Antananarivo vs Ningbo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Antananarivo	Ningbo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$604	$660
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1515	$1956
🏠 One person rent	$241	$249
🏘️ Family rent	$382	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$198	$266
🚐 Transport expenses	$99.8	$73.7
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$111	$1198
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	6 km
🎓 Higher education	13	53
😀 Quality of life	41	73
🏙️ Population	1.28M	9.4M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 9% less expensive than in Ningbo. Cities ranked 7948th and 7558th ($604 vs $660) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 114th 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 1.8 months in Ningbo. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Ningbo ranked 13th in China, while ranked 7675th and 2343rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Ningbo

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	Antananarivo	Ningbo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$3.03
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$21.4	$29.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.92	$4.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.94	$1.25
☕ Cappuccino	$1.73	$3.29
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$308	$345
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$103	$177
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$567	$614
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$188	$316
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$31
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$59.5	$7.72
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.75%	3.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$686	$4619
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$599	$2635
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.3
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.95	$14.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$18.6	$4.45
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.24	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.22	$1.81
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.08	$1.57
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.79	$0.7
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$1.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.75	$18.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.02	$3.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.04	$10.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$1.44
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.54
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.93	$1.17
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$0.59
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.51
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.36	$8.14
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.92	$0.78
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.68	$4.43
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$2.08	$14
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.74	$4.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.59	$2.57
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.83	$2.23
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.3	$22.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.53	$7.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.1	$14.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.56	$4.84
👖 Brand Jeans	$34.1	$59.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$81.6	$68.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$39.8	$803
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11359	$15801

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$533
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$511
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$493
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1603
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1196
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1615
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1663
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1584
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1762
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1503
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1575
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1551
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1559
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1563
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1167
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1567
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1444
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1196
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$933
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1511
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$747
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$688
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$802
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$871
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$819
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$810
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$665
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$820
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$691
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$456
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$952
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$452
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$495
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$494
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$489
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$516
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$875
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$792
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$754
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$587

Cities near Ningbo

Distance	City	Cost of living
55 km or 34 mi	Zhoushan	$571
94 km or 58 mi	Shaoxing	$670
120 km or 75 mi	Linhai	$677
124 km or 77 mi	Jiaxing	$596
139 km or 87 mi	Hangzhou	$899
144 km or 89 mi	Shanghai	$1147
150 km or 93 mi	Pudong	$1030
156 km or 97 mi	Yiwu	$696
167 km or 104 mi	Wenling	$687
177 km or 110 mi	Kunshan	$726
178 km or 111 mi	Huzhou	$680
180 km or 112 mi	Taicang	$708
182 km or 113 mi	Suzhou	$798
203 km or 126 mi	Jinhua	$611
212 km or 132 mi	Changshu	$678
216 km or 134 mi	Qidong	$725
224 km or 139 mi	Wuxi	$686
224 km or 139 mi	Lishui	$686
226 km or 140 mi	Wenzhou	$774
227 km or 141 mi	Haimen	$643
234 km or 146 mi	Yixing	$663
234 km or 146 mi	Guangde	$667
242 km or 150 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
243 km or 151 mi	Nantong	$581
249 km or 155 mi	Rui'an	$717
257 km or 160 mi	Jiangyin	$658
260 km or 162 mi	Ningguo	$661
262 km or 163 mi	Liyang	$657
263 km or 163 mi	Changzhou	$636
267 km or 166 mi	Jingjiang	$645
278 km or 173 mi	Quzhou	$628
294 km or 182 mi	Xuancheng	$684
294 km or 183 mi	Taixing	$651
294 km or 183 mi	Rugao	$659
302 km or 187 mi	Danyang	$623
310 km or 193 mi	Yangzhong	$627
313 km or 194 mi	Huangshan	$646
313 km or 195 mi	Hai'an	$664
325 km or 202 mi	Jurong	$644
327 km or 203 mi	Zhenjiang	$538