Antananarivo vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antananarivo	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1403	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$218	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$190	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$931
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	13	100
😀 Quality of life	42	77
🏙️ Population	1.28M	24.9M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 50% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 8141st and 4879th ($564 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th 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 0.8 months in Shanghai. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 7545th and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Shanghai

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	Antananarivo	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.34	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$1.45	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.4	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$601	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$144	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$563	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.92	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.93	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.14	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.6	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.4	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$27624

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753