Antananarivo vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antananarivo	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$693
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$974
🏠 One person rent	$217	$449
🏘️ Family rent	$341	$292
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$159
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.8	$45.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$110	$310
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	13	40
😀 Quality of life	41	60
🏙️ Population	1.28M	5.94M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 19% less expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 8275th and 7286th ($564 vs $693) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Madagascar and India, respectively. Check Madagascar vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.4 months in Surat. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Surat ranked 23rd in India, while ranked 7753rd and 5975th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Surat

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	Antananarivo	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.36	$3.31
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$11.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.59	$3.33
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$3.28
☕ Cappuccino	$1.52	$1.87
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$206
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$89.7	$471
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$367
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$163	$220
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.6	$22.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.4	$35.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$7.72
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.44%	9.1%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$699	$735
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$586	$489
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.25
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.08	$5.49
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$2.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$0.73
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.54
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.71
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$4.74
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$2.97
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$6.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.63
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.68
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.91
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.41
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.46
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.04	$8.05
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$2.13
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$3.89
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.96	$1.99
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$2.94
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$0.84
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$0.57
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$17.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$3.02
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$2.31
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.3	$24.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$46.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.6	$58.2
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9859	$929

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$287
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$382
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$346
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$373
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$294
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$362
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$366
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$437
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$355
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$379
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$475
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$401
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$504
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$310
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$733
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$378
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$302
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$344
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$502
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$297
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$324
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$355
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$257
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$326
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$284
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$268
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$286
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$385
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$331
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$282
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$301
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$282
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$317
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$303
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$321
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$360
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$296
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$326
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$319