La Paz vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	La Paz	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$688	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1656	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$304	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$525	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$236	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$71.5	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$414	$3146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	33	99
😀 Quality of life	46	95
🏙️ Population	756K	2.15M

The cost of living in La Paz is 70% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 6947th and 1222nd ($688 vs $2267) 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 0.6 months in La Paz compared to 1.4 months in Paris. La Paz ranked 2nd best city to live in Bolivia vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 6481st and 25th 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	$4.01	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.5	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.09	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.32	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$2.88	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.14	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$311	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$232	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$603	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$421	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$23.4	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	8.98%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1230	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$864	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.8	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$12.8	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.03	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.66	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.85	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.9	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.99	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.13	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.88	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.08	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.02	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.03	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.13	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.18	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.76	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.65	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.98	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.6	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.45	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.42	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.54	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.59	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$31.3	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$6.51	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.7	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$8.83	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$39.3	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$73.5	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$144	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$3313	$16193

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Cities near La Paz

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.6 km or 3.5 mi	El Alto	$673
197 km or 122 mi	Oruro	$600
213 km or 132 mi	Puno	$520
234 km or 145 mi	Cochabamba	$535
239 km or 149 mi	Juliaca	$547
246 km or 153 mi	Sacaba	$538
283 km or 176 mi	Tacna	$414
319 km or 198 mi	Arica	$748
362 km or 225 mi	Arequipa	$588
394 km or 245 mi	Trinidad	$774
417 km or 259 mi	Sucre	$666
427 km or 265 mi	Potosi	$507
447 km or 278 mi	Puerto Maldonado	$560
465 km or 289 mi	Iquique	$923
528 km or 328 mi	Cusco	$626
545 km or 339 mi	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	$780
600 km or 373 mi	Abancay	$591
665 km or 413 mi	Tarija	$630
669 km or 415 mi	Calama	$673
714 km or 443 mi	San Pedro de Atacama	$734
725 km or 451 mi	Rio Branco	$735
751 km or 467 mi	Ayacucho	$598
806 km or 501 mi	Tartagal	$804
829 km or 515 mi	Antofagasta	$1011
840 km or 522 mi	San Ramon de la Nueva Oran	$804
857 km or 533 mi	Ica	$656
868 km or 539 mi	Rolim de Moura	$576
885 km or 550 mi	Libertador General San Martin	$787
905 km or 562 mi	San Salvador de Jujuy	$729
907 km or 563 mi	Huancayo	$562
915 km or 568 mi	Ji-Parana	$575
917 km or 570 mi	Ariquemes	$575
918 km or 571 mi	Pisco	$614
926 km or 575 mi	San Pedro de Jujuy	$796
957 km or 594 mi	Vilhena	$577
965 km or 600 mi	Salta	$1121
975 km or 606 mi	Porto Velho	$606
1077 km or 669 mi	Lima	$977
1086 km or 675 mi	Callao	$790
1101 km or 684 mi	Cruzeiro do Sul	$580

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