Hefei vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 01, 2024

	Hefei	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$707	$2231
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1809	$5578
🏠 One person rent	$269	$1253
🏘️ Family rent	$483	$2603
🍽️ Food expenses	$222	$599
🚐 Transport expenses	$108	$247
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$933	$3155
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	93	99
😀 Quality of life	67	94
🏙️ Population	9.37M	2.15M

The cost of living in Hefei is 68% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 6756th and 1216th ($707 vs $2231) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 82nd and 2nd in China and France, respectively. Check China vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in Hefei compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Hefei ranked 28th best city to live in China vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 3921st and 33rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Hefei vs Paris infographic

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

Prices in Hefei vs Paris

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

	Hefei	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.79	$18.6
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$20.9	$68.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.89	$12.5
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.83	$8.14
☕ Cappuccino	$2.44	$4.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.42	$3.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$250	$1417
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$217	$1007
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$554	$3026
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$388	$2200
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$29.5	$132
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$45.3	$206
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$16.6	$32.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	4.87%	3.78%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3876	$12958
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2072	$9199
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.42	$2.26
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42	$91.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.64	$21.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.64	$1.55
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.45	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.64	$2.03
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.77	$5.08
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.85	$19.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.66	$15.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.5	$24.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.77	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.95	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$3.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.22	$4.22
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.62	$2.37
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.57	$2.56
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.38	$0.61
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.12	$2.57
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$16.8	$9.34
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.74	$2.49
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.78	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.57	$4.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.64	$3.76
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.93	$2.86
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.61	$3.11
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$108	$41.1
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.53	$13.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$41.6	$32.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$4.41	$17.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$86.9	$100
👟 Brand Sneakers	$83.2	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$238	$838
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$8280	$16502

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$696
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$655
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$702
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$687
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$746
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$728
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$898
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$532
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$624
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$700
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$740
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$671
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$708
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$789
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$645
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$660
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$617
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$645
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$626
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$524
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$631
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$720
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$694
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$625
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$643
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$652
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$707
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$604
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$617
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$625
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$621
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$707
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$641
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$699
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$713
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$713
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$665
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$532
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$696

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1273
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1663
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1582
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2023
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1835
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1445
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2256
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1854
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1605
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1714
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1819
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1647
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1534
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1633
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1743
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1583
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1667
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1602
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1625
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1868
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1641
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1592
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1323
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1518
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1345
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1586
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1278
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1465
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1305
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1239
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1151
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1139
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1166
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1393
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1218
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1526
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1129
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1206
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1265
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1381