Antananarivo vs Moscow - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Moscow
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1244
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$3114
🏠 One person rent	$182	$730
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$1434
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$312
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$1546
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	13	96
😀 Quality of life	35	74
🏙️ Population	1.28M	13.1M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 59% less expensive than in Moscow. Cities ranked 8589th and 4359th ($507 vs $1244) 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 7515th and 1187th 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	$3.19	$9.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$46.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$3.79
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$1.24
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$971
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$566
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$2192
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1092
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$73.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$113
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$9.08
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	22.71%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$7641
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$3605
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.72
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$6.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.65
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.07
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.67
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.16
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$5.11
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.66
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.71
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.35
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.71
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.94
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$2.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$5.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$2.92
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$2.01
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$38.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$5.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$6.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$82.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$124
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$591
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$12252

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$352
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$447
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$389
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1100
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1400
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1371
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1150
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1105
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$872
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1506
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$745
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$812
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$712
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$808
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$796
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$675
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1003
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$457
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$507
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$493
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$492
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$947
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$825
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$752
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$587

Cities near Moscow

Distance	City	Cost of living
18 km or 11 mi	Khimki	$786
19 km or 12 mi	Krasnogorsk	$791
19 km or 12 mi	Lyubertsy	$867
19 km or 12 mi	Mytishchi	$622
21 km or 13 mi	Balashikha	$676
22 km or 14 mi	Korolyov	$743
37 km or 23 mi	Podolsk	$633
52 km or 32 mi	Elektrostal	$719
96 km or 60 mi	Obninsk	$609
161 km or 100 mi	Kaluga	$538
161 km or 100 mi	Tver	$639
173 km or 107 mi	Tula	$552
179 km or 111 mi	Vladimir	$681
184 km or 114 mi	Ryazan	$564
248 km or 154 mi	Yaroslavl	$523
250 km or 155 mi	Ivanovo	$554
266 km or 165 mi	Rybinsk	$675
301 km or 187 mi	Kostroma	$540
326 km or 202 mi	Oryol	$505
349 km or 217 mi	Bryansk	$513
366 km or 228 mi	Dzerzhinsk	$636
369 km or 229 mi	Smolensk	$479
372 km or 231 mi	Lipetsk	$430
376 km or 234 mi	Cherepovets	$584
402 km or 250 mi	Nizhny Novgorod	$717
408 km or 254 mi	Vologda	$528
419 km or 260 mi	Tambov	$561
457 km or 284 mi	Kursk	$490
466 km or 290 mi	Voronezh	$448
474 km or 294 mi	Vitebsk	$300
491 km or 305 mi	Veliky Novgorod	$737
495 km or 308 mi	Starooskolsky	$473
496 km or 308 mi	Stary Oskol	$434
509 km or 316 mi	Mogilev	$474
513 km or 319 mi	Saransk	$438
555 km or 345 mi	Penza	$524
568 km or 353 mi	Gomel	$440
571 km or 355 mi	Sumy	$486
577 km or 359 mi	Belgorod	$552
601 km or 373 mi	Cheboksary	$592