Antananarivo vs Yaounde - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Yaounde
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$747
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$1837
🏠 One person rent	$182	$330
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$606
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$281
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$61.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$349
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	13	25
😀 Quality of life	35	24
🏙️ Population	1.28M	2.44M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 32% less expensive than in Yaounde. Cities ranked 8589th and 6685th ($507 vs $747) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 3rd in Madagascar and Cameroon, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Cameroon comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.5 months in Yaounde. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Yaounde ranked 2nd in Cameroon, while ranked 7515th and 8653rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Yaounde

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	Antananarivo	Yaounde
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$4.79
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$31.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$5.26
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$2.7
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$220
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$1005
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$350
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$77
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$47.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	6.04%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$1871
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$626
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$19.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.19
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$2.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.84
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$6.73
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$5.54
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$4.13
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.85
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.58
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$8.68
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$1.57
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$3.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$2.4
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$2.04
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$1.8
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$29.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$6.54
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$19.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$7.93
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$36.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$87.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$306
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$1631

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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 Yaounde

Distance	City	Cost of living
203 km or 126 mi	Douala	$1265
217 km or 135 mi	Bafoussam	$555
245 km or 152 mi	Kumba	$764
256 km or 159 mi	Buea	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Limbe	$655
275 km or 171 mi	Bamenda	$553
297 km or 185 mi	Bata	$1121
305 km or 189 mi	Malabo	$741
374 km or 233 mi	Calabar	$384
448 km or 278 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
449 km or 279 mi	Libreville	$668
475 km or 295 mi	Berberati	$482
481 km or 299 mi	Aba	$621
484 km or 301 mi	Umuahia	$883
511 km or 317 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
529 km or 329 mi	Owerri	$1611
530 km or 329 mi	Enugu	$462
558 km or 346 mi	Awka	$805
584 km or 363 mi	Onitsha	$972
593 km or 368 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
640 km or 398 mi	Garoua	$556
660 km or 410 mi	Sao Tome	$900
665 km or 413 mi	Warri	$881
669 km or 415 mi	Trindade	$900
709 km or 440 mi	Benin	$558
729 km or 453 mi	Abuja	$1502
735 km or 457 mi	Jos	$820
738 km or 459 mi	Mubi	$665
741 km or 461 mi	Bauchi	$759
748 km or 465 mi	Gamboma	$522
754 km or 468 mi	Owo	$651
783 km or 487 mi	Bangui	$513
795 km or 494 mi	Akure	$634
809 km or 503 mi	Maroua	$533
813 km or 505 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
831 km or 516 mi	Bongor	$486
842 km or 523 mi	Minna	$743
862 km or 535 mi	Mbandaka	$850
867 km or 539 mi	Kaduna	$371
867 km or 539 mi	Ife	$779