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Madagascar vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

Madagascar is 7.0% cheaper than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 33.5% less in Madagascar
Groceries: pay 19.2% less in Madagascar
Transportation: pay 63.4% more in Madagascar
Housing: pay 2.1 times more in Madagascar
Childcare: pay 66.2% less in Madagascar
Entertainment and Sports: pay 42.9% less in Madagascar
Clothing: pay 61.4% less in Madagascar

The cost of housing and transportation in Madagascar are more expensive than in Moscow. Expenses including childcare, clothing, entertainment and sports, restaurants, and groceries are lower in Madagascar. Notably, housing is significantly more expensive in Madagascar.

Madagascar vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

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

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pay 33.5% less for restaurants

	Moscow	Madagascar
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB950.80	$3.04 MGA13,451	-74.5%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB475.40	$4.73 MGA20,920	-20.7%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB110.14	$0.82 MGA3,626	-40.7%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB48.73	$0.62 MGA2,753	+1.8%
Average			-33.5%

Moscow vs. Madagascar - Cost of restaurants

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pay 19.2% less for groceries

	Moscow	Madagascar
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB67.42	$0.88 MGA3,877	+3.6%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB499.56	$5.36 MGA23,715	-14.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB368.11	$3.89 MGA17,199	-15.8%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB134.05	$1.97 MGA8,716	+17.1%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB196.24	$2.63 MGA11,653	+7.0%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB64.48	$0.64 MGA2,835	-20.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB69.32	$0.33 MGA1,469	-61.8%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB71.85	$0.57 MGA2,503	-37.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB130.64	$0.41 MGA1,808	-75.1%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB34.01	$0.29 MGA1,268	-32.8%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB26.98	$0.40 MGA1,790	+19.5%
Average			-19.2%

Moscow vs. Madagascar - Cost of groceries

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pay 63.4% more for transportation

	Moscow	Madagascar
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB226.14	$4.44 MGA19,637	+56.4%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,918.97	??
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB2,947,491.41	$12,651.72 MGA55,957,976	-65.8%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB456.39	$17.17 MGA75,943	+199.7%
Average			+63.4%

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pay 2.1 times more for housing

	Moscow	Madagascar
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB622.74	$60.23 MGA266,414	+670.6%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB99,834.39	$257.49 MGA1,138,873	-79.5%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB56,507.99	$71.69 MGA317,091	-89.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,811.54	$44.95 MGA198,795	-59.4%
Average			+110.5%

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pay 66.2% less for childcare

	Moscow	Madagascar
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB52,294.20	$46.54 MGA205,845	-92.9%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1,138,207.09	$8,634.52 MGA38,190,069	-39.6%
Average			-66.2%

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pay 42.9% less for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	Madagascar
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB332.78	$0.82 MGA3,611	-80.5%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB251.50	$1.33 MGA5,880	-57.9%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB237.70	$1.73 MGA7,669	-41.9%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,551.75	$29.94 MGA132,435	-32.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB522.94	$6.47 MGA28,632	-1.4%
Average			-42.9%

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pay 61.4% less for clothing

	Moscow	Madagascar
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB6,059.63	$19.48 MGA86,145	-74.4%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,803.21	$17.20 MGA76,096	-64.0%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB9,795.53	$70.84 MGA313,320	-42.4%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB12,492.50	$55.48 MGA245,375	-64.6%
Average			-61.4%

Moscow vs. Madagascar - 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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