N'Djamena vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	N'Djamena	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$523	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1293	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$225	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$435	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$201	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$47.7	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$387	$3146
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	3 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	12	99
😀 Quality of life	13	95
🏙️ Population	1.09M	2.15M

The cost of living in N'Djamena is 77% less expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 8458th and 1222nd ($523 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Chad and France, respectively. Check Chad vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.7 months in N'Djamena compared to 1.4 months in Paris. N'Djamena ranked 1st best city to live in Chad vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 9134th and 25th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in N'Djamena vs Paris

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	N'Djamena	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$3.04	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$18.7	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.5	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.8	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$1.84	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.46	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$218	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$147	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$494	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$313	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$37.6	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$58.6	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$26.8	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.34%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1588	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$941	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.33	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$11.7	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$5.88	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.05	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.15	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.61	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.11	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.53	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.83	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.29	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.58	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.21	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.15	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.96	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.32	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.11	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.84	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.42	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.86	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.38	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.8	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.53	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.21	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$23.2	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.07	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$12.4	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.7	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$25.8	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$60.1	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$81	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2750	$16193

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Cities near N'Djamena

Distance	City	Cost of living
154 km or 96 mi	Bol	$485
187 km or 116 mi	Maroua	$533
206 km or 128 mi	Bongor	$486
209 km or 130 mi	Maiduguri	$609
282 km or 175 mi	Mubi	$665
338 km or 210 mi	Damaturu	$553
361 km or 224 mi	Garoua	$556
491 km or 305 mi	Sarh	$485
556 km or 346 mi	Ngaoundere	$527
602 km or 374 mi	Bauchi	$759
655 km or 407 mi	Abeche	$487
684 km or 425 mi	Zinder	$974
711 km or 442 mi	Kano	$553
715 km or 444 mi	Jos	$820
809 km or 503 mi	Zaria	$526
814 km or 506 mi	Katsina	$579
848 km or 527 mi	Kaduna	$371
871 km or 541 mi	Bamenda	$553
876 km or 544 mi	Maradi	$972
876 km or 544 mi	Berberati	$482
893 km or 555 mi	Abuja	$1502
897 km or 557 mi	Bafoussam	$555
911 km or 566 mi	Gusau	$587
943 km or 586 mi	Bangui	$513
968 km or 601 mi	Minna	$743
982 km or 610 mi	Bria	$482
996 km or 619 mi	Yaounde	$747
1034 km or 643 mi	Kumba	$764
1041 km or 647 mi	Enugu	$462
1069 km or 664 mi	Nyala	$974
1070 km or 665 mi	Sokoto	$426
1072 km or 666 mi	Douala	$1265
1086 km or 675 mi	Calabar	$384
1091 km or 678 mi	Buea	$601
1095 km or 680 mi	Awka	$805
1105 km or 687 mi	Limbe	$655
1107 km or 688 mi	Umuahia	$883
1114 km or 692 mi	Gemena	$767
1122 km or 697 mi	Onitsha	$972
1129 km or 702 mi	Al-Fashir	$960

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