Antananarivo vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antananarivo	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$217	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$341	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.8	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$110	$4145
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	13	99
😀 Quality of life	41	98
🏙️ Population	1.28M	5.45M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 80% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 8275th and 348th ($564 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 7753rd 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	$3.36	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.59	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$1.52	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$89.7	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$163	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.6	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.4	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.44%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$699	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$586	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.08	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.04	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.96	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.3	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.6	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9859	$21946

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864