Antananarivo vs Sanaa - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Antananarivo	Sanaa
🚶 Cost of living one person	$519	$550
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1528	$1377
🏠 One person rent	$205	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$516	$486
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$198
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.3	$60.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$131	$406
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	13	35
😀 Quality of life	36	19
🏙️ Population	1.28M	2.96M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 6% less expensive than in Sanaa. Cities ranked 8538th and 8269th ($519 vs $550) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and Yemen, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Yemen comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.7 months in Sanaa. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Sanaa ranked 1st in Yemen, while ranked 7340th and 8890th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Sanaa

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	Antananarivo	Sanaa
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.31	$2.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$19.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.36	$4.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$1.88
☕ Cappuccino	$1.07	$1.9
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.18	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$251
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.4	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$591
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$375	$356
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$36.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$56.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.4	$26.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	12.91%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$785	$1730
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$490	$908
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.31
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.99	$11.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.2	$5.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$1.07
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.12
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.65	$6.71
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$4.22
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$6.46
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$2.29
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.17
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.89
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.3
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$1.13
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.38	$7.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.67	$1.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.31	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$2.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$2.8
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.62	$1.56
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$1.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$23.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.62	$4.11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$13
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.35	$4
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.7	$25.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.3	$60.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$131	$80.1
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11512	$2963

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$348
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$457
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$403
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1093
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1481
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1441
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1394
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1091
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$1190
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1500
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$767
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$826
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$701
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$804
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$796
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$670
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$500
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1000
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$498
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$591
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$516
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$515
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$953
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$834
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$662
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$582

Cities near Sanaa

Distance	City	Cost of living
24 km or 15 mi	Sayyan	$491
92 km or 57 mi	Dhamar	$491
147 km or 92 mi	Al Hudaydah	$513
154 km or 96 mi	Ibb	$504
159 km or 99 mi	Zabid	$489
182 km or 113 mi	Sa'dah	$488
198 km or 123 mi	Taiz	$514
238 km or 148 mi	Najran	$934
297 km or 185 mi	Aden	$509
367 km or 228 mi	Abha	$915
389 km or 242 mi	Obock	$553
433 km or 269 mi	Djibouti City	$584
465 km or 289 mi	Bareq	$895
493 km or 307 mi	Ali Sabieh	$555
512 km or 318 mi	Massawa	$492
512 km or 318 mi	Dikhil	$554
538 km or 334 mi	Mukalla	$491
544 km or 338 mi	Bisha	$895
550 km or 342 mi	Mekelle	$686
567 km or 352 mi	Asmara	$524
580 km or 361 mi	Mendefera	$490
586 km or 364 mi	As Sulayyil	$1021
612 km or 381 mi	Borama	$527
618 km or 384 mi	Keren	$491
643 km or 400 mi	Hargeisa	$684
681 km or 423 mi	Dessie	$814
684 km or 425 mi	Jijiga	$671
689 km or 428 mi	Dire Dawa	$667
708 km or 440 mi	Harar	$626
788 km or 490 mi	Gondar	$946
818 km or 508 mi	Mecca	$940
836 km or 520 mi	Kassala	$988
847 km or 526 mi	Bahir Dar	$799
869 km or 540 mi	Jeddah	$1123
879 km or 546 mi	Port Sudan	$1096
920 km or 572 mi	Addis Ababa	$1103
959 km or 596 mi	El-Gadarif	$935
1067 km or 663 mi	Riyadh	$1586
1072 km or 666 mi	Salalah	$806
1114 km or 693 mi	Awasa	$810