Antananarivo vs Linyi - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antananarivo	Linyi
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$546
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1403	$1446
🏠 One person rent	$218	$176
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$294
🍽️ Food expenses	$190	$219
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$68.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$703
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	13	22
😀 Quality of life	42	46
🏙️ Population	1.28M	11M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 3% more expensive than in Linyi. Cities ranked 8141st and 8322nd ($564 vs $546) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 376th 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 1.3 months in Linyi. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Linyi ranked 249th in China, while ranked 7545th and 7034th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Linyi

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	Antananarivo	Linyi
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.34	$3.83
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$30.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$6.31
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$1.13
☕ Cappuccino	$1.45	$3.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.6
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$138
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.4	$82.1
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$601	$253
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$144	$149
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$77.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$5.62
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	3.48%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$3280
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$563	$1043
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.92	$16.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$3.57
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.08
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.12
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$1.26
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$6.28
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.12
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$11.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.49
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.28
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.39
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.93	$11.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.56
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$4.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$4.52
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$4.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.53
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$18.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.14	$6.37
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.6	$36.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$3.92
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$69.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$76.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.4	$202
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$6260

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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 Linyi

Distance	City	Cost of living
75 km or 47 mi	Zaozhuang	$530
77 km or 48 mi	Xinyi	$564
85 km or 53 mi	Pizhou	$567
93 km or 58 mi	Lianyungang	$537
107 km or 66 mi	Rizhao	$558
107 km or 67 mi	Xintai	$563
109 km or 67 mi	Tengzhou	$558
125 km or 78 mi	Suqian	$602
137 km or 85 mi	Qufu	$553
138 km or 86 mi	Xuzhou	$499
139 km or 86 mi	Laiwu	$561
143 km or 89 mi	Zhucheng	$542
160 km or 100 mi	Anqiu	$521
166 km or 103 mi	Jining	$563
170 km or 106 mi	Tai'an	$538
175 km or 109 mi	Zoucheng	$564
182 km or 113 mi	Qingzhou	$563
188 km or 117 mi	Huaibei	$570
188 km or 117 mi	Huai'an	$654
189 km or 118 mi	Feicheng	$547
193 km or 120 mi	Zibo	$548
194 km or 121 mi	Gaomi	$520
196 km or 122 mi	Weifang	$448
197 km or 122 mi	Jiaozhou	$468
203 km or 126 mi	Suzhou	$582
206 km or 128 mi	Shouguang	$576
208 km or 129 mi	Zouping	$562
214 km or 133 mi	Yongcheng	$570
217 km or 135 mi	Jinan	$573
220 km or 137 mi	Qingdao	$626
220 km or 137 mi	Changyi	$507
240 km or 149 mi	Pingdu	$549
248 km or 154 mi	Yancheng	$913
253 km or 157 mi	Bengbu	$509
255 km or 159 mi	Mingguang	$583
256 km or 159 mi	Shangqiu	$598
258 km or 161 mi	Yucheng	$544
260 km or 161 mi	Binzhou	$741
263 km or 163 mi	Liaocheng	$516
265 km or 165 mi	Heze	$807