Antananarivo vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Antananarivo	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$600	$1021
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$2666
🏠 One person rent	$263	$542
🏘️ Family rent	$755	$1116
🍽️ Food expenses	$199	$277
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.8	$97.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$145	$1208
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	13	96
😀 Quality of life	39	73
🏙️ Population	1.28M	12.5M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 41% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 7665th and 5167th ($600 vs $1021) 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 1.2 months in Moscow. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Moscow ranked 1st in Russia, while ranked 7272nd and 1608th 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	$3.87	$8.33
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$37
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.56	$4.74
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$3.41
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$1.05
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$697
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$124	$416
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1149	$1545
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$883
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.3	$63.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.2	$94.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57	$6.03
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	12.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$786	$5342
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$493	$3004
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.65
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.09	$29.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$6.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.6
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.96
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$0.63
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.13	$1.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.39	$10
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$4.54
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$9.27
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$1.36
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$1.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$3.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.45
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$1.7
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.43	$7.49
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.68	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.3	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.88	$6.45
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.49	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$2.05
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$36.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.65	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$29.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$9.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.1	$87.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.8	$115
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$134	$458
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11649	$10868

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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 Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$658
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$732
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$656
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$587
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$645
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$653
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$525
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$629
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$597
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$490
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$573
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$526
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$597
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$488
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$496
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$497
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$612
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$488
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$466
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$423
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$541
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$437
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$401
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$427
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$596
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$455
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$501
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$462
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$420
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$299
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$694
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$446
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$419
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$472
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$414
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$542
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$406
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$425
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$439
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$517