Antananarivo vs Maoming - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antananarivo	Maoming
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$789
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$2078
🏠 One person rent	$217	$422
🏘️ Family rent	$341	$751
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$210
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.8	$75.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$110	$1006
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	39 km
🎓 Higher education	13	27
😀 Quality of life	41	52
🏙️ Population	1.28M	6.17M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 29% less expensive than in Maoming. Cities ranked 8275th and 6807th ($564 vs $789) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 30th 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 Maoming. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Maoming ranked 100th in China, while ranked 7753rd and 6563rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Maoming

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	Antananarivo	Maoming
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.36	$2.18
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$14.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.59	$3.98
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$1.64
☕ Cappuccino	$1.52	$2.16
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$485
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$89.7	$355
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$867
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$163	$652
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.6	$28.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.4	$43.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$12.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.44%	3.87%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$699	$4804
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$586	$2750
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.08	$24.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$2.66
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.18
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.66
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.38
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1.04
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$5.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$5.74
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$0.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.72
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.87
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.88
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.59
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.29
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.04	$14.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$3.72
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.96	$6.79
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$5.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$2.1
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$32.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$7.29
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$9.91
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.3	$41.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$70.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.6	$488
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9859	$19015

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$496
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$481
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$460
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1652
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1237
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1624
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1681
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1600
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1795
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1562
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1640
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1588
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1618
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1597
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1181
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1602
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1468
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1233
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$935
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1521
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$749
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$697
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$812
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$819
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$815
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$807
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$672
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$796
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$692
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1000
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$458
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$505
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$496
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$495
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$521
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$924
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$828
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$764
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$591

Cities near Maoming

Distance	City	Cost of living
32 km or 20 mi	Gaozhou	$790
74 km or 46 mi	Zhanjiang	$805
110 km or 68 mi	Yangjiang	$896
133 km or 83 mi	Yulin	$738
181 km or 113 mi	Yunfu	$832
189 km or 118 mi	Beihai	$664
193 km or 120 mi	Haikou	$694
199 km or 124 mi	Kaiping	$844
207 km or 128 mi	Wuzhou	$816
209 km or 130 mi	Guigang	$699
221 km or 137 mi	Zhaoqing	$807
240 km or 149 mi	Qinzhou	$605
245 km or 153 mi	Jiangmen	$848
269 km or 167 mi	Zhongshan	$534
271 km or 168 mi	Fangchenggang	$592
272 km or 169 mi	Foshan	$611
277 km or 172 mi	Macau	$1718
282 km or 175 mi	Zhuhai	$674
288 km or 179 mi	Laibin	$608
291 km or 181 mi	Guangzhou	$782
297 km or 185 mi	Nanning	$564
313 km or 194 mi	Hezhou	$769
314 km or 195 mi	Qingyuan	$795
329 km or 205 mi	Dongguan	$666
333 km or 207 mi	Liuzhou	$587
337 km or 210 mi	Shenzhen	$939
341 km or 212 mi	Hong Kong	$2674
344 km or 214 mi	Kowloon	$2415
376 km or 233 mi	Chongzuo	$580
378 km or 235 mi	Lianzhou	$760
383 km or 238 mi	Cam Pha	$577
394 km or 245 mi	Huizhou	$621
405 km or 252 mi	Ha Long	$585
406 km or 252 mi	Guilin	$533
407 km or 253 mi	Sanya	$774
443 km or 275 mi	Shaoguan	$807
444 km or 276 mi	Hechi	$584
451 km or 280 mi	Haiphong	$571
451 km or 281 mi	Heyuan	$765
471 km or 293 mi	Shanwei	$943