Adelaide vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Adelaide	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1978	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4280	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$1150	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$1774	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$530	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$171	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3388	$3146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	50	99
😀 Quality of life	94	95
🏙️ Population	1.39M	2.15M

The cost of living in Adelaide is 13% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 1894th and 1222nd ($1978 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st in Australia and France, respectively. Check Australia vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.7 months in Adelaide compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Adelaide ranked 5th best city to live in Australia vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 46th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Adelaide vs Paris

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	Adelaide	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$14.9	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$73	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.28	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6.51	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$3.49	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.6	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1222	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$902	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1801	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1445	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$139	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$212	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$45.9	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.41%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$6777	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4517	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.76	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$73.4	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$17.1	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.19	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.34	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.17	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.87	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.07	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.6	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.69	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.2	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.81	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.59	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.94	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.11	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.01	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.39	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.41	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$24.8	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.15	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.67	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.35	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.16	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$35.7	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.6	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$48.1	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$15.1	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$71.6	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$108	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$843	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7829	$16193

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Cities near Adelaide

Distance	City	Cost of living
253 km or 157 mi	Whyalla	$1795
337 km or 209 mi	Mildura	$1691
377 km or 235 mi	Mount Gambier	$1701
518 km or 322 mi	Warrnambool	$1631
551 km or 342 mi	Bendigo	$1291
555 km or 345 mi	Ballarat	$1390
618 km or 384 mi	Melton	$1668
623 km or 387 mi	Sunbury	$1691
627 km or 390 mi	Geelong	$1981
633 km or 393 mi	Tarneit	$1625
636 km or 395 mi	Shepparton	$1601
637 km or 396 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1635
655 km or 407 mi	Melbourne	$2194
658 km or 409 mi	South Yarra	$1620
683 km or 424 mi	Dandenong	$1645
686 km or 426 mi	Griffith	$1619
686 km or 426 mi	Frankston	$1671
694 km or 431 mi	Cranbourne	$1600
695 km or 432 mi	Berwick	$1643
709 km or 440 mi	Pakenham	$1654
797 km or 496 mi	Traralgon	$1727
800 km or 497 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1457
959 km or 596 mi	Canberra	$2023
971 km or 603 mi	Devonport	$1768
974 km or 605 mi	Dubbo	$1702
985 km or 612 mi	Orange	$1511
1016 km or 631 mi	Goulburn	$1616
1025 km or 637 mi	Bathurst	$1538
1040 km or 646 mi	Launceston	$1651
1125 km or 699 mi	Wollongong	$1416
1138 km or 707 mi	Blacktown	$1584
1143 km or 710 mi	Kellyville	$1824
1146 km or 712 mi	Parramatta	$2252
1162 km or 722 mi	Hobart	$2106
1163 km or 723 mi	Sydney	$2539
1173 km or 729 mi	Dee Why	$2099
1234 km or 767 mi	Newcastle	$1448
1318 km or 819 mi	Armidale	$1185
1330 km or 826 mi	Alice Springs	$1431
1387 km or 862 mi	Port Macquarie	$1681

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1276
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1693
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1672
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2123
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1861
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1449
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2081
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1891
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1619
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1726
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1813
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1660
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1543
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1637
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1752
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1603
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1638
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1621
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1582
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1844
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1653
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1596
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1278
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1439
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1317
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1754
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1230
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1343
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1403
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1202
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1182
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1159
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1192
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1329
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1126
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1458
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1169
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1382
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1219
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1293