Antananarivo vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antananarivo	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$1438
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1403	$3409
🏠 One person rent	$218	$864
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$1523
🍽️ Food expenses	$190	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$109
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$881
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	13	96
😀 Quality of life	42	73
🏙️ Population	1.28M	13.3M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 61% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8141st and 4141st ($564 vs $1438) 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 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.6 months in Moscow. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 7545th and 2664th 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	$3.34	$12.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$55.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$6.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$4.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.45	$3.35
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$1.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$1183
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.4	$660
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$601	$2170
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$144	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$91.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$140
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$8.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	24.47%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$9466
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$563	$4008
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.92	$37.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$5.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.78
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$1.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$12.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$5.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.8
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.57
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$2.5
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.93	$9.17
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.12
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$3.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$4.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$3.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$1.81
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$43.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.14	$7.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.6	$34.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$6.45
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$78.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$127
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.4	$688
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$15272

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$914
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$915
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$917
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$800
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$898
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$831
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$876
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$863
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$671
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$582
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$727
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$837
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$650
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$692
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$615
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$678
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$765
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$660
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$629
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$697
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$547
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$570
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$543
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$882
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$544
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$672
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$649
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$707
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$293
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$734
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$537
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$485
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$545
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$719
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$537
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$475
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$496
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$718
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$772