Monaco City vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Monaco City	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$6593	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10079	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$5638	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$6516	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$705	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$58.7	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6335	$3146
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	21	99
😀 Quality of life	63	95
🏙️ Population	38.4K	2.15M

The cost of living in Monaco City is 191% more expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 2nd and 1222nd ($6593 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in Monaco and France, respectively. Check Monaco vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1 months in Monaco City compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Monaco City ranked 2nd best city to live in Monaco vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 4590th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Monaco City vs Paris

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	Monaco City	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.1	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$74.3	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.53	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$4.77	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$5.06	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$5775	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$5319	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6181	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6198	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$175	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$269	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$52.9	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.22%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$79784	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$66886	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$1.92	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.9	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.7	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.05	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.54	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$3.44	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.95	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.41	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.8	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.3	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.61	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.52	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.96	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.44	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$3.06	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.5	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$8.56	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.97	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$11.3	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$16.4	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$11.1	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.16	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.49	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$79.9	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12.3	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$80.6	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$35.4	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$98.9	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$151	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2055	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$41744	$16193

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Cities near Monaco City

Distance	City	Cost of living
0.9 km or 0.6 mi	Monte Carlo	$6747
8.1 km or 5 mi	Menton	$1364
12 km or 7.7 mi	Nice	$1673
17 km or 10 mi	Ventimiglia	$1452
29 km or 18 mi	Antibes	$1650
30 km or 19 mi	Sanremo	$1362
38 km or 23 mi	Cannes	$1707
52 km or 32 mi	Imperia	$1344
73 km or 45 mi	Cuneo	$1074
79 km or 49 mi	Mondovi	$1203
106 km or 66 mi	Savona	$1512
132 km or 82 mi	Manosque	$1338
138 km or 86 mi	Toulon	$1308
143 km or 89 mi	Genoa	$1470
144 km or 90 mi	Asti	$1209
150 km or 93 mi	Turin	$1424
160 km or 100 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1568
162 km or 101 mi	Alessandria	$1293
172 km or 107 mi	Marseille	$1571
173 km or 108 mi	Tortona	$1401
189 km or 117 mi	Voghera	$1389
193 km or 120 mi	Vercelli	$1202
195 km or 121 mi	Miramas	$1496
198 km or 123 mi	La Spezia	$1348
201 km or 125 mi	Bastia	$1478
210 km or 130 mi	Biella	$1162
210 km or 131 mi	Grenoble	$1434
210 km or 131 mi	Vigevano	$1503
211 km or 131 mi	Avignon	$1338
212 km or 132 mi	Pavia	$1271
213 km or 132 mi	Novara	$1157
218 km or 136 mi	Carrara	$1328
223 km or 139 mi	Aosta	$1474
228 km or 142 mi	Viareggio	$1280
228 km or 142 mi	Ajaccio	$1495
231 km or 143 mi	Buccinasco	$1576
233 km or 145 mi	Piacenza	$1334
234 km or 146 mi	Livorno	$1371
236 km or 146 mi	Chambery	$1310
238 km or 148 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1496

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