New York City vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	New York City	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4203	$2517
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$9136	$5700
🏠 One person rent	$2713	$1497
🏘️ Family rent	$4396	$2629
🍽️ Food expenses	$874	$596
🚐 Transport expenses	$379	$279
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5599	$3732
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	100	99
😀 Quality of life	98	97
🏙️ Population	8.8M	2.15M

The cost of living in New York City is 67% more expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 4th and 843rd ($4203 vs $2517) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 2nd and 1st in the United States and France, respectively. Check the United States vs France comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.3 months in New York City compared to 1.5 months in Paris. New York City ranked 1st best city to live in the United States vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 11th and 18th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in New York City vs Paris

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	New York City	Paris
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$23.2	$16.9
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$92.4	$62.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$14	$13.3
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.67	$7.44
☕ Cappuccino	$6.18	$5.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.07	$4.06
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3669	$1610
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2221	$1211
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5076	$2936
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3880	$2181
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$173
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$211	$263
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$66.2	$33.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.42%	3.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$15299	$13420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$11127	$9330
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$2.89
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$134	$103
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25	$25.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.9	$2.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.58	$1.62
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$4.49	$2.01
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.71	$2.62
🥚 Eggs, x12	$7.75	$5.52
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.9	$21.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.9	$15.2
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$19.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.19	$3.4
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.48
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.91	$3.21
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.35	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.38	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.71	$3.09
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.66	$0.51
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.76	$2.92
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$18.1	$10.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$4.3	$2.66
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.8	$14.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$23.2	$4.46
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$13.9	$4.56
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$8.03	$3.38
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$3.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$128	$37.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.7	$15.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$157	$30
💇 Haircut, simple	$37.3	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$63.2	$112
👟 Brand Sneakers	$119	$121
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1884	$792
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$22663	$15084

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2569
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3364
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3066
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2913
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2733
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3253
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2717
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2783
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2727
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2725
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2735
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2811
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2671
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2712
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2765
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2538
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2688
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2756
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2545
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2475
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2647
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2770
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2705
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2513
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2774
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2695
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2769
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2655
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2730
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2718
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2609
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2506
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2723
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2911
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2779
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2680
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2470
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3174

Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488