Antananarivo vs Shenzhen - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Shenzhen
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$916
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$2694
🏠 One person rent	$182	$478
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$1142
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$261
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$85.2
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$1771
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	13	96
😀 Quality of life	35	80
🏙️ Population	1.28M	17.7M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 45% less expensive than in Shenzhen. Cities ranked 8589th and 5950th ($507 vs $916) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 12th 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 1.9 months in Shenzhen. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Shenzhen ranked 3rd in China, while ranked 7515th and 545th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Shenzhen

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	Antananarivo	Shenzhen
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$3.06
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$27.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$5.23
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.11
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$3.03
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.46
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$667
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$1650
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$917
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$43.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$65.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$13.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	4.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$12583
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$6551
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.41
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$23.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$4.51
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.18
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.89
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$13
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$4.43
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$13.7
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.9
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.4
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.73
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.5
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.08
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.28
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.4
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.05
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$3.79
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$5.27
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$1.63
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$1.91
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$48.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$6.86
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$33.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$78
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$502
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$22267

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Cities near Antananarivo

Distance	City	Cost of living
115 km or 72 mi	Antsirabe	$352
217 km or 135 mi	Toamasina	$447
633 km or 393 mi	Toliara	$389
727 km or 452 mi	Mamoudzou	$1465
809 km or 503 mi	Domoni	$1100
842 km or 523 mi	Le Port	$1400
842 km or 523 mi	Saint-Paul	$1459
846 km or 526 mi	La Possession	$1371
848 km or 527 mi	Saint-Leu	$1575
856 km or 532 mi	Saint-Denis	$1322
872 km or 542 mi	Saint-Pierre	$1397
873 km or 542 mi	Sainte-Suzanne	$1358
874 km or 543 mi	Le Tampon	$1396
879 km or 546 mi	Saint-Andre	$1368
884 km or 549 mi	Nacala	$1150
887 km or 551 mi	Saint-Benoit	$1379
888 km or 552 mi	Saint-Joseph	$1296
925 km or 575 mi	Moroni	$1105
975 km or 606 mi	Nampula	$872
998 km or 620 mi	Pemba	$1506
1047 km or 650 mi	Bambous	$745
1052 km or 654 mi	Quatre Bornes	$671
1054 km or 655 mi	Port Louis	$812
1058 km or 657 mi	Curepipe	$712
1058 km or 658 mi	Triolet	$808
1068 km or 664 mi	Goodlands	$796
1077 km or 669 mi	Centre de Flacq	$667
1078 km or 670 mi	Mahebourg	$785
1128 km or 701 mi	Quelimane	$675
1315 km or 817 mi	Mulanje	$461
1333 km or 828 mi	Beira	$1003
1353 km or 841 mi	Zomba	$457
1373 km or 853 mi	Blantyre	$507
1396 km or 868 mi	Mangochi	$493
1441 km or 896 mi	Ntcheu	$492
1448 km or 900 mi	Monkey Bay	$518
1479 km or 919 mi	Chimoio	$947
1509 km or 937 mi	Tete	$825
1561 km or 970 mi	Mutare	$752
1564 km or 972 mi	Lilongwe	$587

Cities near Shenzhen

Distance	City	Cost of living
28 km or 17 mi	Kowloon	$2432
30 km or 19 mi	Hong Kong	$2737
58 km or 36 mi	Zhuhai	$653
65 km or 40 mi	Dongguan	$656
66 km or 41 mi	Macau	$1588
72 km or 45 mi	Zhongshan	$461
74 km or 46 mi	Huizhou	$601
100 km or 62 mi	Jiangmen	$804
105 km or 65 mi	Guangzhou	$774
112 km or 69 mi	Foshan	$611
134 km or 83 mi	Shanwei	$936
142 km or 88 mi	Kaiping	$812
150 km or 93 mi	Heyuan	$764
164 km or 102 mi	Qingyuan	$794
174 km or 108 mi	Zhaoqing	$793
212 km or 131 mi	Yunfu	$823
228 km or 142 mi	Yangjiang	$877
233 km or 145 mi	Puning	$569
256 km or 159 mi	Shaoguan	$818
262 km or 163 mi	Jieyang	$443
286 km or 178 mi	Shantou	$581
288 km or 179 mi	Meizhou	$655
292 km or 182 mi	Chaozhou	$451
299 km or 186 mi	Wuzhou	$803
303 km or 188 mi	Lianzhou	$755
330 km or 205 mi	Hezhou	$758
337 km or 209 mi	Gaozhou	$761
337 km or 210 mi	Maoming	$756
377 km or 234 mi	Ganzhou	$761
378 km or 235 mi	Chenzhou	$724
401 km or 249 mi	Yulin	$771
405 km or 252 mi	Zhanjiang	$764
415 km or 258 mi	Longyan	$649
428 km or 266 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
460 km or 286 mi	Guigang	$702
464 km or 288 mi	Xiamen	$688
477 km or 297 mi	Haikou	$650
485 km or 301 mi	Kinmen	$823
489 km or 304 mi	Guilin	$522
502 km or 312 mi	Yongzhou	$609