Antananarivo vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antananarivo	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$604	$2460
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1515	$5684
🏠 One person rent	$241	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$2492
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$615
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$266
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$3694
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	13	99
😀 Quality of life	41	94
🏙️ Population	1.28M	2.1M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 75% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 7948th and 964th ($604 vs $2460) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and France, respectively. Check Madagascar vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 7675th and 34th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Paris

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	Antananarivo	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$17.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$69.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$8.32
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$5.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$4.68
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$1558
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$1158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$2756
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$2070
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$162
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$252
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.5	$32.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.75%	3.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$686	$15102
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$599	$10254
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.91
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.95	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$22.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$2.22
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.55
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$5.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$21.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$22.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.28
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$2.34
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.05
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$4.26
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.29
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.43
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$3.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.36	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$14.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$4.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$4.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$3.15
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$3.49
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$39.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.53	$15.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.56	$22.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.1	$117
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$1048
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11359	$19577

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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 Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2033
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1872
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1885
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2350
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2065
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1972
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2297
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2082
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1749
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1918
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1988
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1920
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1689
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1935
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1827
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1798
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1874
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1987
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1876
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1794
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1454
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1749
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1401
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1481
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1424
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1375
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1356
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1382
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1350
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1553
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1243
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1632
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1289
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1573
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1421
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1506