Antananarivo vs Tabuk - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antananarivo	Tabuk
🚶 Cost of living one person	$604	$1036
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1515	$2352
🏠 One person rent	$241	$518
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$691
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$280
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$1734
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	13	16
😀 Quality of life	41	57
🏙️ Population	1.28M	886K

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 42% less expensive than in Tabuk. Cities ranked 7948th and 5290th ($604 vs $1036) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in Madagascar and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Saudi Arabia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.7 months in Tabuk. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Tabuk ranked 10th in Saudi Arabia, while ranked 7675th and 6204th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Tabuk

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	Antananarivo	Tabuk
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$6.76
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$24.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$7.07
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.61
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$2.63
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.76
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$496
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$364
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$604
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$510
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$59.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$94.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.5	$68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.75%	5.18%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$686	$1579
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$599	$948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$2.39
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.95	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$24.1
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$0.52
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$0.45
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.95
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$2.3
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$10.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$6.44
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.56
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.83
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$1.44
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$2.04
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.39
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.53
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.36	$0.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.8
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$6.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$3.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$3.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$1.85
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$1.63
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$65.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.53	$21.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$14
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.56	$3.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.1	$28.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$663
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11359	$8604

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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 Tabuk

Distance	City	Cost of living
198 km or 123 mi	Aqaba	$818
203 km or 126 mi	Dahab	$429
204 km or 127 mi	Eilat	$2054
216 km or 134 mi	Ma'an	$856
219 km or 136 mi	Sharm El Sheikh	$555
236 km or 146 mi	Al Wajh	$919
287 km or 178 mi	Tafilah	$686
300 km or 187 mi	Hurghada	$334
306 km or 190 mi	El Gouna	$338
321 km or 200 mi	Al-Karak	$742
333 km or 207 mi	Dimona	$2014
344 km or 214 mi	Arad	$1933
356 km or 221 mi	Dumat al-Jandal	$771
362 km or 225 mi	Beersheba	$1810
373 km or 231 mi	Ofakim	$2038
377 km or 234 mi	Rahat	$2060
377 km or 234 mi	Dura	$1149
377 km or 234 mi	Hebron	$977
387 km or 240 mi	Netivot	$2145
391 km or 243 mi	Bethlehem	$1077
393 km or 244 mi	Sakakah	$753
397 km or 247 mi	Kiryat Gat	$2225
397 km or 247 mi	Sderot	$2133
399 km or 248 mi	Jerusalem	$2663
400 km or 248 mi	Amman	$1032
403 km or 250 mi	Gaza	$862
403 km or 250 mi	Beit Shemesh	$2054
411 km or 255 mi	Kiryat Malakhi	$2283
411 km or 255 mi	Ramallah	$1205
412 km or 256 mi	Ashkelon	$1845
412 km or 256 mi	Al-Salt	$538
421 km or 262 mi	Ashdod	$2305
422 km or 262 mi	Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut	$2393
424 km or 264 mi	Rehovot	$2201
426 km or 265 mi	Ramla	$2465
426 km or 265 mi	Yavne	$2354
427 km or 265 mi	Lod	$2336
429 km or 266 mi	Ness Ziona	$2487
430 km or 267 mi	Suez	$288
430 km or 267 mi	Rishon LeZion	$2587