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Antananarivo vs. Mexico City Cost of Living Summary

Antananarivo is 24.5% cheaper than Mexico City.

Restaurants: pay 54.9% less in Antananarivo
Groceries: pay 43.8% less in Antananarivo
Transportation: pay 81.0% more in Antananarivo
Housing: pay 14.9% less in Antananarivo
Childcare: pay 55.0% less in Antananarivo
Entertainment and Sports: pay 47.4% less in Antananarivo
Clothing: pay 36.5% less in Antananarivo

Expenses including childcare, restaurants, entertainment and sports, groceries, clothing, and housing are lower in Antananarivo. Notably, transportation is significantly more expensive in Antananarivo.

Antananarivo vs. Mexico City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Antananarivo instead of Mexico City, you would:

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pay 54.9% less for restaurants

	Mexico City	Antananarivo
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$10.86 MX$195.79	$3.39 MGA15,413	-68.8%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.82 MX$159.08	$4.97 MGA22,605	-43.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.73 MX$31.23	$0.93 MGA4,224	-46.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.30 MX$23.52	$0.52 MGA2,344	-60.5%
Average			-54.9%

Mexico City vs. Antananarivo - Cost of restaurants

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pay 43.8% less for groceries

	Mexico City	Antananarivo
Bread 1 loaf	$2.63 MX$47.34	$1.08 MGA4,912	-58.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$5.04 MX$90.89	$5.37 MGA24,440	+6.6%
Milk (1 gallon)	$6.54 MX$117.92	$4.15 MGA18,859	-36.6%
Eggs 1 dozen	$2.61 MX$47.01	$2.06 MGA9,350	-21.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$3.80 MX$68.61	$2.21 MGA10,073	-41.8%
Apples (1 lb)	$1.37 MX$24.69	$0.62 MGA2,820	-54.7%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.80 MX$14.43	$0.28 MGA1,284	-64.7%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.97 MX$17.55	$0.52 MGA2,369	-46.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$0.91 MX$16.34	$0.46 MGA2,097	-49.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.96 MX$17.29	$0.34 MGA1,566	-64.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.99 MX$17.93	$0.48 MGA2,200	-51.3%
Average			-43.8%

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pay 81.0% more for transportation

	Mexico City	Antananarivo
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$5.14 MX$92.65	$4.72 MGA21,449	-8.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$19.54 MX$352.42	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$20,030.45 MX$361,229.19	$12,651.72 MGA57,540,536	-36.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$4.42 MX$79.79	$17.17 MGA78,091	+288.1%
Average			+81.0%

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pay 14.9% less for housing

	Mexico City	Antananarivo
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$30.93 MX$557.85	$53.13 MGA241,636	+71.8%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,079.15 MX$19,461.34	$380.30 MGA1,729,641	-64.8%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$677.25 MX$12,213.45	$87.27 MGA396,900	-87.1%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$37.36 MX$673.78	$44.95 MGA204,418	+20.3%
Average			-14.9%

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pay 55.0% less for childcare

	Mexico City	Antananarivo
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$430.39 MX$7,761.60	$46.54 MGA211,667	-89.2%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$10,897.53 MX$196,526.06	$8,634.52 MGA39,270,131	-20.8%
Average			-55.0%

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pay 47.4% less for entertainment and sports

	Mexico City	Antananarivo
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$3.26 MX$58.74	$0.85 MGA3,853	-74.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.81 MX$68.78	$1.46 MGA6,648	-61.7%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$4.34 MX$78.32	$1.69 MGA7,706	-61.0%
Monthly membership at local gym	$58.44 MX$1,053.99	$37.44 MGA170,273	-35.9%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.51 MX$117.47	$6.21 MGA28,257	-4.6%
Average			-47.4%

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pay 36.5% less for clothing

	Mexico City	Antananarivo
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$60.95 MX$1,099.08	$29.98 MGA136,328	-50.8%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$48.08 MX$867.02	$27.68 MGA125,870	-42.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$105.72 MX$1,906.56	$85.56 MGA389,145	-19.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$110.91 MX$2,000.15	$73.36 MGA333,632	-33.9%
Average			-36.5%

Mexico City vs. Antananarivo - Cost of clothing

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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: December 2025

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