Antananarivo vs Ho Chi Minh - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Ho Chi Minh
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$735
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$2016
🏠 One person rent	$182	$376
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$815
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$72.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$487
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	13	66
😀 Quality of life	35	65
🏙️ Population	1.28M	9.39M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 31% less expensive than in Ho Chi Minh. Cities ranked 8589th and 6739th ($507 vs $735) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 Ho Chi Minh. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Ho Chi Minh ranked 1st in Vietnam, while ranked 7515th and 4253rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Ho Chi Minh

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	Antananarivo	Ho Chi Minh
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$2.17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$23.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.18
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$1.88
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.5
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$459
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$281
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$1102
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$634
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$50.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$77.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$9.54
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	9.56%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$4334
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$2039
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.27
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$11.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$5.97
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.89
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.06
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.49
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$12.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.62
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.02
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.22
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.12
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.25
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$0.82
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$11.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$0.93
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$1.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$1.78
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$3.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$1.12
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$0.89
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$21.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$4.32
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$20.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$41.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$105
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$277
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$14143

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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 Ho Chi Minh

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Thu Dau Mot	$530
25 km or 15 mi	Bien Hoa	$425
72 km or 45 mi	Vung Tau	$494
96 km or 60 mi	Svay Rieng	$678
113 km or 70 mi	Sa Dec	$512
127 km or 79 mi	Can Tho	$454
141 km or 88 mi	Long Xuyen	$508
153 km or 95 mi	Soc Trang	$514
162 km or 100 mi	Prey Veng	$721
167 km or 104 mi	Phan Thiet	$506
181 km or 112 mi	Mui Ne	$507
184 km or 114 mi	Kampong Cham	$513
189 km or 117 mi	Rach Gia	$526
198 km or 123 mi	Bac Lieu	$504
205 km or 127 mi	Phnom Penh	$836
233 km or 145 mi	Da Lat	$577
244 km or 151 mi	Ca Mau	$516
257 km or 160 mi	Buon Ma Thuot	$531
270 km or 168 mi	Phan Rang-Thap Cham	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Kampot	$596
300 km or 186 mi	Phu Quoc	$519
309 km or 192 mi	Stung Treng	$634
320 km or 199 mi	Nha Trang	$535
343 km or 213 mi	Sihanoukville	$755
414 km or 257 mi	Siem Reap	$644
433 km or 269 mi	Qui Nhon	$516
452 km or 281 mi	Battambang	$573
488 km or 303 mi	Ko Chang	$677
502 km or 312 mi	Serei Saophoan	$639
527 km or 327 mi	Ubon Ratchathani	$545
533 km or 331 mi	Quang Ngai	$427
584 km or 363 mi	Klaeng	$685
592 km or 368 mi	Hoi An	$584
605 km or 376 mi	Da Nang	$593
637 km or 396 mi	Hue	$393
663 km or 412 mi	Nong Prue	$752
664 km or 413 mi	Chaophraya Surasak	$739
668 km or 415 mi	Pattaya	$781
670 km or 416 mi	Laem Chabang	$743
676 km or 420 mi	Nakhon Ratchasima	$588