Antananarivo vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antananarivo	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$565
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1437
🏠 One person rent	$217	$250
🏘️ Family rent	$341	$426
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$178
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.8	$21.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$110	$244
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	13	47
😀 Quality of life	41	55
🏙️ Population	1.28M	1.57M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 0.3% less expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 8275th and 8262nd ($564 vs $565) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 38th 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 5th in Iran, while ranked 7753rd and 6346th 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	$3.36	$4.01
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$12.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.59	$3.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.81
☕ Cappuccino	$1.52	$0.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$1.21
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$263
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$89.7	$202
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$483
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$163	$355
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.6	$18.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.4	$28.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$17
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.44%	23.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$699	$1077
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$586	$614
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.2
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.08	$2.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$1.89
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.4
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.57
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$2.62
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$3.02
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$9.82
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.55
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.58
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.58
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.14
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$7.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.04	$0.79
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.58
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$2.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.96	$4.32
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$5.63
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$5.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$3.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$18.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$2.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$94.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.3	$22.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.6	$132
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9859	$1920

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$496
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$481
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$460
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1237
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1624
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1600
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1181
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1233
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$935
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1521
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$749
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$812
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$819
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$815
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$807
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$692
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1000
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$458
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$505
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$496
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$495
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$521
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$924
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$828
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$764
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$591

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$547
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$523
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$541
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$489
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$487
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$545
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$465
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$492
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$479
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$545
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$565
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$537
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$364
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$613
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$500
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$481
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$476
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$488
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$487
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$823
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$707
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$529
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$928
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$556
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$571
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1309
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1037
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1192
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$551
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1109
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$931
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$761
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1461
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$546
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$711
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1923
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$635
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1281
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$861
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$698