Antananarivo vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antananarivo	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$604	$1628
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1515	$3587
🏠 One person rent	$241	$936
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$1460
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$376
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$181
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$2284
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	13	70
😀 Quality of life	41	78
🏙️ Population	1.28M	7.01M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 63% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 7948th and 3485th ($604 vs $1628) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.4 months in Riyadh. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7675th and 899th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Riyadh

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	Antananarivo	Riyadh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$7.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$53.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.72
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$4.14
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.8
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$999
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$757
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$1794
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$1176
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$57.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$87.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.5	$73.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.75%	5.52%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$686	$3071
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$599	$1929
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.95	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$17.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.64
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.6
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.45
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$2.79
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$9.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$10.3
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$14.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.38
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.8
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.03
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.16
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.37
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.4
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.36	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$1.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$7.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$2.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$4.27
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$2.37
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$5.18
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$89.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.53	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$51.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.56	$8.02
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.1	$58.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$503
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11359	$10912

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$821
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$938
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$834
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$965
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1059
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$917
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$778
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1062
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1218
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1340
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$993
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$2100
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$2015
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$738
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$703
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$454
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$694
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$522
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$861
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$890
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$457
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1791
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$655
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1164
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$471
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$469
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$573
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$548
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$2133
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$1031
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$505
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$670
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$873
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$494
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$459