Antananarivo vs Foshan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antananarivo	Foshan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$589
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1403	$1710
🏠 One person rent	$218	$222
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$376
🍽️ Food expenses	$190	$232
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$69.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$762
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	13	95
😀 Quality of life	42	73
🏙️ Population	1.28M	9.5M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 4% less expensive than in Foshan. Cities ranked 8141st and 7909th ($564 vs $589) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 211th 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 1.3 months in Foshan. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Foshan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 7545th and 2948th 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	$3.34	$3.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$20.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$4.66
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$0.99
☕ Cappuccino	$1.45	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$254
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.4	$135
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$601	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$144	$245
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$48.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$74.9
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$15
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	3.81%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$4095
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$563	$1740
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.92	$9.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$5.07
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.16
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.58
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.08
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.88
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$1.62
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$15.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.64
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$11.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.08
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.91
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.86
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.32
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$1.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.93	$9.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$2.09
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$6.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$5.5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.3
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$67.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.14	$5.09
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.6	$16.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$3.35
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$40.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$57.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.4	$426
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$21696

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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 Foshan

Distance	City	Cost of living
19 km or 12 mi	Guangzhou	$758
50 km or 31 mi	Jiangmen	$829
61 km or 38 mi	Zhongshan	$518
66 km or 41 mi	Dongguan	$662
67 km or 42 mi	Zhaoqing	$794
73 km or 45 mi	Qingyuan	$777
84 km or 52 mi	Kaiping	$827
96 km or 60 mi	Zhuhai	$662
106 km or 66 mi	Macau	$1746
110 km or 68 mi	Yunfu	$816
112 km or 69 mi	Shenzhen	$878
134 km or 83 mi	Huizhou	$608
136 km or 85 mi	Kowloon	$2414
137 km or 85 mi	Hong Kong	$2718
176 km or 109 mi	Yangjiang	$892
181 km or 112 mi	Heyuan	$766
190 km or 118 mi	Wuzhou	$809
203 km or 126 mi	Shaoguan	$818
209 km or 130 mi	Lianzhou	$765
221 km or 137 mi	Hezhou	$766
230 km or 143 mi	Shanwei	$941
262 km or 163 mi	Gaozhou	$780
272 km or 169 mi	Maoming	$773
306 km or 190 mi	Yulin	$726
308 km or 191 mi	Chenzhou	$750
315 km or 196 mi	Puning	$579
338 km or 210 mi	Meizhou	$669
338 km or 210 mi	Jieyang	$451
345 km or 214 mi	Zhanjiang	$790
358 km or 222 mi	Guigang	$693
362 km or 225 mi	Ganzhou	$897
367 km or 228 mi	Chaozhou	$454
369 km or 229 mi	Shantou	$589
379 km or 236 mi	Guilin	$546
403 km or 250 mi	Laibin	$598
403 km or 250 mi	Liuzhou	$574
410 km or 255 mi	Yongzhou	$634
433 km or 269 mi	Hengyang	$622
442 km or 274 mi	Haikou	$677
447 km or 278 mi	Beihai	$652