Antananarivo vs New Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Antananarivo	New Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$519	$1060
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1528	$2992
🏠 One person rent	$205	$464
🏘️ Family rent	$516	$1087
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$370
🚐 Transport expenses	$69.3	$119
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$131	$1661
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	13	95
😀 Quality of life	36	87
🏙️ Population	1.28M	4.04M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 51% less expensive than in New Taipei. Cities ranked 8538th and 5212th ($519 vs $1060) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Madagascar and Taiwan, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.6 months in New Taipei. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs New Taipei ranked 1st in Taiwan, while ranked 7340th and 279th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs New Taipei

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	Antananarivo	New Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.31	$4.67
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.6	$31.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.36	$5.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1	$2.49
☕ Cappuccino	$1.07	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.18	$0.99
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$375	$483
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$65.4	$361
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$618	$1333
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$375	$890
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$54.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$40.4	$83.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.4	$24.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.86%	1.97%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$785	$9578
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$490	$4941
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.71
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.99	$37.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$11.2	$8.92
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.25	$0.97
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.96	$2.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.21	$1.9
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$3
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.12	$2.85
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.65	$16.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.52	$8.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$17.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$4.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.59
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.42
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$2.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.76
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$1.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.78	$1.77
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.38	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.67	$1.36
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.31	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$9.54
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.47	$7.87
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.62	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.81	$2.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$44.1	$29.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.62	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.3	$36.5
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.35	$16.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$18.7	$67.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$99.3	$86.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$131	$504
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11512	$13786

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$348
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$457
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$403
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1549
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1093
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1481
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1538
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1441
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1665
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1397
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1454
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1432
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1457
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1444
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1394
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1451
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1371
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1091
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$1190
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1500
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$767
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$674
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$826
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$701
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$804
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$796
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$789
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$777
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$670
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$500
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1000
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$498
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$591
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$516
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$515
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$526
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$953
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$834
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$662
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$582

Cities near New Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	Taipei	$1158
29 km or 18 mi	Taoyuan	$868
33 km or 20 mi	Keelung	$1028
42 km or 26 mi	Yilan	$745
48 km or 30 mi	Zhubei	$828
53 km or 33 mi	Hsinchu	$864
80 km or 50 mi	Miaoli	$698
124 km or 77 mi	Taichung	$931
140 km or 87 mi	Changhua	$841
144 km or 90 mi	Nantou	$818
171 km or 106 mi	Douliu	$761
198 km or 123 mi	Chiayi	$707
246 km or 153 mi	Fuzhou	$706
250 km or 155 mi	Putian	$661
252 km or 157 mi	Taitung	$801
259 km or 161 mi	Tainan	$841
267 km or 166 mi	Ningde	$683
283 km or 176 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
289 km or 179 mi	Quanzhou	$666
290 km or 180 mi	Jinjiang	$654
291 km or 181 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
318 km or 197 mi	Rui'an	$719
321 km or 199 mi	Kinmen	$821
341 km or 212 mi	Wenzhou	$776
345 km or 214 mi	Xiamen	$807
375 km or 233 mi	Nanping	$673
375 km or 233 mi	Wenling	$712
386 km or 240 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
387 km or 241 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
408 km or 253 mi	Sanming	$642
411 km or 256 mi	Lishui	$719
428 km or 266 mi	Linhai	$702
445 km or 277 mi	Longyan	$713
457 km or 284 mi	Wuyishan	$643
489 km or 304 mi	Jinhua	$731
497 km or 309 mi	Yiwu	$708
507 km or 315 mi	Quzhou	$633
510 km or 317 mi	Chaozhou	$592
515 km or 320 mi	Shangrao	$716
515 km or 320 mi	Shantou	$605