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Antananarivo vs. Cairo Cost of Living Summary

Antananarivo is 95.4% more expensive than Cairo.

Restaurants: pay 95.0% more in Antananarivo
Groceries: pay 80.6% more in Antananarivo
Transportation: pay 3.4 times more in Antananarivo
Housing: pay 2.2 times more in Antananarivo
Childcare: pay 2.2 times more in Antananarivo
Entertainment and Sports: pay 22.5% more in Antananarivo
Clothing: pay 14.7% less in Antananarivo

The cost of transportation, housing, childcare, restaurants, groceries, and entertainment and sports in Antananarivo are more expensive than in Cairo. Notably, transportation, housing, and childcare are significantly more expensive in Antananarivo.

Antananarivo vs. Cairo Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Antananarivo instead of Cairo, you would:

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pay 95.0% more for restaurants

	Cairo	Antananarivo
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$4.16 EGP194.72	$3.39 MGA15,000	-18.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.19 EGP243.40	$4.97 MGA22,001	-4.3%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$0.38 EGP17.85	$0.93 MGA4,111	+143.8%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.14 EGP6.73	$0.52 MGA2,281	+258.7%
Average			+95.0%

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pay 80.6% more for groceries

	Cairo	Antananarivo
Bread 1 loaf	$0.60 EGP28.07	$1.08 MGA4,780	+80.3%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$1.88 EGP87.90	$5.37 MGA23,786	+186.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$3.73 EGP174.69	$4.15 MGA18,355	+11.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.45 EGP67.80	$2.06 MGA9,100	+42.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.06 EGP96.73	$2.21 MGA9,804	+7.3%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.74 EGP34.84	$0.62 MGA2,744	-16.6%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.34 EGP15.71	$0.28 MGA1,250	-15.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.28 EGP13.32	$0.52 MGA2,306	+83.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.13 EGP5.91	$0.46 MGA2,041	+265.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.19 EGP8.82	$0.34 MGA1,524	+82.9%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.19 EGP8.73	$0.48 MGA2,141	+159.6%
Average			+80.6%

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pay 3.4 times more for transportation

	Cairo	Antananarivo
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$1.36 EGP63.82	$4.72 MGA20,876	+246.3%
Monthly public transit pass	$6.44 EGP301.82	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$37,398.47 EGP2M	$12,651.72 MGA56M	-66.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$2.66 EGP124.62	$17.17 MGA76,002	+545.6%
Average			+241.9%

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pay 2.2 times more for housing

	Cairo	Antananarivo
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$12.92 EGP605.22	$53.13 MGA235K	+311.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$213.48 EGP10,003.64	$380.30 MGA2M	+78.1%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$137.13 EGP6,425.80	$87.27 MGA386K	-36.4%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$19.12 EGP896.19	$44.95 MGA199K	+135.0%
Average			+122.0%

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pay 2.2 times more for childcare

	Cairo	Antananarivo
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$92.85 EGP4,350.81	$46.54 MGA206K	-49.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$2,210.79 EGP104K	$8,634.52 MGA38M	+290.6%
Average			+120.4%

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pay 22.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Cairo	Antananarivo
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$1.45 EGP68.15	$0.85 MGA3,750	-41.7%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$1.62 EGP75.71	$1.46 MGA6,470	-9.5%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.08 EGP97.36	$1.69 MGA7,500	-18.4%
Monthly membership at local gym	$17.31 EGP811.32	$37.44 MGA166K	+116.2%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$3.74 EGP175.25	$6.21 MGA27,501	+66.1%
Average			+22.5%

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pay 14.7% less for clothing

	Cairo	Antananarivo
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$33.96 EGP1,591.24	$29.98 MGA133K	-11.7%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$45.38 EGP2,126.72	$27.68 MGA123K	-39.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$117.30 EGP5,496.45	$85.56 MGA379K	-27.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$61.59 EGP2,886.05	$73.36 MGA325K	+19.1%
Average			-14.7%

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: February 2026

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