Antananarivo vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$814
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$2436
🏠 One person rent	$182	$241
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$723
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$393
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$76.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$1362
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	13	73
😀 Quality of life	35	81
🏙️ Population	1.28M	1.87M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 38% less expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 8589th and 6380th ($507 vs $814) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 10th 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 1.7 months in Tainan. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Tainan ranked 6th in Taiwan, while ranked 7515th and 498th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Tainan

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	Antananarivo	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$5.44
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$24.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$2.84
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$3.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$266
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$158
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$623
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$643
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$41.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$63.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$20.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	1.75%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$3010
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$2215
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$20
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$8.63
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$0.94
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$2.82
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$2.74
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$2.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$17.8
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$9.01
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$19.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$3.86
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$2.45
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$2.6
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$3.6
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.68
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$2.21
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.65
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.69
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$12.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.62
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$3.64
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$11.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$5.08
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$2.13
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$2.15
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$35.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$9.82
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$47.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$9.6
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$56.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$85.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$244
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$6108

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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 Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$747
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$770
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$788
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$796
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$813
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$894
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$728
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$897
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$821
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$875
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$823
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$731
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1073
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$627
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1181
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$644
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$688
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$967
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$625
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$669
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$581
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$451
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$443
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$649
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$569
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$648
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$655
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$603
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$630
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$936
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$681
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$726
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$764
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$601
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$601
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$682