Antananarivo vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antananarivo	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$604	$670
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1515	$1770
🏠 One person rent	$241	$214
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$368
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$258
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$112
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$1012
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	13	84
😀 Quality of life	41	71
🏙️ Population	1.28M	9.37M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 10% less expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 7948th and 7494th ($604 vs $670) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 101st 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 1.5 months in Hefei. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Hefei ranked 22nd in China, while ranked 7675th and 3146th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Hefei

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	Antananarivo	Hefei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$2.65
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$22.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$4.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.03
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$2.6
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$218
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$160
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$402
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$288
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$45.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.5	$12.3
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.75%	3.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$686	$3568
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$599	$1930
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.95	$44.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$3.84
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.21
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.57
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$1.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$13.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$6.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$11.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.55
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.65
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.63
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.71
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.42
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.36	$8.33
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.96
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$3.52
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$9.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$4.86
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$0.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$1.82
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$38.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.53	$6.28
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$30.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.56	$6.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.1	$88.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$62.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$240
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11359	$8681

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$533
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$511
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$493
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1196
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1615
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1584
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1167
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1196
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$933
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1511
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$747
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$802
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$871
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$819
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$810
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$691
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$456
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$952
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$452
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$495
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$494
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$489
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$875
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$792
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$754
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$587

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$628
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$624
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$650
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$612
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$674
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$653
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$671
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$523
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$602
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$652
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$789
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$587
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$551
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$684
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$644
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$613
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$620
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$635
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$605
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$623
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$661
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$657
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$623
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$610
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$644
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$667
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$595
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$567
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$627
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$588
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$663
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$633
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$672
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$636
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$693
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$646
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$651
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$531
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$693