Antananarivo vs Onitsha - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antananarivo	Onitsha
🚶 Cost of living one person	$604	$795
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1515	$1621
🏠 One person rent	$241	$466
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$676
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$206
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$70.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$75.2
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	13	37
😀 Quality of life	41	26
🏙️ Population	1.28M	1.48M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 24% less expensive than in Onitsha. Cities ranked 7948th and 6787th ($604 vs $795) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th 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 5th in Nigeria, while ranked 7675th and 8900th 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	$3.19	$2.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$18.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$4.18
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$0.96
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$1.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$397
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$411
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$581
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$18
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$27.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.5	$39.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.75%	16.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$686	$927
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$599	$930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.95	$18.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$10.8
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.35
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.72
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$1.28
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$8.07
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$4.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$4.97
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.63
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$2.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.15
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$0.74
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.36	$1.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$1.4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$4.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$2.02
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$0.87
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$0.65
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$78
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.53	$6.13
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$9.45
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.56	$2.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.1	$14.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$44.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$156
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11359	$1896

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$533
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$511
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$493
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1196
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1615
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1584
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1167
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1196
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$933
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1511
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$747
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$802
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$871
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$819
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$810
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$691
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$456
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$952
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$452
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$495
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$494
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$489
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$875
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$792
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$754
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$587

Cities near Onitsha

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Awka	$693
81 km or 50 mi	Owerri	$1364
84 km or 52 mi	Enugu	$564
105 km or 65 mi	Umuahia	$773
130 km or 81 mi	Benin	$627
133 km or 83 mi	Aba	$591
135 km or 84 mi	Warri	$786
159 km or 99 mi	Port Harcourt	$559
174 km or 108 mi	Owo	$531
213 km or 132 mi	Akure	$488
218 km or 135 mi	Calabar	$373
236 km or 147 mi	Ado Ekiti	$597
284 km or 177 mi	Ife	$670
303 km or 188 mi	Osogbo	$575
331 km or 205 mi	Abuja	$1375
341 km or 212 mi	Kumba	$821
345 km or 214 mi	Ibadan	$658
347 km or 216 mi	Malabo	$1272
351 km or 218 mi	Buea	$627
358 km or 222 mi	Ilorin	$518
360 km or 224 mi	Limbe	$738
365 km or 227 mi	Oyo	$639
375 km or 233 mi	Bamenda	$699
375 km or 233 mi	Lagos	$946
384 km or 239 mi	Minna	$692
395 km or 245 mi	Abeokuta	$995
400 km or 248 mi	Douala	$1156
409 km or 254 mi	Bafoussam	$759
462 km or 287 mi	Porto-Novo	$768
478 km or 297 mi	Jos	$760
483 km or 300 mi	Cotonou	$830
490 km or 304 mi	Kaduna	$323
518 km or 322 mi	Save	$654
541 km or 336 mi	Abomey	$596
554 km or 344 mi	Zaria	$517
571 km or 355 mi	Bauchi	$672
582 km or 362 mi	Bata	$1209
584 km or 363 mi	Yaounde	$666
615 km or 382 mi	Lome	$759
643 km or 399 mi	Atakpame	$657