Antananarivo vs Hefei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antananarivo	Hefei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$643
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1403	$1702
🏠 One person rent	$218	$216
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$373
🍽️ Food expenses	$190	$243
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$927
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	32 km
🎓 Higher education	13	93
😀 Quality of life	42	69
🏙️ Population	1.28M	9.37M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 12% less expensive than in Hefei. Cities ranked 8141st and 7469th ($564 vs $643) 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 1.4 months in Hefei. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Hefei ranked 35th in China, while ranked 7545th and 4318th 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	$3.34	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$19.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$4.21
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$0.77
☕ Cappuccino	$1.45	$2.28
🥤 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	$210
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.4	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$601	$385
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$144	$302
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$39.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$14.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	3.54%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$3665
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$563	$2183
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.92	$42.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$3.42
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.53
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.52
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.19
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$11.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$5.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.7
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.65
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$1.1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.93	$7.02
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$3.38
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$9.33
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$4.71
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$0.95
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$1.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.14	$5.65
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.6	$28.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$6.44
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$70
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$59.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.4	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$9056

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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 Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663