Antananarivo vs Shangqiu - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Antananarivo	Shangqiu
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$602
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1414	$1657
🏠 One person rent	$217	$246
🏘️ Family rent	$341	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$194	$218
🚐 Transport expenses	$89.8	$70
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$110	$688
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	17 km
🎓 Higher education	13	17
😀 Quality of life	41	44
🏙️ Population	1.28M	7.82M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 6% less expensive than in Shangqiu. Cities ranked 8275th and 7914th ($564 vs $602) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 207th 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 1.1 months in Shangqiu. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Shangqiu ranked 334th in China, while ranked 7753rd and 7360th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Shangqiu

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	Antananarivo	Shangqiu
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.36	$2.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.4	$21.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.59	$4.73
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.9	$0.87
☕ Cappuccino	$1.52	$2.57
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.86	$0.42
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$291	$233
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$89.7	$192
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$518	$431
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$163	$348
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.6	$37.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$55.4	$58.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.6	$8.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.44%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$699	$2751
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$586	$1731
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.14	$0.29
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$9.08	$15.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$4.01
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.2	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.21	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.05	$1.53
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.71	$0.97
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.97	$1.23
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.86	$11.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.96	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.72	$10.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.17	$1.87
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.61	$1.01
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.48
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$1.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.05	$0.67
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.41
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$1.2
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$5.04	$12.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.89	$0.67
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.59	$2.86
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.96	$4.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.61	$3.9
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$2.28
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.78	$1.37
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$39
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.25	$5.73
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.9	$28.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.4	$4.41
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.3	$33.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$78	$67.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.6	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9859	$16802

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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 Shangqiu

Distance	City	Cost of living
92 km or 57 mi	Yongcheng	$581
92 km or 57 mi	Heze	$803
117 km or 73 mi	Huaibei	$581
121 km or 75 mi	Changyuan	$569
126 km or 79 mi	Kaifeng	$483
128 km or 79 mi	Zoucheng	$558
128 km or 80 mi	Zhoukou	$598
129 km or 80 mi	Xiangcheng	$572
132 km or 82 mi	Jieshou	$556
137 km or 85 mi	Jining	$548
142 km or 89 mi	Xuzhou	$514
150 km or 93 mi	Suzhou	$592
156 km or 97 mi	Tengzhou	$572
159 km or 99 mi	Puyang	$583
170 km or 106 mi	Fuyang	$601
174 km or 108 mi	Xuchang	$491
174 km or 108 mi	Changge	$509
176 km or 110 mi	Xinzheng	$518
178 km or 110 mi	Luohe	$543
178 km or 111 mi	Qufu	$563
181 km or 112 mi	Zaozhuang	$542
181 km or 113 mi	Weihui	$498
185 km or 115 mi	Zhengzhou	$511
188 km or 117 mi	Xinxiang	$489
192 km or 119 mi	Hebi	$531
202 km or 126 mi	Yuzhou	$520
204 km or 127 mi	Huixian	$506
208 km or 129 mi	Xinmi	$516
210 km or 131 mi	Xingyang	$516
217 km or 135 mi	Pizhou	$576
220 km or 137 mi	Anyang	$492
220 km or 137 mi	Zhumadian	$596
221 km or 137 mi	Feicheng	$550
227 km or 141 mi	Liaocheng	$505
229 km or 142 mi	Bengbu	$519
229 km or 143 mi	Pingdingshan	$542
233 km or 145 mi	Wugang	$526
236 km or 147 mi	Tai'an	$548
238 km or 148 mi	Jiaozuo	$489
240 km or 149 mi	Dengfeng	$518