Antananarivo vs Nairobi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Antananarivo	Nairobi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$519	$745
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1528	$2030
🏠 One person rent	$205	$269
🏘️ Family rent	$516	$619
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$254
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.3	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$131	$394
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	13	67
😀 Quality of life	36	57
🏙️ Population	1.28M	5.55M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 30% less expensive than in Nairobi. Cities ranked 8538th and 6689th ($519 vs $745) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and Kenya, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Kenya comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.5 months in Nairobi. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Nairobi ranked 1st in Kenya, while ranked 7340th and 5632nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Nairobi

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	Antananarivo	Nairobi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.31	$3.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$26.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.36	$5.77
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$2.2
☕ Cappuccino	$1.07	$2.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.18	$0.65
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$366
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.4	$164
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$375	$420
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$25.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$38.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.4	$39.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	14.58%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$785	$1536
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$490	$1125
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.78
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.99	$34.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.2	$13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.62
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$0.91
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$0.48
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.65	$12.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$6.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$5.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.98
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.47
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$1.45
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.38	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.67	$2.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.31	$2.93
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$3.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$3.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.62	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$1.2
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$40.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.62	$6.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$23.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.35	$5.57
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.7	$19.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.3	$58.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$131	$168
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11512	$8325

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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 Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$571
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$482
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$493
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$535
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$543
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$548
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$460
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$518
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$483
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$581
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$583
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$502
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$560
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$511
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$466
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$601
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$643
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$707
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$559
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$564
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$675
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$736
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$639
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$722
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$579
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$509
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$622
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$723
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$509
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$568
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$545
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$784
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$598
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$509
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$441
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$510
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$509
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$576
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$579
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$768