Antananarivo vs Sofia - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Sofia
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1037
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$2570
🏠 One person rent	$182	$499
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$871
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$357
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$79.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$1394
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	8 km
🎓 Higher education	13	70
😀 Quality of life	35	78
🏙️ Population	1.28M	1.4M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 51% less expensive than in Sofia. Cities ranked 8589th and 5261st ($507 vs $1037) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and Bulgaria, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Bulgaria comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.3 months in Sofia. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Sofia ranked 1st in Bulgaria, while ranked 7515th and 723rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Sofia

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	Antananarivo	Sofia
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$9.19
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$42.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$8.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$1.59
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$500
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$376
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$979
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$663
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$85.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$132
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$12.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	3.16%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$3192
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$2153
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$25.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$7.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.41
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.75
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.94
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.52
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.7
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$8.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$12
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.6
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.83
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.46
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$7.58
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$3.69
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$9.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$3.11
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$1.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$2.55
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$33.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$7.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$39.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$99.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$538
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$6749

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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 Sofia

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Pernik	$682
59 km or 37 mi	Vratsa	$687
77 km or 48 mi	Blagoevgrad	$576
97 km or 60 mi	Bansko	$866
100 km or 62 mi	Pazardzhik	$667
132 km or 82 mi	Pleven	$594
132 km or 82 mi	Plovdiv	$734
135 km or 84 mi	Nis	$711
142 km or 88 mi	Stip	$561
146 km or 91 mi	Kumanovo	$588
148 km or 92 mi	Vidin	$605
149 km or 92 mi	Asenovgrad	$616
151 km or 94 mi	Strumica	$612
164 km or 102 mi	Gabrovo	$598
168 km or 104 mi	Veles	$545
175 km or 108 mi	Skopje	$772
176 km or 110 mi	Pristina	$595
178 km or 110 mi	Kavadarci	$556
180 km or 112 mi	Serres	$988
185 km or 115 mi	Drama	$891
186 km or 116 mi	Craiova	$848
191 km or 119 mi	Stara Zagora	$646
193 km or 120 mi	Veliko Tarnovo	$731
202 km or 125 mi	Mitrovica	$463
202 km or 126 mi	Haskovo	$619
208 km or 129 mi	Tetovo	$682
210 km or 130 mi	Prilep	$537
210 km or 131 mi	Slatina	$623
215 km or 134 mi	Kavala	$930
215 km or 134 mi	Alexandria	$629
217 km or 135 mi	Xanthi	$948
222 km or 138 mi	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	$663
224 km or 139 mi	Giannitsa	$1028
232 km or 144 mi	Thessaloniki	$1106
234 km or 145 mi	Novi Pazar	$662
242 km or 150 mi	Kragujevac	$807
245 km or 152 mi	Sliven	$631
246 km or 153 mi	Komotini	$899
248 km or 154 mi	Bitola	$635
248 km or 154 mi	Ruse	$633