Antananarivo vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$687
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$2052
🏠 One person rent	$182	$297
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$636
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$244
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$65.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$958
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	13	90
😀 Quality of life	35	70
🏙️ Population	1.28M	13.9M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 26% less expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 8589th and 6956th ($507 vs $687) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 64th 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 1.4 months in Tianjin. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Tianjin ranked 11th in China, while ranked 7515th and 2306th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Tianjin

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	Antananarivo	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$4.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$0.82
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$213
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$485
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$48.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$74.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$7.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	4.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$6085
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$4.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$9.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$4.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$13.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$6.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$75
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$548
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$18215

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$665
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$716
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$649
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$655
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$756
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$679
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$702
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$586
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1016
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$592
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$618
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$680
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$635
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$472
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$638
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$642
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$550
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$581
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$638
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$584
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$642
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$815
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$711
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$689
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$564
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$590
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$533
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$524
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$629
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$577
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$600
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$553
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$481
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$504
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$616