Antananarivo vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$611
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$1821
🏠 One person rent	$182	$208
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$262
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$67.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$754
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	13	95
😀 Quality of life	35	70
🏙️ Population	1.28M	9.5M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 17% less expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 8589th and 7543rd ($507 vs $611) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 199th 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 1.2 months in Foshan. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Foshan ranked 13th in China, while ranked 7515th and 2601st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Foshan

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	Antananarivo	Foshan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$3.41
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$22
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$3.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$246
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$129
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$570
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$310
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$42.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$13.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$4361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$1806
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.86
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$4.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$13.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.24
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.02
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.91
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$16.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$3.77
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$1.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$67.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$6.78
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$17
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$43
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$70.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$411
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$18096

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$352
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$447
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$389
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1100
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1400
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1371
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1150
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1105
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$872
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1506
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$745
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$812
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$712
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$808
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$796
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$675
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1003
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$457
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$507
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$493
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$492
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$947
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$825
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$752
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$587

Cities near Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$774
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$804
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$461
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$656
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$794
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$812
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$653
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1588
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$823
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$916
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$601
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2432
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$877
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$764
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$803
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$755
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$758
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$936
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$761
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$756
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$771
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$724
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$569
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$655
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$443
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$702
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$761
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$451
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$581
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$522
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$579
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$609
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$590
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$650
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$642