Antananarivo vs Moroni - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antananarivo	Moroni
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$1207
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1403	$2774
🏠 One person rent	$218	$734
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$1254
🍽️ Food expenses	$190	$356
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$31.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$159
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	13	1
😀 Quality of life	42	14
🏙️ Population	1.28M	74.7K

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 53% less expensive than in Moroni. Cities ranked 8141st and 4688th ($564 vs $1207) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and Comoros, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Comoros comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.1 months in Moroni. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Moroni ranked 1st in Comoros, while ranked 7545th and 9206th among best cities to live in the world.

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	Antananarivo	Moroni
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.34	$6.36
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$19.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$8.29
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$1.09
☕ Cappuccino	$1.45	$1.81
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$673
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.4	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$601	$1238
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$144	$1027
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$71.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$109
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$75.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$1624
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$563	$1381
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.92	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$8.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$4.48
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.75
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$5.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$8.06
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$4.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$12.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$5.2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.64
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$4.28
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$4.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3.18
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$1.17
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.93	$17.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.98
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$3.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$2.91
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$1.25
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$35.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.14	$6.76
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.6	$17.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$3.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$62.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.4	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$14597

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$493
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$476
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$453
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1207
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1590
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1561
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1168
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1207
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$935
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1511
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$774
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$831
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$842
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$834
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$822
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$692
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$996
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$458
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$506
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$496
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$493
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$916
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$820
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$755
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$592

Cities near Moroni

Distance	City	Cost of living
152 km or 94 mi	Domoni	$1207
246 km or 153 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
326 km or 202 mi	Pemba	$1511
414 km or 258 mi	Nacala	$1168
574 km or 357 mi	Nampula	$935
698 km or 434 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
760 km or 472 mi	Zanzibar	$609
760 km or 472 mi	Stone Town	$567
819 km or 509 mi	Morogoro	$421
868 km or 539 mi	Tanga	$552
918 km or 571 mi	Mangochi	$496
925 km or 575 mi	Antananarivo	$564
938 km or 583 mi	Mombasa	$596
941 km or 585 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
949 km or 590 mi	Zomba	$458
965 km or 600 mi	Mulanje	$461
969 km or 602 mi	Quelimane	$692
974 km or 605 mi	Toamasina	$476
992 km or 617 mi	Ntcheu	$493
994 km or 617 mi	Antsirabe	$493
1000 km or 621 mi	Blantyre	$506
1005 km or 624 mi	Malindi	$548
1005 km or 624 mi	Mzuzu	$527
1023 km or 636 mi	Dodoma	$526
1052 km or 653 mi	Mzimba	$565
1057 km or 657 mi	Lilongwe	$592
1117 km or 694 mi	Mbeya	$495
1136 km or 706 mi	Moshi	$533
1154 km or 717 mi	Tete	$820
1176 km or 731 mi	Arusha	$612
1274 km or 792 mi	Beira	$996
1296 km or 805 mi	Toliara	$453
1311 km or 815 mi	Machakos	$420
1328 km or 825 mi	Kasama	$888
1335 km or 829 mi	Chimoio	$916
1359 km or 844 mi	Nairobi	$811
1366 km or 849 mi	Thika	$460
1393 km or 865 mi	Mutare	$755
1446 km or 899 mi	Meru	$549
1448 km or 900 mi	Marondera	$779