Antananarivo vs Shiraz - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Antananarivo	Shiraz
🚶 Cost of living one person	$600	$606
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1828	$1711
🏠 One person rent	$263	$206
🏘️ Family rent	$755	$464
🍽️ Food expenses	$199	$264
🚐 Transport expenses	$67.8	$21.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$145	$197
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	13	50
😀 Quality of life	39	52
🏙️ Population	1.28M	1.57M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 1% less expensive than in Shiraz. Cities ranked 7665th and 7596th ($600 vs $606) 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 0.3 months in Shiraz. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Shiraz ranked 5th in Iran, while ranked 7272nd and 6176th 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	$3.87	$3.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$59
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.56	$3.03
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$0.85
☕ Cappuccino	$1.15	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.17	$1.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$408	$223
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$124	$146
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1149	$540
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$537	$376
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.3	$20.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.2	$30.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	21.92%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$786	$1181
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$493	$1561
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.22
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.09	$2.35
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$10.8	$1.87
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.71
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.98	$0.78
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.22	$0.6
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.13	$1.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.39	$3.66
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.97	$7.19
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.42	$14.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.73	$0.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.63	$2.97
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.14	$1.1
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.86	$0.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.49
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.42	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.77	$5.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.43	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.68	$0.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.3	$2.06
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.88	$4.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.49	$5.59
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.51	$5.96
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$3.4
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.5	$15.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.65	$2.45
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$93.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$28.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$28.1	$25.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$98.8	$79.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$134	$151
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11649	$2132

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$353
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$461
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$428
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1506
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$585
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1439
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1487
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1417
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1618
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1394
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1324
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1406
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1365
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1411
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1127
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1404
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1334
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$587
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$1165
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1144
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$718
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$666
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$829
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$770
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$784
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$776
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$751
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$852
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$992
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$327
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1014
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$326
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$363
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$332
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$332
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$335
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$993
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$970
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$645
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$367

Cities near Shiraz

Distance	City	Cost of living
39 km or 24 mi	Marvdasht	$604
86 km or 54 mi	Kazerun	$606
131 km or 81 mi	Fasa	$890
134 km or 83 mi	Borazjan	$621
149 km or 93 mi	Yasuj	$561
158 km or 98 mi	Jahrom	$798
181 km or 112 mi	Bushehr	$646
247 km or 153 mi	Behbahan	$541
274 km or 171 mi	Shahreza	$531
304 km or 189 mi	Sirjan	$604
308 km or 192 mi	Yazd	$575
339 km or 210 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$544
342 km or 212 mi	Shahr-e Kord	$387
344 km or 214 mi	Rafsanjan	$530
348 km or 216 mi	Isfahan	$599
354 km or 220 mi	Najafabad	$538
356 km or 221 mi	Izeh	$522
357 km or 222 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$569
374 km or 232 mi	Shahin Shahr	$561
387 km or 240 mi	Qatif	$868
395 km or 246 mi	Al-Faw	$710
403 km or 251 mi	Masjed Soleyman	$543
404 km or 251 mi	Jubail	$910
416 km or 259 mi	Abadan	$543
417 km or 259 mi	Ahvaz	$559
424 km or 263 mi	Manama	$1375
427 km or 265 mi	Dammam	$1005
429 km or 267 mi	Isa Town	$1327
430 km or 267 mi	Khorramshahr	$540
433 km or 269 mi	Riffa	$1285
440 km or 273 mi	Dhahran	$959
442 km or 275 mi	Kerman	$457
442 km or 275 mi	Kuwait City	$1424
444 km or 276 mi	Shushtar	$549
447 km or 278 mi	Umm Qasr	$708
448 km or 279 mi	Al Khor	$1810
451 km or 280 mi	Bandar Abbas	$758
461 km or 286 mi	Al Wafrah	$1256
466 km or 289 mi	Basra	$875
473 km or 294 mi	Az Zubayr	$698