Antananarivo vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antananarivo	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$634
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1479
🏠 One person rent	$217	$301
🏘️ Family rent	$341	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$179
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.8	$79.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$110	$759
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	13	49
😀 Quality of life	41	71
🏙️ Population	1.28M	8.78M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 11% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 8275th and 7679th ($564 vs $634) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 137th 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 1.2 months in Quanzhou. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Quanzhou ranked 23rd in China, while ranked 7753rd and 3611th 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	$3.36	$2.16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$21.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.59	$5.06
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.86
☕ Cappuccino	$1.52	$2.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.43
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$240
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$89.7	$258
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$438
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$163	$328
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.6	$30.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.4	$47.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$16
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.44%	3.14%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$699	$2900
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$586	$1919
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.08	$22.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$3.81
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.45
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$0.8
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1.46
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$10.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$1.59
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$5.07
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.45
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$0.94
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$0.72
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$0.48
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.43
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$1.14
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$1.06
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.04	$7.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$2.88
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.96	$3.36
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$5.39
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.73
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$1.36
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$52.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$24.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$8.21
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.3	$20.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$85.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.6	$232
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9859	$9536

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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 Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$630
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$903
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$723
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$668
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$656
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$698
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$634
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$682
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$654
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$888
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$957
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$709
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$889
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$879
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$937
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$465
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$882
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$910
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$602
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$673
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$941
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$910
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$464
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1108
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1257
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$589
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$997
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$796
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$610
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$841
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$705
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$814
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$665
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$586
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$763
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$594
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$595
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$943