Antananarivo vs Beijing - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antananarivo	Beijing
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$1029
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1403	$2645
🏠 One person rent	$218	$589
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$1040
🍽️ Food expenses	$190	$246
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$98
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$658
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	13	100
😀 Quality of life	42	73
🏙️ Population	1.28M	21.9M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 45% less expensive than in Beijing. Cities ranked 8141st and 5355th ($564 vs $1029) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Madagascar and China, respectively. Check Madagascar vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.6 months in Beijing. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Beijing ranked 11th in China, while ranked 7545th and 2546th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Beijing

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	Antananarivo	Beijing
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.34	$4.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$5.16
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$1.12
☕ Cappuccino	$1.45	$2.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.49
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$850
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.4	$469
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$601	$1549
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$144	$839
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$30.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$46.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$14720
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$563	$6180
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.92	$31.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$4.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$14.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.4
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.21
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.76
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.77
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.88
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$1.18
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.93	$8.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$4.04
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$4.55
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$3.55
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.7
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$1.96
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$59.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.14	$8.35
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.6	$33.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$61.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$78.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.4	$713
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$22823

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$493
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$476
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$453
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1207
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1590
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1561
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1168
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1207
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$935
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1511
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$774
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$831
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$842
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$834
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$822
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$692
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$996
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$458
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$506
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$496
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$493
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$916
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$820
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$755
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$592

Cities near Beijing

Distance	City	Cost of living
50 km or 31 mi	Langfang	$707
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuozhou	$724
58 km or 36 mi	Sanhe	$750
78 km or 49 mi	Gaobeidian	$634
87 km or 54 mi	Bazhou	$634
109 km or 68 mi	Tianjin	$646
135 km or 84 mi	Renqiu	$565
137 km or 85 mi	Zunhua	$660
139 km or 87 mi	Baoding	$456
151 km or 94 mi	Binhai	$641
155 km or 97 mi	Tangshan	$688
163 km or 101 mi	Zhangjiakou	$652
164 km or 102 mi	Hejian	$558
176 km or 110 mi	Chengde	$694
182 km or 113 mi	Cangzhou	$638
189 km or 117 mi	Huanghua	$619
189 km or 118 mi	Anguo	$533
196 km or 122 mi	Dingzhou	$574
197 km or 122 mi	Qian'an	$616
198 km or 123 mi	Luanzhou	$614
204 km or 127 mi	Botou	$564
224 km or 139 mi	Shenzhou	$505
228 km or 142 mi	Xinle	$535
229 km or 142 mi	Pingquan	$615
239 km or 148 mi	Jinzhou	$527
241 km or 150 mi	Xinji	$523
249 km or 155 mi	Gaocheng	$527
249 km or 155 mi	Hengshui	$454
252 km or 156 mi	Laoling	$580
263 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$505
265 km or 165 mi	Datong	$748
272 km or 169 mi	Jizhou	$499
273 km or 169 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
273 km or 170 mi	Dezhou	$480
281 km or 175 mi	Fengzhen	$642
282 km or 175 mi	Huairen	$654
294 km or 183 mi	Lingyuan	$601
296 km or 184 mi	Nangong	$550
302 km or 187 mi	Ulanqab	$629
314 km or 195 mi	Binzhou	$741