Antananarivo vs Quanzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antananarivo	Quanzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$621
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1403	$1442
🏠 One person rent	$218	$296
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$400
🍽️ Food expenses	$190	$176
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$78
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$889
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	13	53
😀 Quality of life	42	70
🏙️ Population	1.28M	8.78M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 9% less expensive than in Quanzhou. Cities ranked 8141st and 7641st ($564 vs $621) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 138th 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 32nd in China, while ranked 7545th and 4086th 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	$3.34	$2.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$4.94
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$0.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.45	$2.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$231
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.4	$251
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$601	$416
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$144	$315
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$29.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$46
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$18.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	3.13%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$2827
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$563	$1854
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.92	$22.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$3.67
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.4
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$0.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$1.44
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$1.39
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$4.93
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$1.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$0.91
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$0.69
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$0.42
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.42
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$1.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.93	$6.97
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$2.81
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$3.29
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$5.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.69
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$1.34
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$51.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.14	$5.58
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.6	$23.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$8.13
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$19.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$82.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.4	$224
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$9321

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$493
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$476
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$453
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1624
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1207
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1590
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1641
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1561
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1751
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1535
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1595
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1546
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1576
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1560
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1168
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1561
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1445
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1207
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$935
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1511
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$774
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$727
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$831
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$842
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$834
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$822
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$692
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$812
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$692
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$996
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$458
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$506
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$496
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$493
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$519
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$916
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$820
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$755
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$592

Cities near Quanzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.9 mi	Jinjiang	$615
59 km or 36 mi	Kinmen	$901
70 km or 44 mi	Xiamen	$707
72 km or 45 mi	Putian	$634
104 km or 64 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
147 km or 92 mi	Fuzhou	$628
159 km or 99 mi	Longyan	$697
177 km or 110 mi	Sanming	$616
197 km or 122 mi	Nanping	$671
216 km or 134 mi	Ningde	$628
218 km or 136 mi	Changhua	$914
227 km or 141 mi	Taichung	$1006
229 km or 142 mi	Miaoli	$695
240 km or 149 mi	Douliu	$894
240 km or 149 mi	Nantou	$894
241 km or 150 mi	Hsinchu	$993
242 km or 150 mi	Chaozhou	$454
245 km or 152 mi	Zhubei	$868
247 km or 154 mi	Chiayi	$914
257 km or 160 mi	Shantou	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Meizhou	$669
265 km or 165 mi	Taoyuan	$942
269 km or 167 mi	Tainan	$894
271 km or 169 mi	Jieyang	$451
289 km or 179 mi	New Taipei	$1135
297 km or 185 mi	Taipei	$1313
303 km or 188 mi	Puning	$579
309 km or 192 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
319 km or 198 mi	Keelung	$1030
320 km or 199 mi	Yilan	$802
321 km or 199 mi	Wuyishan	$600
354 km or 220 mi	Taitung	$854
379 km or 236 mi	Rui'an	$700
381 km or 237 mi	Ganzhou	$897
397 km or 247 mi	Shangrao	$650
399 km or 248 mi	Guixi	$578
400 km or 249 mi	Wenzhou	$753
401 km or 249 mi	Yingtan	$586
407 km or 253 mi	Fuzhou	$589
408 km or 254 mi	Shanwei	$941