Antananarivo vs Nairobi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antananarivo	Nairobi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$811
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1403	$2043
🏠 One person rent	$218	$286
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$478
🍽️ Food expenses	$190	$286
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$176
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$181
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	13	68
😀 Quality of life	42	58
🏙️ Population	1.28M	5.55M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 30% less expensive than in Nairobi. Cities ranked 8141st and 6622nd ($564 vs $811) 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 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.2 months in Nairobi. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Nairobi ranked 1st in Kenya, while ranked 7545th and 6071st 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	$3.34	$5.85
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$38.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$6.96
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$2.33
☕ Cappuccino	$1.45	$2.45
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.7
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$399
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.4	$179
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$601	$726
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$144	$322
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$23.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$35.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$39.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	15%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$1979
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$563	$1111
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.92	$31.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$17
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.43
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$0.9
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$1.66
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$6.51
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$5.68
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$3.08
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.05
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.04
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$1.49
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.93	$11.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$2.2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$3.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$2.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$3.73
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$1.16
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$44.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.14	$7.42
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.6	$17.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$4.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$19.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$67.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.4	$225
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$8707

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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 Nairobi

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Thika	$460
56 km or 35 mi	Machakos	$420
139 km or 87 mi	Nakuru	$503
175 km or 109 mi	Meru	$549
232 km or 144 mi	Arusha	$612
235 km or 146 mi	Moshi	$533
263 km or 164 mi	Eldoret	$528
265 km or 165 mi	Kisumu	$543
316 km or 196 mi	Mumias	$511
367 km or 228 mi	Tororo	$623
394 km or 245 mi	Mbale	$654
425 km or 264 mi	Malindi	$548
441 km or 274 mi	Mombasa	$596
444 km or 276 mi	Jinja	$582
456 km or 284 mi	Mwanza	$656
491 km or 305 mi	Tanga	$552
501 km or 311 mi	Kira Town	$658
503 km or 313 mi	Kampala	$717
507 km or 315 mi	Entebbe	$578
564 km or 351 mi	Dodoma	$526
603 km or 375 mi	Stone Town	$567
604 km or 375 mi	Zanzibar	$609
623 km or 387 mi	Morogoro	$421
671 km or 417 mi	Dar es Salaam	$799
674 km or 419 mi	Gulu	$627
741 km or 461 mi	Muyinga	$687
751 km or 467 mi	Byumba	$597
755 km or 469 mi	Kigali	$758
769 km or 478 mi	Ruyigi	$687
778 km or 483 mi	Kasese	$567
794 km or 494 mi	Nyanza	$524
796 km or 495 mi	Bunia	$833
798 km or 496 mi	Ruhengeri	$499
798 km or 496 mi	Ngozi	$686
799 km or 496 mi	Butare	$412
801 km or 498 mi	Gitega	$689
811 km or 504 mi	Rutana	$688
813 km or 505 mi	Arua	$617
835 km or 519 mi	Kibuye	$491
841 km or 523 mi	Beni	$820