Antananarivo vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$1578
🏠 One person rent	$182	$259
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$520
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$189
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$21.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	13	50
😀 Quality of life	35	48
🏙️ Population	1.28M	1.57M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 14% less expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 8589th and 7787th ($507 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 34th in Madagascar and Iran, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.3 months in Shiraz. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Shiraz ranked 4th in Iran, while ranked 7515th and 6352nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Shiraz

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	Antananarivo	Shiraz
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$3.99
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$17.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$3.53
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.01
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$1.05
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$1.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$278
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$611
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$430
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$19.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	22.33%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$1218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$1406
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$2.37
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$1.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.49
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$2.91
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.83
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$9.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.74
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.97
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$0.53
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.47
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.17
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$5.29
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$0.63
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$2.29
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$4.71
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$5.58
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$6.03
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$3.41
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$16
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$2.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$97.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$28.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$23.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$90.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$155
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$2161

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$563
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$557
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$548
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$546
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$529
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$547
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$551
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$536
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$502
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$514
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$573
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$548
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$397
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$507
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$523
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$502
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$525
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$897
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$736
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$552
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$901
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$547
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$597
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1280
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1056
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1243
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$544
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1223
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$1068
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$464
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1393
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$562
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$740
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1709
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$634
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1210
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$904
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$723