Antananarivo vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antananarivo	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$604	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1515	$6812
🏠 One person rent	$241	$1756
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$3107
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$592
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$335
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$4188
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	13	99
😀 Quality of life	41	100
🏙️ Population	1.28M	5.45M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 79% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 7948th and 370th ($604 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and Australia, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 7675th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Sydney

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	Antananarivo	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$15.4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$81.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$11.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$7.3
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$3.97
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.71
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$2215
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$1420
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$3992
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$2582
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$126
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$193
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.5	$50.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.75%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$686	$12962
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$599	$7403
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$3.96
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.95	$117
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$20.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.39
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$2.28
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$2.09
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$13.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$9.72
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$3.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$3.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.19
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$4.73
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$2.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.27
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.72
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$2.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.36	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$4.08
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$28.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$8.18
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$4.65
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$3.58
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$3.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$66
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.53	$17.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.56	$21.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.1	$77.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$2275
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11359	$25164

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2354
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2481
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2040
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1709
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1995
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1701
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1795
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1460
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2258
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1855
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1786
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1273
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1608
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2132
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1825
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1816
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2672
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$2000
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2530
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2341
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1936
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1915
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1493
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1720
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1913
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1825
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1810
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1834
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2543
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1933
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1896
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2323
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1813
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1847
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1992
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2179
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1606
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1863