Arlington vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Arlington	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1883	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5033	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$1124	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$2309	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$533	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$82.9	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3943	$3146
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	23 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	90	99
😀 Quality of life	73	95
🏙️ Population	394K	2.15M

The cost of living in Arlington is 17% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 2153rd and 1222nd ($1883 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1796th 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 2.1 months in Arlington compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Arlington ranked 396th best city to live in the United States vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 1499th and 25th 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	$15	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$58.9	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$9.26	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.71	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$5.38	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.45	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1270	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$861	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2390	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1981	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$124	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$189	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$57.2	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.59%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2185	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2094	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$5.23	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$40.3	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.77	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.76	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.22	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$9.64	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.88	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.81	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.02	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.56	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.89	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$8.28	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.71	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.1	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$4.61	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$46.1	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.9	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$104	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$12.7	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$54.2	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$84.5	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1602	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$23540	$16193

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Cities near Arlington

Distance	City	Cost of living
10 km or 6.2 mi	Grand Prairie	$2065
14 km or 8.9 mi	Mansfield	$2305
15 km or 9.6 mi	Hurst	$2093
16 km or 9.8 mi	Bedford	$2086
16 km or 10 mi	Euless	$2081
19 km or 12 mi	Haltom	$2143
19 km or 12 mi	North Richland Hills	$2119
20 km or 12 mi	Irving	$1808
20 km or 13 mi	Colleyville	$2105
21 km or 13 mi	Fort Worth	$2289
21 km or 13 mi	Duncanville	$2149
21 km or 13 mi	Cedar Hill	$2163
22 km or 14 mi	Watauga	$2126
26 km or 16 mi	Grapevine	$2012
27 km or 17 mi	Burleson	$2159
27 km or 17 mi	Keller	$2079
27 km or 17 mi	Southlake	$2089
27 km or 17 mi	DeSoto	$2164
28 km or 17 mi	Midlothian	$2224
29 km or 18 mi	Saginaw	$2148
30 km or 18 mi	Coppell	$2095
30 km or 19 mi	Dallas	$2471
31 km or 19 mi	Benbrook	$2165
34 km or 21 mi	Farmers Branch	$2169
35 km or 21 mi	Lancaster	$2176
35 km or 22 mi	University Park	$2214
37 km or 23 mi	Flower Mound	$2103
38 km or 24 mi	Carrollton	$2184
39 km or 24 mi	Lewisville	$2025
43 km or 27 mi	Waxahachie	$2190
47 km or 29 mi	Cleburne	$2155
48 km or 30 mi	Balch Springs	$2158
48 km or 30 mi	Richardson	$2242
48 km or 30 mi	The Colony	$2258
49 km or 30 mi	Mesquite	$2079
49 km or 30 mi	Corinth	$2219
51 km or 32 mi	Garland	$2023
52 km or 32 mi	Plano	$2538
54 km or 33 mi	Little Elm	$2246
56 km or 35 mi	Frisco	$2395

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