Antananarivo vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$644
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$1639
🏠 One person rent	$182	$260
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$370
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$90.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$893
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	13	54
😀 Quality of life	35	66
🏙️ Population	1.28M	8.78M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 21% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 8589th and 7256th ($507 vs $644) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 118th 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 1.4 months in Quanzhou. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Quanzhou ranked 34th in China, while ranked 7515th and 4015th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Quanzhou

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	Antananarivo	Quanzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$2.07
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$24.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.37
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$2.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.44
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$217
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$227
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$412
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$298
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$25.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$39.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$9.68
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	3.59%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$2767
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$1714
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$33.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$3.31
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.39
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$0.69
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$0.85
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.15
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$11
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$2.32
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$15.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.98
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.47
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.68
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.85
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.25
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.35
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.02
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$0.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$2.76
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$3.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$5.34
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$1.67
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$1.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$55
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$5.51
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$23.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$7.72
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$27.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$86
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$114
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$20567

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$627
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$823
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$688
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$625
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$669
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$649
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$603
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$630
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$648
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$813
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$894
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$728
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$770
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$796
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$897
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$451
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$821
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$747
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$581
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$655
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$875
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$814
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$443
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1073
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1181
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$569
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$967
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$731
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$601
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$788
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$681
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$761
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$671
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$598
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$726
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$603
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$585
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$936