Antananarivo vs Taichung - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Taichung
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$2706
🏠 One person rent	$182	$308
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$820
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$351
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$123
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$1355
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	13	84
😀 Quality of life	35	81
🏙️ Population	1.28M	3.03M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 43% less expensive than in Taichung. Cities ranked 8589th and 6071st ($507 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th in Madagascar and Taiwan, respectively. Check Madagascar vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.2 months in Antananarivo compared to 1.5 months in Taichung. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Taichung ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 7515th and 521st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Taichung

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	Antananarivo	Taichung
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$4.57
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.43
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$306
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$237
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$1000
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$676
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$39.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$61.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$17.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	2.05%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$5817
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$3737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.7
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$33.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$12.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$3.67
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.39
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.98
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$6.63
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$14
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$4.07
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.95
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$2.84
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.55
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.62
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$15.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.52
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$3.66
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$10.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$6.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$1.82
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$2.43
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$31.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$9.53
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$38.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$13.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$90.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$91.4
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$18658

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Cost of Living in the nearest cities

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 Taichung

Distance	City	Cost of living
16 km or 10 mi	Changhua	$813
26 km or 16 mi	Nantou	$796
49 km or 31 mi	Miaoli	$728
51 km or 32 mi	Douliu	$770
78 km or 48 mi	Chiayi	$747
79 km or 49 mi	Hsinchu	$897
84 km or 52 mi	Zhubei	$821
96 km or 59 mi	Taoyuan	$875
124 km or 77 mi	New Taipei	$1073
129 km or 80 mi	Yilan	$731
133 km or 82 mi	Taipei	$1181
139 km or 86 mi	Tainan	$814
154 km or 96 mi	Keelung	$967
162 km or 101 mi	Taitung	$788
175 km or 108 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
220 km or 137 mi	Putian	$625
224 km or 139 mi	Jinjiang	$627
227 km or 141 mi	Quanzhou	$644
239 km or 149 mi	Kinmen	$823
255 km or 159 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Xiamen	$688
303 km or 188 mi	Ningde	$648
307 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
354 km or 220 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
374 km or 232 mi	Nanping	$630
383 km or 238 mi	Longyan	$649
385 km or 239 mi	Sanming	$603
403 km or 251 mi	Rui'an	$681
413 km or 257 mi	Shantou	$581
414 km or 257 mi	Chaozhou	$451
428 km or 266 mi	Wenzhou	$726
442 km or 275 mi	Jieyang	$443
461 km or 287 mi	Meizhou	$655
467 km or 290 mi	Puning	$569
473 km or 294 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
476 km or 295 mi	Wenling	$671
480 km or 298 mi	Wuyishan	$601
484 km or 301 mi	Lishui	$682
525 km or 326 mi	Linhai	$661
548 km or 341 mi	Shangrao	$671