Arlington vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Arlington	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1907	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4693	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$1121	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$1937	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$561	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$86.4	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3714	$3974
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	90	99
😀 Quality of life	78	96
🏙️ Population	394K	2.11M

The cost of living in Arlington is 23% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 2397th and 916th ($1907 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1784th and 1st in the United States and France, respectively. Check the United States vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Arlington compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Arlington ranked 264th best city to live in the United States vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 894th and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Arlington vs Paris

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	Arlington	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$56.8	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$10.7	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$5.17	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$5.41	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.78	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1271	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$867	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2259	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1561	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$120	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$183	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$53.4	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.24%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2186	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.22	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$39.7	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$14.5	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.75	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.82	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.44	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.01	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.89	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.9	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.18	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.05	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.55	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.17	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.01	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.55	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.83	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.8	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.95	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.59	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.18	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.11	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.46	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.02	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.1	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$105	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$53	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$92.2	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1389	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$25323	$17184

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2127
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2302
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2127
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2126
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2114
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2145
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2141
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$2114
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2124
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2219
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2198
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2195
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2128
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2076
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2175
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2105
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2129
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2193
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2193
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2152
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2142
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2461
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2155
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2190
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2212
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2258
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2135
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2188
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2076
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2196
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2177
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2208
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2246
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2233
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2147
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2177
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2357
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2127
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2225
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2393

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544