Curitiba vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Curitiba	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$852	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2126	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$368	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$629	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$267	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$114	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$566	$3974
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	61	99
😀 Quality of life	65	96
🏙️ Population	1.77M	2.11M

The cost of living in Curitiba is 66% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 6551st and 916th ($852 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 13th and 1st in Brazil and France, respectively. Check Brazil vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in Curitiba compared to 1.6 months in Paris. Curitiba ranked 8th best city to live in Brazil vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 5281st and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/curitiba/paris.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Curitiba vs Paris infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/curitiba/paris" target="_blank">Curitiba vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Curitiba vs Paris

Prices for goods and services in Curitiba and Paris are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Curitiba	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$5.8	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$34.2	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.2	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.29	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$2.34	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.25	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$395	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$259	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$697	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$471	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$60.5	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$91.7	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.3	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	11.14%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2182	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1494	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.14	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$54.1	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$7.44	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.33	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.04	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.49	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.31	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.43	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.33	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.28	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.19	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.04	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.28	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.5	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.14	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.09	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.29	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.37	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.13	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.14	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.8	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.56	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$27.1	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.78	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$55.1	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$10.5	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$62.1	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$89	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$330	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$7717	$17184

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Curitiba

Distance	City	Cost of living
13 km or 8.4 mi	Sao Jose dos Pinhais	$707
16 km or 10 mi	Colombo	$726
77 km or 48 mi	Paranagua	$662
97 km or 60 mi	Ponta Grossa	$563
103 km or 64 mi	Castro	$634
106 km or 66 mi	Joinville	$765
119 km or 74 mi	Jaragua do Sul	$713
139 km or 86 mi	Irati	$582
166 km or 103 mi	Itapeva	$693
167 km or 104 mi	Blumenau	$762
175 km or 109 mi	Itajai	$771
178 km or 111 mi	Registro	$733
183 km or 114 mi	Telemaco Borba	$676
185 km or 115 mi	Balneario Camboriu	$746
189 km or 117 mi	Brusque	$740
196 km or 122 mi	Itapema	$733
220 km or 136 mi	Guarapuava	$579
229 km or 143 mi	Cacador	$673
239 km or 148 mi	Itapetininga	$614
251 km or 156 mi	Florianopolis	$979
261 km or 162 mi	Peruibe	$712
262 km or 163 mi	Avare	$645
272 km or 169 mi	Tatui	$657
279 km or 173 mi	Ourinhos	$660
282 km or 175 mi	Sorocaba	$665
285 km or 177 mi	Lages	$711
286 km or 178 mi	Ibiuna	$719
295 km or 183 mi	Botucatu	$584
302 km or 188 mi	Sao Roque	$725
304 km or 189 mi	Londrina	$656
304 km or 189 mi	Apucarana	$627
306 km or 190 mi	Embu-Guacu	$727
310 km or 193 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$754
312 km or 194 mi	Arapongas	$615
313 km or 194 mi	Cotia	$841
313 km or 194 mi	Itu	$615
315 km or 196 mi	Embu das Artes	$753
316 km or 196 mi	Itapevi	$700
317 km or 197 mi	Rolandia	$589
318 km or 198 mi	Lencois Paulista	$661

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