Antananarivo vs Onitsha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antananarivo	Onitsha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$1051
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1403	$2062
🏠 One person rent	$218	$647
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$915
🍽️ Food expenses	$190	$254
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$84.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$81.5
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	13	36
😀 Quality of life	42	18
🏙️ Population	1.28M	1.48M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 46% less expensive than in Onitsha. Cities ranked 8141st and 5196th ($564 vs $1051) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Madagascar and Nigeria, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Nigeria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.1 months in Onitsha. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Onitsha ranked 15th in Nigeria, while ranked 7545th and 9140th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Onitsha

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	Antananarivo	Onitsha
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.34	$3.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$4.56
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$1.45	$1.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$543
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.4	$572
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$601	$972
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$144	$784
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$24.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$38.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$55
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$713
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$563	$1061
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.92	$20.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$13.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$0.58
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$1.8
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$7.55
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$6.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$6.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$4.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.53
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$3.04
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.13
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.64
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$0.67
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.93	$2.15
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$1.1
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$1.28
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$3.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$1.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$0.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$0.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$110
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.14	$8.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.6	$8.54
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$1.81
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$18
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$52.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.4	$221
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$1418

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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 Onitsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Awka	$878
81 km or 50 mi	Owerri	$1774
84 km or 52 mi	Enugu	$563
105 km or 65 mi	Umuahia	$961
130 km or 81 mi	Benin	$632
133 km or 83 mi	Aba	$674
135 km or 84 mi	Warri	$926
159 km or 99 mi	Port Harcourt	$676
174 km or 108 mi	Owo	$664
213 km or 132 mi	Akure	$644
218 km or 135 mi	Calabar	$397
236 km or 147 mi	Ado Ekiti	$642
284 km or 177 mi	Ife	$778
303 km or 188 mi	Osogbo	$705
331 km or 205 mi	Abuja	$1514
341 km or 212 mi	Kumba	$849
345 km or 214 mi	Ibadan	$752
347 km or 216 mi	Malabo	$1413
351 km or 218 mi	Buea	$665
358 km or 222 mi	Ilorin	$526
360 km or 224 mi	Limbe	$755
365 km or 227 mi	Oyo	$664
375 km or 233 mi	Bamenda	$698
375 km or 233 mi	Lagos	$1102
384 km or 239 mi	Minna	$852
395 km or 245 mi	Abeokuta	$1013
400 km or 248 mi	Douala	$1363
409 km or 254 mi	Bafoussam	$793
462 km or 287 mi	Porto-Novo	$743
478 km or 297 mi	Jos	$810
483 km or 300 mi	Cotonou	$793
490 km or 304 mi	Kaduna	$393
518 km or 322 mi	Save	$646
541 km or 336 mi	Abomey	$598
554 km or 344 mi	Zaria	$652
571 km or 355 mi	Bauchi	$781
582 km or 362 mi	Bata	$1241
584 km or 363 mi	Yaounde	$671
615 km or 382 mi	Lome	$835
643 km or 399 mi	Atakpame	$699