Indianapolis vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Indianapolis	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2382	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5728	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$1450	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$2501	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$655	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$124	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$4546	$3732
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	70	99
😀 Quality of life	91	97
🏙️ Population	888K	2.15M

The cost of living in Indianapolis is 5% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 1089th and 843rd ($2382 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 957th and 1st in the United States and France, respectively. Check the United States vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.9 months in Indianapolis compared to 1.5 months in Paris. Indianapolis ranked 54th best city to live in the United States vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 186th and 18th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Indianapolis vs Paris

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	Indianapolis	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$25.1	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.9	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$11	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$6	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$2.9	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1547	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1154	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2724	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2077	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$143	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$221	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$74.1	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.5%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1963	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1551	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.76	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$60.1	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$15.7	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.84	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.82	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.18	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.42	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.7	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.7	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11.9	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.9	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.84	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.14	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.12	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.51	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.79	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$14.9	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.74	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$9.94	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.33	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$6.02	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$5.29	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.93	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$41.3	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$101	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$16.8	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$51.3	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$109	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1686	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$27445	$15084

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Cities near Indianapolis

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 11 mi	Lawrence	$2070
18 km or 11 mi	Greenwood	$1941
22 km or 14 mi	Plainfield	$1978
22 km or 14 mi	Brownsburg	$1753
23 km or 14 mi	Carmel	$2035
24 km or 15 mi	Fishers	$2017
29 km or 18 mi	Westfield	$1984
32 km or 20 mi	Franklin	$1969
33 km or 21 mi	Greenfield	$1847
33 km or 21 mi	Noblesville	$1971
55 km or 34 mi	Anderson	$1848
65 km or 41 mi	Columbus	$1769
75 km or 46 mi	Bloomington	$2097
79 km or 49 mi	Kokomo	$1731
81 km or 50 mi	Muncie	$1484
95 km or 59 mi	Lafayette	$2031
96 km or 60 mi	Marion	$1851
99 km or 61 mi	West Lafayette	$1919
108 km or 67 mi	Richmond	$1857
111 km or 69 mi	Terre Haute	$1559
124 km or 77 mi	Oxford	$1915
132 km or 82 mi	Danville	$1905
143 km or 89 mi	Hamilton	$1993
147 km or 91 mi	Fairfield	$1990
155 km or 97 mi	Middletown	$1495
156 km or 97 mi	Florence	$1922
159 km or 99 mi	Cincinnati	$2025
160 km or 99 mi	Trotwood	$1957
162 km or 101 mi	Covington	$2480
165 km or 102 mi	Mason	$1899
165 km or 103 mi	Clarksville	$1845
166 km or 103 mi	Independence	$2140
166 km or 103 mi	New Albany	$1925
167 km or 104 mi	Dayton	$1917
168 km or 104 mi	Jeffersonville	$1738
168 km or 104 mi	Piqua	$1980
169 km or 105 mi	Troy	$1965
169 km or 105 mi	Fort Wayne	$1862
171 km or 106 mi	Lebanon	$1850
172 km or 107 mi	Kettering	$1961

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