Hefei vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Hefei	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$643	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1702	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$216	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$373	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$243	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$105	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$927	$3732
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	32 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	93	99
😀 Quality of life	69	97
🏙️ Population	9.37M	2.15M

The cost of living in Hefei is 74% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 7469th and 843rd ($643 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 101st and 1st in China and France, respectively. Check China vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Hefei compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Hefei ranked 35th best city to live in China vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 4318th and 18th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Hefei vs Paris

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	Hefei	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.48	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$19.1	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.21	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.77	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$2.28	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$210	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$385	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$302	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$25.8	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$39.6	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$14.1	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.54%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3665	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$2183	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.28	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$42.3	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.42	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.17	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.52	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.19	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.88	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.2	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.15	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.2	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.86	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.37	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.7	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.65	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.4	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.1	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.02	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.81	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$3.38	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.71	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.95	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.71	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.2	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$5.65	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$28.1	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.44	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$70	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$59.4	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$259	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$9056	$15084

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Cities near Hefei

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Chaohu	$620
73 km or 45 mi	Huainan	$601
74 km or 46 mi	Lu'an	$631
95 km or 59 mi	Tongcheng	$592
103 km or 64 mi	Ma'anshan	$656
113 km or 70 mi	Tongling	$629
118 km or 73 mi	Wuhu	$672
119 km or 74 mi	Bengbu	$509
122 km or 76 mi	Mingguang	$583
135 km or 84 mi	Chizhou	$617
142 km or 88 mi	Nanjing	$753
152 km or 94 mi	Qianshan	$567
153 km or 95 mi	Anqing	$532
173 km or 107 mi	Xuancheng	$659
178 km or 110 mi	Jurong	$618
180 km or 112 mi	Fuyang	$595
183 km or 114 mi	Yizheng	$590
186 km or 116 mi	Tianchang	$610
199 km or 124 mi	Suzhou	$582
209 km or 130 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
211 km or 131 mi	Yangzhou	$602
213 km or 132 mi	Ningguo	$637
214 km or 133 mi	Liyang	$639
217 km or 135 mi	Danyang	$597
227 km or 141 mi	Macheng	$592
228 km or 141 mi	Gaoyou	$617
229 km or 142 mi	Guangde	$642
237 km or 147 mi	Huaibei	$570
238 km or 148 mi	Jieshou	$563
242 km or 151 mi	Yangzhong	$597
243 km or 151 mi	Yongcheng	$570
247 km or 153 mi	Yixing	$674
248 km or 154 mi	Suqian	$602
251 km or 156 mi	Huai'an	$654
254 km or 158 mi	Changzhou	$601
256 km or 159 mi	Taizhou	$651
259 km or 161 mi	Huangshan	$620
260 km or 162 mi	Taixing	$622
267 km or 166 mi	Xuzhou	$499
268 km or 167 mi	Xinghua	$663

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