Douala vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Douala	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1265	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$3165	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$676	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$1351	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$411	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$77.5	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$147	$3146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	21	99
😀 Quality of life	34	95
🏙️ Population	2.77M	2.15M

The cost of living in Douala is 44% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4304th and 1222nd ($1265 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Cameroon and France, respectively. Check Cameroon vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Douala compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Douala ranked 1st best city to live in Cameroon vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 7681st and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Douala vs Paris

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	Douala	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$8.07	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$112	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.75	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.01	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$1.56	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.52	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$746	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$478	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1743	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1010	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$92.8	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$142	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$51.9	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	19.25%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1890	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$920	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.75	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$16	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.88	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.21	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.58	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.39	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.88	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.9	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.9	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.35	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.92	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.93	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.26	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.03	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.01	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.36	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.58	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.2	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.2	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$8.11	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.23	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.67	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$19.9	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$7.99	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$19.9	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.73	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$75.2	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$130	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$478	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3126	$16193

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Cities near Douala

Distance	City	Cost of living
53 km or 33 mi	Buea	$601
54 km or 33 mi	Limbe	$655
71 km or 44 mi	Kumba	$764
108 km or 67 mi	Malabo	$741
176 km or 110 mi	Bafoussam	$555
182 km or 113 mi	Calabar	$384
203 km or 126 mi	Yaounde	$747
216 km or 134 mi	Bamenda	$553
245 km or 152 mi	Bata	$1121
285 km or 177 mi	Aba	$621
296 km or 184 mi	Umuahia	$883
309 km or 192 mi	Port Harcourt	$679
336 km or 209 mi	Owerri	$1611
361 km or 224 mi	Enugu	$462
377 km or 234 mi	Awka	$805
400 km or 248 mi	Onitsha	$972
408 km or 253 mi	Libreville	$668
467 km or 290 mi	Warri	$881
518 km or 322 mi	Benin	$558
529 km or 328 mi	Sao Tome	$900
536 km or 333 mi	Trindade	$900
540 km or 335 mi	Port-Gentil	$625
563 km or 350 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
573 km or 356 mi	Owo	$651
608 km or 378 mi	Abuja	$1502
612 km or 381 mi	Akure	$634
635 km or 395 mi	Ado Ekiti	$666
660 km or 410 mi	Jos	$820
675 km or 419 mi	Berberati	$482
683 km or 425 mi	Ife	$779
697 km or 433 mi	Bauchi	$759
702 km or 436 mi	Osogbo	$695
709 km or 441 mi	Minna	$743
712 km or 443 mi	Garoua	$556
740 km or 460 mi	Ibadan	$776
747 km or 464 mi	Lagos	$1113
754 km or 469 mi	Ilorin	$535
762 km or 473 mi	Kaduna	$371
764 km or 475 mi	Oyo	$677
783 km or 486 mi	Abeokuta	$1030

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