Antananarivo vs Hanoi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Hanoi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$647
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$1916
🏠 One person rent	$182	$292
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$744
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$217
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$64.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$439
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	13	71
😀 Quality of life	35	62
🏙️ Population	1.28M	8.44M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 22% less expensive than in Hanoi. Cities ranked 8589th and 7236th ($507 vs $647) 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 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 0.7 months in Hanoi. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Hanoi ranked 2nd in Vietnam, while ranked 7515th and 4848th 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	$3.19	$1.94
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$27.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$5.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.98
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$1.82
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$302
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$221
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$45.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$71.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$9.01
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	10.39%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$2965
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$1710
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.35
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$7.82
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$5.48
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.9
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.42
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.98
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.57
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$9.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.46
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.66
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.98
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$0.88
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$1.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$1.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$3.15
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$1.55
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$28.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$3.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$30.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$4.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$42
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$90.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$12394

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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 Hanoi

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Bac Ninh	$513
52 km or 32 mi	Hai Duong	$554
56 km or 35 mi	Viet Tri	$592
64 km or 40 mi	Thai Nguyen	$570
75 km or 47 mi	Nam Dinh	$496
83 km or 51 mi	Thai Binh	$513
89 km or 55 mi	Haiphong	$591
129 km or 80 mi	Ha Long	$582
135 km or 84 mi	Thanh Hoa	$563
150 km or 93 mi	Cam Pha	$569
221 km or 137 mi	Chongzuo	$564
254 km or 158 mi	Sa Pa	$553
262 km or 163 mi	Vinh	$579
263 km or 163 mi	Fangchenggang	$573
298 km or 185 mi	Ha Tinh	$558
305 km or 190 mi	Qinzhou	$592
308 km or 192 mi	Wenshan	$575
324 km or 201 mi	Nanning	$549
330 km or 205 mi	Baise	$571
341 km or 212 mi	Beihai	$642
402 km or 250 mi	Dong Hoi	$500
406 km or 252 mi	Luang Prabang	$1253
418 km or 259 mi	Thakhek	$1161
424 km or 263 mi	Vang Vieng	$1183
451 km or 281 mi	Guigang	$702
461 km or 286 mi	Laibin	$598
462 km or 287 mi	Xingyi	$571
468 km or 291 mi	Hechi	$575
474 km or 294 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
479 km or 298 mi	Yulin	$771
480 km or 298 mi	Haikou	$650
481 km or 299 mi	Vientiane	$1163
492 km or 306 mi	Sanya	$763
501 km or 311 mi	Yuxi	$611
516 km or 321 mi	Udon Thani	$543
518 km or 322 mi	Liuzhou	$579
528 km or 328 mi	Gaozhou	$761
531 km or 330 mi	Maoming	$756
533 km or 331 mi	Jinghong	$604
539 km or 335 mi	Hue	$393