Antananarivo vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$625
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$1708
🏠 One person rent	$182	$205
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$435
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$231
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$991
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	13	93
😀 Quality of life	35	66
🏙️ Population	1.28M	9.37M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 19% less expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 8589th and 7405th ($507 vs $625) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 160th 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 1.6 months in Hefei. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Hefei ranked 31st in China, while ranked 7515th and 3963rd 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	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$13.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$2.37
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$205
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$156
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$481
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$358
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$25.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$39.1
🌐 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	$3736
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$2103
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$40.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$3.59
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.61
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.56
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.77
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.86
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$7.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$4.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$9.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.68
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.21
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.62
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.55
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.15
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$20.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$8.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$4.57
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$0.93
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$1.68
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$83.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$5.84
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$28
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$6.43
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$57.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$60.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$237
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$8278

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$621
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$608
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$664
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$600
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$666
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$632
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$691
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$505
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$587
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$611
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$746
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$576
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$555
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$672
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$621
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$633
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$592
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$613
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$602
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$620
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$642
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$654
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$607
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$630
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$621
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$650
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$584
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$591
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$603
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$600
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$695
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$620
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$668
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$702
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$644
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$642
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$484
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$665