Antananarivo vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Antananarivo	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$519	$648
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1528	$1977
🏠 One person rent	$205	$290
🏘️ Family rent	$516	$794
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$220
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.3	$65.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$131	$505
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	13	71
😀 Quality of life	36	63
🏙️ Population	1.28M	8.44M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 20% less expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 8538th and 7305th ($519 vs $648) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Madagascar and Vietnam, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Vietnam comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.8 months in Hanoi. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Hanoi ranked 2nd in Vietnam, while ranked 7340th and 4684th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Hanoi

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	Antananarivo	Hanoi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.31	$2.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$24.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.36	$5.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$0.9
☕ Cappuccino	$1.07	$1.91
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.18	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$314
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.4	$209
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$870
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$375	$666
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$51.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$78.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.4	$9.23
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	10.93%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$785	$2876
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$490	$1588
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.99	$8.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.2	$5.44
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.93
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$1.44
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$1.05
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.92
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$1.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.65	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$3.71
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$10.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$3.72
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.03
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.99
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.38	$12.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.67	$0.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.31	$1.41
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$1.83
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$3.26
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.62	$1.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$1.06
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$27.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.62	$4.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$32.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.35	$4.76
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.7	$31.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.3	$93.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$131	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11512	$13338

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$348
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$457
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$403
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1093
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1481
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1441
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1394
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1091
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$1190
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1500
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$767
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$826
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$701
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$804
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$796
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$670
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$500
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1000
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$498
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$591
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$516
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$515
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$953
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$834
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$662
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$582

Cities near Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$545
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$565
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$554
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$571
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$511
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$523
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$606
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$592
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$571
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$577
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$586
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$549
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$583
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$595
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$560
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$614
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$579
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$572
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$593
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$660
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$513
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1251
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1151
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1174
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$725
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$623
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$580
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$601
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$781
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$794
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$671
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1168
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$778
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$621
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$555
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$607
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$774
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$774
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$599
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$407