Antananarivo vs Kaohsiung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Kaohsiung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$956
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$2684
🏠 One person rent	$182	$361
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$819
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$390
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$96.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$1264
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	13	80
😀 Quality of life	35	83
🏙️ Population	1.28M	2.73M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 47% less expensive than in Kaohsiung. Cities ranked 8589th and 5750th ($507 vs $956) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Madagascar and Taiwan, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.3 months in Kaohsiung. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Kaohsiung ranked 4th in Taiwan, while ranked 7515th and 417th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Kaohsiung

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	Antananarivo	Kaohsiung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$3.82
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$30.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.9
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.53
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.91
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$363
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$234
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$876
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$623
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$78.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$123
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$22.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	2.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$4370
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$2797
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.76
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$28.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$8.72
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$3.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.97
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$3.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$14.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$9.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$16.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$5.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.65
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.56
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.24
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.75
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.68
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$9.06
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$11.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$4.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$2.25
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$2.09
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$33.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$9.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$50.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$8.75
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$83
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$80.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$378
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$10905

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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 Kaohsiung

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Tainan	$814
88 km or 55 mi	Taitung	$788
97 km or 60 mi	Chiayi	$747
124 km or 77 mi	Douliu	$770
150 km or 93 mi	Nantou	$796
163 km or 101 mi	Changhua	$813
175 km or 108 mi	Taichung	$894
224 km or 139 mi	Miaoli	$728
253 km or 157 mi	Hsinchu	$897
257 km or 160 mi	Zhubei	$821
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
280 km or 174 mi	Yilan	$731
285 km or 177 mi	Kinmen	$823
291 km or 181 mi	New Taipei	$1073
298 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
301 km or 187 mi	Jinjiang	$627
307 km or 191 mi	Xiamen	$688
309 km or 192 mi	Quanzhou	$644
315 km or 196 mi	Keelung	$967
340 km or 211 mi	Putian	$625
341 km or 212 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
379 km or 235 mi	Shantou	$581
393 km or 244 mi	Chaozhou	$451
398 km or 247 mi	Fuzhou	$669
416 km or 258 mi	Jieyang	$443
430 km or 267 mi	Puning	$569
432 km or 268 mi	Longyan	$649
437 km or 271 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
457 km or 284 mi	Ningde	$648
466 km or 289 mi	Meizhou	$655
487 km or 302 mi	Sanming	$603
497 km or 309 mi	Nanping	$630
510 km or 317 mi	Shanwei	$936
562 km or 349 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
575 km or 357 mi	Rui'an	$681
575 km or 357 mi	Tuguegarao	$431
587 km or 365 mi	Heyuan	$764
600 km or 373 mi	Wenzhou	$726
605 km or 376 mi	Huizhou	$601
616 km or 382 mi	Wuyishan	$601