Chiba vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Chiba	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1251	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3033	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$569	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$915	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$390	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$174	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$1995	$3732
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	91	99
😀 Quality of life	81	97
🏙️ Population	975K	2.15M

The cost of living in Chiba is 50% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4599th and 843rd ($1251 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 28th and 1st in Japan and France, respectively. Check Japan vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Chiba compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Chiba ranked 26th best city to live in Japan vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 723rd and 18th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Chiba vs Paris

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	Chiba	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.83	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$31.9	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.11	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.34	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.91	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.06	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$772	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$417	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1053	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$735	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$62.9	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$97.3	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$18.8	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	1.98%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$5524	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3921	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.9	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$78.6	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$24.5	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.07	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.41	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.75	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.83	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.61	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.8	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.03	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.6	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.5	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.97	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.86	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.28	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.32	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.43	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.46	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.02	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.88	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.67	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.16	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.99	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.96	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.43	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$51.6	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$11.4	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$65.6	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$20.1	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$45.3	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.3	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$270	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18267	$15084

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Cities near Chiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.9 km or 6.2 mi	Yotsukaido	$1065
11 km or 6.9 mi	Narashino	$1071
11 km or 7.1 mi	Ichihara	$1072
14 km or 8.5 mi	Yachiyo	$1067
15 km or 9.3 mi	Funabashi	$1117
18 km or 11 mi	Sakura	$1034
19 km or 12 mi	Urayasu	$1068
20 km or 13 mi	Ichikawa	$1041
21 km or 13 mi	Shisui	$1006
21 km or 13 mi	Yachimata	$1027
22 km or 13 mi	Kamagaya	$1021
22 km or 13 mi	Shiroi	$1025
22 km or 14 mi	Oamishirasato	$1047
23 km or 14 mi	Sodegaura	$1073
24 km or 15 mi	Togane	$1046
26 km or 16 mi	Mobara	$1050
26 km or 16 mi	Tomisato	$1001
26 km or 16 mi	Inzai	$1021
26 km or 16 mi	Hirai	$1055
27 km or 17 mi	Matsudo	$1024
28 km or 18 mi	Narita	$985
28 km or 18 mi	Sanmu	$1035
30 km or 18 mi	Sakae	$1004
30 km or 19 mi	Kisarazu	$1076
30 km or 19 mi	Abiko	$1034
31 km or 19 mi	Kashiwa	$1116
33 km or 20 mi	Misato	$1005
34 km or 21 mi	Nagareyama	$1039
34 km or 21 mi	Yashio	$1002
35 km or 22 mi	Kimitsu	$1068
35 km or 22 mi	Toride	$1014
36 km or 22 mi	Ryugasaki	$1006
37 km or 23 mi	Soka	$1047
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki-ku	$1198
37 km or 23 mi	Yokoshibahikari	$1025
37 km or 23 mi	Kawasaki	$1354
38 km or 24 mi	Tokyo	$1698
40 km or 25 mi	Futtsu	$1067
40 km or 25 mi	Yoshikawa	$1031
41 km or 25 mi	Moriya	$1016

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488