Antananarivo vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antananarivo	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$604	$505
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1515	$1290
🏠 One person rent	$241	$214
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$361
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$162
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$22.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$205
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	13	47
😀 Quality of life	41	41
🏙️ Population	1.28M	1.57M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 20% more expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 7948th and 8645th ($604 vs $505) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 48th 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 0.4 months in Shiraz. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Shiraz ranked 30th in Iran, while ranked 7675th and 7725th 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	$3.45
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$12.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$2.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$0.93
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$0.83
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$226
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$173
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$415
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$300
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$15.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$24.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.5	$14.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.75%	23.77%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$686	$1062
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$599	$532
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.17
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.95	$3.12
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$2.19
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.68
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$0.68
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.34
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.82
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$1.19
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$2.21
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$2.57
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$9.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$0.84
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.58
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$0.92
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$0.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.5
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.13
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$6.71
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.36	$0.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$2.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$3.64
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$4.82
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$5.08
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$2.84
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$18.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.53	$1.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$79.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.56	$24
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.1	$22.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$92.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$112
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11359	$2115

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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 Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$485
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$471
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$497
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$457
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$459
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$494
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$454
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$469
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$451
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$521
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$517
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$493
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$352
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$558
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$488
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$454
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$452
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$466
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$459
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$778
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$703
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$487
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$917
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$522
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$548
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1340
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1059
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1218
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$509
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1062
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$965
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$700
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1437
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$496
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$2015
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$620
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1247
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$861
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$694