Antananarivo vs Tehran - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Tehran
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$788
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$2156
🏠 One person rent	$182	$367
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$796
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$229
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$47.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$264
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	13	96
😀 Quality of life	35	60
🏙️ Population	1.28M	8.69M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 36% less expensive than in Tehran. Cities ranked 8589th and 6486th ($507 vs $788) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Madagascar and Iran, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Iran comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.3 months in Tehran. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Tehran ranked 1st in Iran, while ranked 7515th and 5221st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Tehran

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	Antananarivo	Tehran
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$4
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$19.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.99
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.6
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$1.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$464
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$324
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$1087
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$698
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$9.45
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$14.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$5.99
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	24.96%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$1992
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$1351
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$2.74
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.75
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$0.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.21
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$3.38
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$11.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$0.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.41
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$0.86
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$0.65
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.15
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$0.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$0.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$2.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$19.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$4.69
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$1.51
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$23.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$1.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$118
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$28.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$32.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$130
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$128
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$1951

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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 Tehran

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.8 km or 6.1 mi	Golestan	$714
12 km or 7.6 mi	Ray	$710
27 km or 17 mi	Eslamshahr	$700
27 km or 17 mi	Nasimshahr	$697
28 km or 17 mi	Qods	$698
32 km or 20 mi	Qarchak	$681
33 km or 20 mi	Shahriar	$698
34 km or 21 mi	Pakdasht	$680
36 km or 23 mi	Pardis	$665
38 km or 23 mi	Andisheh	$684
39 km or 24 mi	Robat Karim	$675
39 km or 24 mi	Fardis	$688
40 km or 25 mi	Malard	$693
43 km or 26 mi	Karaj	$736
46 km or 28 mi	Mohammadshahr	$688
52 km or 32 mi	Varamin	$651
52 km or 33 mi	Kamal Shahr	$686
78 km or 49 mi	Nazarabad	$645
120 km or 75 mi	Amol	$557
121 km or 75 mi	Khak-e Ali	$599
122 km or 76 mi	Saveh	$574
127 km or 79 mi	Qom	$488
142 km or 88 mi	Qazvin	$618
148 km or 92 mi	Babol	$458
155 km or 96 mi	Qaem Shahr	$554
176 km or 109 mi	Sari	$658
178 km or 111 mi	Semnan	$580
191 km or 119 mi	Kashan	$562
210 km or 130 mi	Lahijan	$552
239 km or 148 mi	Arak	$455
240 km or 149 mi	Rasht	$534
282 km or 175 mi	Hamadan	$443
283 km or 176 mi	Malayer	$469
284 km or 177 mi	Zanjan	$466
302 km or 188 mi	Gorgan	$685
315 km or 196 mi	Borujerd	$505
316 km or 196 mi	Shahin Shahr	$507
326 km or 202 mi	Dorud	$513
333 km or 207 mi	Shahrud	$598
334 km or 207 mi	Khomeyni Shahr	$510