Antananarivo vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Antananarivo	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$507	$1097
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1468	$3454
🏠 One person rent	$182	$577
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$1404
🍽️ Food expenses	$178	$287
🚐 Transport expenses	$85.7	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$85.4	$1644
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	16 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	13	100
😀 Quality of life	35	78
🏙️ Population	1.28M	24.9M

The cost of living in Antananarivo is 54% less expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 8589th and 4858th ($507 vs $1097) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 6th 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 1.5 months in Shanghai. Antananarivo ranked 1st best city to live in Madagascar vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 7515th and 675th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Antananarivo vs Shanghai

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	Antananarivo	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.19	$4.55
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$16.8	$39.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.23	$5.4
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.91	$1.45
☕ Cappuccino	$1.13	$3.93
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.02	$0.52
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$315	$823
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$43.3	$455
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$427	$2226
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$310	$1115
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33.7	$33.5
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$51.7	$51.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$50.3	$14.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.87%	3.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$624	$14361
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$480	$8086
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.13	$0.55
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$8.03	$34.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.5	$5.85
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.02	$2.2
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.01	$1.95
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.73	$1.35
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.79	$1.84
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$15.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.36	$3.29
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.05	$10.9
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$2.25
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.58	$1.64
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.08	$1.81
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.82	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$0.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.84	$1.12
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.41	$0.37
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.88	$1.26
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$4.23	$12.2
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.71	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.44	$3.39
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.82	$6.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.44	$6.95
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.53	$1.68
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.73	$2.27
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$38.2	$55.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.4	$8.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12	$87.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.26	$11.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$24.7	$60.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$77.4	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$77.3	$1181
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11211	$30174

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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 Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$984
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$665
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$700
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$701
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$868
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$573
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$631
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$645
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$602
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$670
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$670
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$657
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$590
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$708
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$643
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$716
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$695
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$702
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$644
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$805
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$636
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$643
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$654
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$603
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$650
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$607
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$644
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$665
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$620
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$621
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$642
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$677
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$665
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$592
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$661
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$672
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$621
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$746