Antananarivo vs Dongguan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antananarivo	Dongguan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$662
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1403	$1882
🏠 One person rent	$218	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$461
🍽️ Food expenses	$190	$234
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$752
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	46 km
🎓 Higher education	13	69
😀 Quality of life	42	72
🏙️ Population	1.28M	10.5M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 15% less expensive than in Dongguan. Cities ranked 8141st and 7341st ($564 vs $662) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 78th 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 1.1 months in Dongguan. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Dongguan ranked 20th in China, while ranked 7545th and 3389th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Dongguan

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	Antananarivo	Dongguan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.34	$2.78
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$21
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$4.89
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$1.27
☕ Cappuccino	$1.45	$2.67
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$319
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.4	$184
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$601	$568
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$144	$341
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$39.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$62.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$12.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	3.86%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$6823
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$563	$3488
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.92	$21.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$4.04
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.47
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$12.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$13.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.83
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.35
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$1.01
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.31
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.93	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.87
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$2.78
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$4.87
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$6.97
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$61
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.14	$6.97
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.6	$49.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$7.22
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$30
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$61.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.4	$445
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$21416

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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 Dongguan

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Guangzhou	$758
65 km or 40 mi	Shenzhen	$878
66 km or 41 mi	Foshan	$589
68 km or 43 mi	Huizhou	$608
70 km or 44 mi	Zhongshan	$518
86 km or 53 mi	Jiangmen	$829
88 km or 54 mi	Zhuhai	$662
93 km or 58 mi	Kowloon	$2414
95 km or 59 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
100 km or 62 mi	Macau	$1746
100 km or 62 mi	Qingyuan	$777
124 km or 77 mi	Heyuan	$766
132 km or 82 mi	Kaiping	$827
133 km or 83 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
165 km or 103 mi	Shanwei	$941
176 km or 109 mi	Yunfu	$816
196 km or 122 mi	Shaoguan	$818
226 km or 141 mi	Yangjiang	$892
239 km or 148 mi	Lianzhou	$765
249 km or 155 mi	Puning	$579
253 km or 157 mi	Wuzhou	$809
271 km or 168 mi	Hezhou	$766
273 km or 170 mi	Jieyang	$451
279 km or 173 mi	Meizhou	$669
302 km or 188 mi	Chaozhou	$454
303 km or 188 mi	Shantou	$589
315 km or 195 mi	Chenzhou	$750
323 km or 201 mi	Gaozhou	$780
329 km or 205 mi	Maoming	$773
332 km or 206 mi	Ganzhou	$897
372 km or 231 mi	Yulin	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
403 km or 250 mi	Longyan	$697
424 km or 263 mi	Guigang	$693
430 km or 267 mi	Guilin	$546
430 km or 267 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
437 km or 271 mi	Yongzhou	$634
444 km or 276 mi	Hengyang	$622
464 km or 288 mi	Liuzhou	$574
467 km or 290 mi	Laibin	$598