Antananarivo vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$940
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$3111
🏠 One person rent	$182	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$1664
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$300
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$29.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$718
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	13	7
😀 Quality of life	35	53
🏙️ Population	1.28M	77.6K

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 46% less expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 8589th and 5827th ($507 vs $940) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Madagascar and Thailand, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.8 months in Phuket. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Phuket ranked 7th in Thailand, while ranked 7515th and 6063rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Phuket

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	Antananarivo	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$5.23
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$36
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$7.38
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.68
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$2.39
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.73
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$504
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$403
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$1891
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1436
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$79.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$120
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$16.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	6.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$4059
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$2821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$1.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$10.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$11.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.77
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.5
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.05
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.33
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.06
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.76
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.25
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$18
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.71
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$4.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$3.23
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$2.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$1.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$56.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$8.94
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$45.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$98.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$723
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$13013

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$352
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$447
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$389
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1100
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1400
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1371
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1150
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1105
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$872
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1506
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$745
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$812
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$712
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$808
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$796
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$675
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1003
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$457
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$507
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$493
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$492
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$947
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$825
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$752
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$587

Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$792
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$782
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$772
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$563
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$763
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$719
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$560
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$570
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$705
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$536
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$730
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$777
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$490
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$435
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$605
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$620
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$619
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$461
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$695
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$398
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$485
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$628
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$481
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$470
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$576
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$474
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$631
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$656
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$486
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$503
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$501
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$752
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$781
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$670
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$645
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$677
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$701
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$810