Monaco City vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Monaco City	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$7469	$2357
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$11505	$5959
🏠 One person rent	$6524	$1338
🏘️ Family rent	$7895	$2858
🍽️ Food expenses	$676	$620
🚐 Transport expenses	$56.6	$261
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$6658	$3414
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	18 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	21	99
😀 Quality of life	79	95
🏙️ Population	38.4K	2.15M

The cost of living in Monaco City is 217% more expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 1st and 998th ($7469 vs $2357) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Monaco and France, respectively. Check Monaco vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.9 months in Monaco City compared to 1.4 months in Paris. Monaco City ranked 1st best city to live in Monaco vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 613th and 22nd 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	$21.7	$19.2
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$79.3	$69.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.9	$13.1
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.89	$8.18
☕ Cappuccino	$5.78	$4.99
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.85	$4.16
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$7511	$1451
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$5954	$1077
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$6493	$3334
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$7789	$2404
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$195	$154
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$302	$237
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$63.8	$31.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	2.89%	3.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$85921	$13808
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$71911	$9821
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.24	$2.38
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$24.7	$94.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$21.1	$23.9
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.36	$2.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.95	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.43	$1.91
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.87	$2.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.72	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.6	$21.2
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$11	$16.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.3	$23.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$3.27
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.77	$2.37
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.8	$3.59
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.09	$3.97
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.15	$2.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.34	$2.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1	$0.59
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.77	$2.66
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.56	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.84	$2.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.9	$13.7
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$17.3	$4.41
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$11	$4.18
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.35	$3.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$5.95	$2.87
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$84.3	$36.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.4	$14.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$86.5	$30.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.4	$20
👖 Brand Jeans	$103	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$191	$112
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$2156	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$44554	$18941

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Cities near Monaco City

Distance	City	Cost of living
0.9 km or 0.6 mi	Monte Carlo	$7107
8.1 km or 5 mi	Menton	$1460
12 km or 7.7 mi	Nice	$1721
17 km or 10 mi	Ventimiglia	$1513
29 km or 18 mi	Antibes	$1732
30 km or 19 mi	Sanremo	$1510
38 km or 23 mi	Cannes	$1766
52 km or 32 mi	Imperia	$1429
73 km or 45 mi	Cuneo	$1131
79 km or 49 mi	Mondovi	$1280
106 km or 66 mi	Savona	$1543
132 km or 82 mi	Manosque	$1407
138 km or 86 mi	Toulon	$1356
143 km or 89 mi	Genoa	$1498
144 km or 90 mi	Asti	$1200
150 km or 93 mi	Turin	$1502
160 km or 100 mi	Aix-en-Provence	$1654
162 km or 101 mi	Alessandria	$1396
172 km or 107 mi	Marseille	$1607
173 km or 108 mi	Tortona	$1380
189 km or 117 mi	Voghera	$1553
193 km or 120 mi	Vercelli	$1248
195 km or 121 mi	Miramas	$1545
198 km or 123 mi	La Spezia	$1425
201 km or 125 mi	Bastia	$1571
210 km or 130 mi	Biella	$1164
210 km or 131 mi	Grenoble	$1473
210 km or 131 mi	Vigevano	$1724
211 km or 131 mi	Avignon	$1426
212 km or 132 mi	Pavia	$1449
213 km or 132 mi	Novara	$1262
218 km or 136 mi	Carrara	$1357
223 km or 139 mi	Aosta	$1364
228 km or 142 mi	Viareggio	$1306
228 km or 142 mi	Ajaccio	$1591
231 km or 143 mi	Buccinasco	$1616
233 km or 145 mi	Piacenza	$1494
234 km or 146 mi	Livorno	$1454
236 km or 146 mi	Chambery	$1448
238 km or 148 mi	Busto Arsizio	$1633

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1414
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1755
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1743
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2226
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1943
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1558
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2158
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1984
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1659
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1799
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1905
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1725
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1630
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1701
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1826
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1686
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1682
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1669
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1894
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1699
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1628
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1309
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1532
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1423
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1643
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1312
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1397
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1370
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1320
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1195
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1221
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1244
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1448
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1262
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1607
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1349
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1474
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1286
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1395