Cost of living comparison

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Mozambique vs. Madagascar Cost of Living Summary

Mozambique is 60.0% more expensive than Madagascar overall.

Restaurants
pay 2.3 times more in Mozambique
Groceries
pay 48.3% more in Mozambique
Transportation
pay 48.5% more in Mozambique
Housing
pay 79.8% more in Mozambique
Childcare
pay 22.2% more in Mozambique
Entertainment and Sports
pay 42.3% more in Mozambique
Clothing
pay 8.7% more in Mozambique

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

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Mozambique vs. Madagascar Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Mozambique instead of Madagascar, you would:

pay 2.3 times more for restaurants

 
Madagascar
Mozambique
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $2.71
MGA12,217
$11.34
MZN724.89
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $5.65
MGA25,453
$7.13
MZN455.34
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $0.79
MGA3,563
$1.01
MZN64.53
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pay 48.3% more for groceries

 
Madagascar
Mozambique
Bread
1 loaf
 $1.02
MGA4,618
$0.66
MZN42.34
Local cheese (8 oz) $4.23
MGA19,053
$10.43
MZN666.56
Milk (1 gallon) $3.70
MGA16,668
$6.07
MZN387.94
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pay 48.5% more for transportation

 
Madagascar
Mozambique
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.39
MGA19,774
$5.25
MZN335.48
Monthly public transit pass ?? $23.47
MZN1,499.77
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $11,971.37
MGA54M
$31,685.19
MZN2M
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pay 79.8% more for housing

 
Madagascar
Mozambique
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $57.15
MGA258K
$87.62
MZN5,599.12
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $325.82
MGA1M
$543.78
MZN34,747.44
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $150.37
MGA678K
$378.02
MZN24,155.78
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pay 22.2% more for childcare

 
Madagascar
Mozambique
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $25.03
MGA113K
$109.14
MZN6,973.91
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $14,998.31
MGA68M
$5,140.04
MZN328K
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pay 42.3% more for entertainment and sports

 
Madagascar
Mozambique
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $1.02
MGA4,581
$1.45
MZN92.49
Cappuccino in mid-range area $1.65
MGA7,447
$2.67
MZN170.91
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $1.58
MGA7,127
$1.88
MZN119.98
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pay 8.7% more for clothing

 
Madagascar
Mozambique
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $29.03
MGA131K
$34.42
MZN2,199.66
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $27.67
MGA125K
$47.59
MZN3,041.19
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $77.50
MGA349K
$58.68
MZN3,749.41
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We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Sources: MyLifeElsewhere's cost-of-living dataset (prices updated October 2026). How we calculate this

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