Antananarivo vs Riyadh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Riyadh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1637
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$3629
🏠 One person rent	$182	$944
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$1530
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$375
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$183
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$2731
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	13	72
😀 Quality of life	35	78
🏙️ Population	1.28M	7.01M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 69% less expensive than in Riyadh. Cities ranked 8589th and 2911th ($507 vs $1637) 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 1.7 months in Riyadh. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Riyadh ranked 1st in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7515th and 733rd 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	$9.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$53.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$8.02
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$4.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$1001
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$748
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$2174
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1140
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$69.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$107
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$75.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	5.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$2485
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$1703
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$1.07
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$37.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$18.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.61
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.71
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.33
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$9.75
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$13.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.3
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.7
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.36
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$2.14
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$8.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.72
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$7.19
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$2.8
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$4.03
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$2.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$5.22
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$102
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$52.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$7.23
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$55.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$404
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$10598

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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 Riyadh

Distance	City	Cost of living
310 km or 193 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$804
316 km or 196 mi	Unaizah	$969
350 km or 217 mi	Ar Rass	$861
389 km or 242 mi	Dhahran	$1068
394 km or 245 mi	Dammam	$1056
395 km or 245 mi	Jubail	$901
417 km or 259 mi	Qatif	$897
420 km or 261 mi	Riffa	$1223
421 km or 262 mi	Isa Town	$1243
426 km or 265 mi	Manama	$1280
460 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
480 km or 298 mi	As Sulayyil	$1041
491 km or 305 mi	Doha	$1779
496 km or 308 mi	Al Khor	$1709
540 km or 336 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
595 km or 369 mi	Ha'il	$846
611 km or 379 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
618 km or 384 mi	Al-Faw	$736
631 km or 392 mi	Bushehr	$551
646 km or 401 mi	Az Zubayr	$723
652 km or 405 mi	Abadan	$547
658 km or 409 mi	Basra	$904
659 km or 410 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
668 km or 415 mi	Bisha	$905
680 km or 423 mi	Borazjan	$546
701 km or 436 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
713 km or 443 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1721
714 km or 443 mi	Nasiriyah	$672
719 km or 447 mi	Medina	$1215
737 km or 458 mi	Kazerun	$557
747 km or 464 mi	Behbahan	$536
754 km or 469 mi	Samawah	$582
766 km or 476 mi	Ahvaz	$597
775 km or 481 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1828
790 km or 491 mi	Mecca	$979
798 km or 496 mi	Shiraz	$589
800 km or 497 mi	Amarah	$683
804 km or 499 mi	Bareq	$902
804 km or 500 mi	Jahrom	$547
823 km or 511 mi	Yasuj	$529