586 mi	Awasa	$840
980 km or 609 mi	Thika	$530
981 km or 610 mi	Machakos	$524
1017 km or 632 mi	Nairobi	$646
1051 km or 653 mi	Tanga	$622
1054 km or 655 mi	Ali Sabieh	$524
1060 km or 659 mi	Dikhil	$524
1063 km or 661 mi	Nakuru	$439
1066 km or 663 mi	Addis Ababa	$923
1072 km or 666 mi	Moshi	$536
1090 km or 677 mi	Djibouti City	$551
1127 km or 700 mi	Obock	$522
1131 km or 703 mi	Eldoret	$405
1131 km or 703 mi	Jimma	$871
1135 km or 705 mi	Arusha	$571
1139 km or 708 mi	Stone Town	$706
1139 km or 708 mi	Zanzibar	$762
1191 km or 740 mi	Dar es Salaam	$720
1191 km or 740 mi	Dessie	$820
1197 km or 744 mi	Aden	$486
1201 km or 747 mi	Kisumu	$441
1222 km or 759 mi	Mumias	$424
1246 km or 774 mi	Mbale	$557
1250 km or 777 mi	Tororo	$557
1291 km or 802 mi	Taiz	$490
1303 km or 810 mi	Morogoro	$600
1332 km or 828 mi	Ibb	$481
1346 km or 836 mi	Victoria	$1608
1361 km or 846 mi	Jinja	$542
1370 km or 851 mi	Zabid	$466
1377 km or 855 mi	Bahir Dar	$883