Antananarivo vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Antananarivo	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$519	$1075
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1528	$2731
🏠 One person rent	$205	$612
🏘️ Family rent	$516	$1215
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$272
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.3	$92.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$131	$1262
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	13	96
😀 Quality of life	36	74
🏙️ Population	1.28M	13M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 52% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8538th and 5091st ($519 vs $1075) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and Russia, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Russia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.2 months in Moscow. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 7340th and 1280th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Moscow

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	Antananarivo	Moscow
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.31	$8.34
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$37.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.36	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$1.07	$2.62
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.18	$1.17
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$842
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.4	$456
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$1827
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$375	$918
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$70
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.4	$8.71
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	17.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$785	$6312
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$490	$3303
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.99	$28
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.2	$6.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$0.59
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.65	$9.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$4.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$9.48
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.52
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$3.2
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.52
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$0.48
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$1.76
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.38	$7.75
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.67	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.31	$2.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$2.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.62	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$1.74
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$30.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.62	$5.07
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.35	$5.63
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.7	$85.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.3	$114
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$131	$495
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11512	$11652

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$348
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$457
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$403
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1093
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1481
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1441
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1394
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1091
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$1190
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1500
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$767
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$826
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$701
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$804
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$796
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$670
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$500
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1000
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$498
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$591
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$516
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$515
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$953
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$834
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$662
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$582

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$736
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$743
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$797
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$583
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$633
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$672
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$566
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$660
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$606
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$590
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$507
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$616
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$515
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$533
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$498
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$623
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$471
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$450
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$461
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$551
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$639
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$480
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$508
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$457
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$419
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$298
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$682
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$447
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$415
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$467
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$376
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$514
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$469
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$449
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$451
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$541