Antananarivo vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$2539
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$6160
🏠 One person rent	$182	$1496
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$2729
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$522
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$374
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$4315
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	13	100
😀 Quality of life	35	100
🏙️ Population	1.28M	4.84M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 80% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 8589th and 745th ($507 vs $2539) 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 1.7 months in Sydney. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 7515th 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	$13.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$66
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$9.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$7.29
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$3.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$2.55
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$1823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$1225
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$3607
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$2246
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$106
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$165
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$45.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	6.4%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$13272
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$7795
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$3.19
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$133
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$26.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$2.26
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$4.76
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$10.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$8.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$3.13
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.24
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.87
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$2.41
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$4.35
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$28.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$6.73
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$5.01
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$2.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$2.67
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$55.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$15.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$58.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$20.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$80.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$108
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$1992
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$17957

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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 Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2099
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2252
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$1824
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1584
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1416
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1448
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1538
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1616
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1511
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2023
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1702
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1185
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$1963
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1619
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1601
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$1781
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1727
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2239
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2067
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1654
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1643
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1291
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1504
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1645
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1677
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1620
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2194
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1691
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1671
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1668
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2016
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1625
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1748
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$1981
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1390
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1683