La Paz vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	La Paz	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$675	$2480
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1630	$5726
🏠 One person rent	$278	$1432
🏘️ Family rent	$470	$2535
🍽️ Food expenses	$248	$622
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.7	$274
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$358	$3974
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	35	99
😀 Quality of life	56	96
🏙️ Population	756K	2.11M

The cost of living in La Paz is 73% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 7403rd and 916th ($675 vs $2480) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 3rd and 1st in Bolivia and France, respectively. Check Bolivia vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in La Paz compared to 1.6 months in Paris. La Paz ranked 1st best city to live in Bolivia vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 6289th and 14th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in La Paz vs Paris

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	La Paz	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.82	$17
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$17.5	$70.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.14	$13.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.34	$8.61
☕ Cappuccino	$3.1	$5.23
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.07	$4.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$289	$1595
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$206	$1144
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$525	$2814
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$373	$2101
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$21.4	$165
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$33	$258
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.5	$33.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.1%	3.31%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1263	$14879
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$651	$9948
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.29	$2.93
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$29.5	$104
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.2	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.57	$2.12
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.7
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.88	$1.99
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$2.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.1	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.38	$22.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.25	$16.7
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.85	$21.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.27	$3.31
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.78	$2.5
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.97	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$4.14
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.83	$0.56
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.7	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.95	$10.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.21	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.62	$14.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.46	$4.53
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.43	$4.61
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$3.41
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.58	$3.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$32.8	$42.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.63	$16
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$33	$31
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.83	$25.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$32.8	$114
👟 Brand Sneakers	$75.1	$123
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$160	$911
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3005	$17184

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Cities near La Paz

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	El Alto	$665
197 km or 122 mi	Oruro	$610
213 km or 132 mi	Puno	$571
234 km or 145 mi	Cochabamba	$601
239 km or 149 mi	Juliaca	$605
246 km or 153 mi	Sacaba	$590
283 km or 176 mi	Tacna	$461
319 km or 198 mi	Arica	$727
362 km or 225 mi	Arequipa	$652
394 km or 245 mi	Trinidad	$775
417 km or 259 mi	Sucre	$626
427 km or 265 mi	Potosi	$508
447 km or 278 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$630
465 km or 289 mi	Iquique	$1010
528 km or 328 mi	Cusco	$691
545 km or 339 mi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	$829
600 km or 373 mi	Abancay	$664
665 km or 413 mi	Tarija	$556
669 km or 415 mi	Calama	$738
714 km or 443 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$816
725 km or 451 mi	Rio Branco	$812
751 km or 467 mi	Ayacucho	$661
806 km or 501 mi	Tartagal	$746
829 km or 515 mi	Antofagasta	$1103
840 km or 522 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$731
857 km or 533 mi	Ica	$739
868 km or 539 mi	Rolim de Moura	$624
885 km or 550 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$701
905 km or 562 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$564
907 km or 563 mi	Huancayo	$611
915 km or 568 mi	Ji-Parana	$636
917 km or 570 mi	Ariquemes	$649
918 km or 571 mi	Pisco	$618
926 km or 575 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$693
957 km or 594 mi	Vilhena	$572
965 km or 600 mi	Salta	$832
975 km or 606 mi	Porto Velho	$701
1077 km or 669 mi	Lima	$1075
1086 km or 675 mi	Callao	$844
1101 km or 684 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$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