Antananarivo vs Shangrao - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Antananarivo	Shangrao
🚶 Cost of living one person	$564	$650
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1403	$1953
🏠 One person rent	$218	$238
🏘️ Family rent	$342	$414
🍽️ Food expenses	$190	$241
🚐 Transport expenses	$92.3	$85
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$129	$767
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	13	20
😀 Quality of life	42	46
🏙️ Population	1.28M	6.44M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 13% less expensive than in Shangrao. Cities ranked 8141st and 7433rd ($564 vs $650) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 94th 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 Shangrao. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Shangrao ranked 207th in China, while ranked 7545th and 6933rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Shangrao

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	Antananarivo	Shangrao
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.34	$3.48
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$28
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.91	$4.22
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$0.7
☕ Cappuccino	$1.45	$2.12
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.93	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$336	$270
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$78.4	$174
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$601	$491
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$144	$320
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$35.7	$26.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$54.5	$41.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.1	$18
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	15.59%	3.67%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$823	$4322
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$563	$2245
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.32
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.92	$20.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$5.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.22	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.07	$1.98
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.07	$1.83
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$0.99
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.03	$1.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.81	$3.08
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.36	$2.04
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$1.67
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.01	$1.27
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$0.79
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.91	$1.19
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.93	$12.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.87	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.69	$4.22
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.91	$5.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.59	$5
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$1.66
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.76	$1.75
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37	$32.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.14	$6.52
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$14.6	$43.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.36	$5.95
👖 Brand Jeans	$29.9	$54.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$73.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$46.4	$415
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8558	$28686

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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 Shangrao

Distance	City	Cost of living
76 km or 47 mi	Guixi	$578
77 km or 48 mi	Wuyishan	$600
97 km or 60 mi	Yingtan	$586
106 km or 66 mi	Quzhou	$604
120 km or 75 mi	Jingdezhen	$436
145 km or 90 mi	Huangshan	$620
165 km or 103 mi	Fuzhou	$589
180 km or 112 mi	Jinhua	$586
191 km or 119 mi	Lishui	$696
201 km or 125 mi	Nanping	$671
205 km or 127 mi	Nanchang	$526
227 km or 141 mi	Yiwu	$672
237 km or 147 mi	Jiujiang	$604
246 km or 153 mi	Anqing	$532
246 km or 153 mi	Sanming	$616
250 km or 155 mi	Ningde	$628
251 km or 156 mi	Chizhou	$617
262 km or 163 mi	Ningguo	$637
268 km or 167 mi	Wenzhou	$753
274 km or 170 mi	Rui'an	$700
278 km or 173 mi	Tongling	$629
279 km or 174 mi	Qianshan	$567
282 km or 175 mi	Wuxue	$598
289 km or 179 mi	Xuancheng	$659
293 km or 182 mi	Hangzhou	$826
294 km or 183 mi	Fuzhou	$628
306 km or 190 mi	Tongcheng	$592
307 km or 191 mi	Guangde	$642
307 km or 191 mi	Xinyu	$593
308 km or 191 mi	Shaoxing	$740
313 km or 195 mi	Linhai	$666
324 km or 201 mi	Wuhu	$672
328 km or 204 mi	Ji'an	$660
333 km or 207 mi	Wenling	$677
340 km or 211 mi	Huzhou	$631
344 km or 214 mi	Daye	$638
345 km or 214 mi	Huangshi	$671
350 km or 217 mi	Putian	$634
358 km or 223 mi	Yichun	$618
361 km or 224 mi	Chaohu	$620