Antananarivo vs Victoria - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antananarivo	Victoria
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$1646
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$3641
🏠 One person rent	$217	$932
🏘️ Family rent	$341	$1570
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$528
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.8	$58.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$110	$912
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	13	8
😀 Quality of life	41	48
🏙️ Population	1.28M	24.7K

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 66% less expensive than in Victoria. Cities ranked 8275th and 3471st ($564 vs $1646) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Madagascar and the Seychelles, respectively. Check Madagascar vs the Seychelles comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.6 months in Victoria. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Victoria ranked 1st in the Seychelles, while ranked 7753rd and 6854th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Victoria

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	Antananarivo	Victoria
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.36	$15.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$50.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.59	$12.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$4.52
☕ Cappuccino	$1.52	$5.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$2.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$927
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$89.7	$696
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$1660
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$163	$1259
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.6	$74
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.4	$115
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$116
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.44%	12.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$699	$464
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$586	$1188
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.83
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.08	$27.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$26.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.59
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$2.05
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$4.31
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$12.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$6.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$12.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$2.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$3.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$6.31
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.87
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.9
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$3.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.04	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$4.03
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$19.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.96	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$7.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$2.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$1.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$84.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$7.74
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$70
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$10.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.3	$68.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$97.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.6	$150
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9859	$8971

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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 Victoria

Distance	City	Cost of living
1346 km or 836 mi	Mogadishu	$724
1443 km or 897 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
1470 km or 914 mi	Domoni	$1237
1556 km or 967 mi	Moroni	$1233
1569 km or 975 mi	Baidoa	$743
1642 km or 1020 mi	Toamasina	$481
1709 km or 1062 mi	Malindi	$553
1730 km or 1075 mi	Goodlands	$807
1730 km or 1075 mi	Triolet	$815
1742 km or 1083 mi	Port Louis	$812
1749 km or 1087 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1751 km or 1088 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1752 km or 1088 mi	Bambous	$749
1752 km or 1088 mi	Mombasa	$604
1759 km or 1093 mi	Curepipe	$819
1771 km or 1100 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1805 km or 1122 mi	Dar es Salaam	$763
1807 km or 1123 mi	Zanzibar	$588
1808 km or 1123 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
1808 km or 1123 mi	Stone Town	$551
1810 km or 1124 mi	Antananarivo	$564
1811 km or 1125 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
1813 km or 1126 mi	Tanga	$544
1813 km or 1126 mi	La Possession	$1600
1814 km or 1127 mi	Le Port	$1624
1817 km or 1129 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
1822 km or 1132 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
1825 km or 1134 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
1840 km or 1143 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
1852 km or 1151 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
1859 km or 1155 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
1863 km or 1158 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
1881 km or 1169 mi	Pemba	$1521
1925 km or 1196 mi	Antsirabe	$496
1953 km or 1214 mi	Nacala	$1181
1983 km or 1232 mi	Morogoro	$408
2014 km or 1252 mi	Moshi	$523
2021 km or 1256 mi	Hargeisa	$712
2045 km or 1271 mi	Meru	$542
2049 km or 1273 mi	Machakos	$419