New York City vs Paris - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	New York City	Paris
🚶 Cost of living one person	$4441	$2267
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$10033	$5517
🏠 One person rent	$2960	$1318
🏘️ Family rent	$5380	$2636
🍽️ Food expenses	$886	$562
🚐 Transport expenses	$364	$253
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$5544	$3146
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	100	99
😀 Quality of life	95	95
🏙️ Population	8.8M	2.15M

The cost of living in New York City is 96% more expensive than in Paris. Cities ranked 3rd and 1222nd ($4441 vs $2267) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st 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 1.2 months in New York City compared to 1.4 months in Paris. New York City ranked 2nd best city to live in the United States vs Paris ranked 1st in France, while ranked 22nd and 25th 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	$29.7	$16
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$133	$61.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12	$12.7
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.94	$7.55
☕ Cappuccino	$5.95	$4.52
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.2	$3.89
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$3501	$1388
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$2603	$1086
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$4776	$3084
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$5236	$2210
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$112	$140
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$171	$219
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$65.5	$32
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	6.55%	3.66%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$17935	$12726
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12929	$8943
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$2.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$132	$90.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.5	$23.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1	$1.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.53	$1.46
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$5.04	$1.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.95	$2.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.54	$5.05
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$17.6	$20.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.4	$13.8
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$7.6	$3.11
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.05	$3.26
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.2	$4.1
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.66	$2.4
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.84	$2.72
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.72	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.41	$3.11
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$20	$9.63
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.89	$2.31
🚬 Cigarette pack	$18.1	$12.6
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$9.89	$4.09
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$5.44	$4.41
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$6.94	$2.78
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.95	$3.14
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$71	$33.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$20.1	$13.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$173	$27.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$36.1	$19.9
👖 Brand Jeans	$67.3	$109
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$113
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1784	$738
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$21465	$16193

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Cities near New York City

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.6 mi	Astoria	$2534
11 km or 6.8 mi	Hoboken	$3271
11 km or 7.1 mi	Jersey	$3040
13 km or 8.3 mi	Union	$2886
14 km or 8.8 mi	West New York	$2703
14 km or 8.9 mi	Bayonne	$3302
15 km or 9.6 mi	North Bergen	$2701
17 km or 10 mi	Secaucus	$2756
17 km or 11 mi	Cliffside Park	$2698
18 km or 11 mi	Kearny	$2720
20 km or 12 mi	Valley Stream	$2730
20 km or 13 mi	Fort Lee	$2792
20 km or 13 mi	Lyndhurst	$2667
22 km or 14 mi	Newark	$2729
23 km or 14 mi	Elizabeth	$2740
23 km or 14 mi	Belleville	$2512
25 km or 15 mi	Hillside	$2693
25 km or 15 mi	Long Beach	$2732
25 km or 15 mi	Nutley	$2531
25 km or 16 mi	East Orange	$2587
25 km or 16 mi	Irvington	$2637
26 km or 16 mi	Rockville Centre	$2614
26 km or 16 mi	Linden	$2749
26 km or 16 mi	Hackensack	$2664
26 km or 16 mi	Bloomfield	$2480
26 km or 16 mi	Teaneck	$2715
26 km or 16 mi	Carteret	$2722
26 km or 16 mi	Passaic	$2676
27 km or 17 mi	Roselle	$2747
27 km or 17 mi	Hempstead	$2664
28 km or 17 mi	Union Township	$2716
28 km or 18 mi	Clifton	$2745
28 km or 18 mi	Maplewood	$2611
29 km or 18 mi	Montclair	$2456
29 km or 18 mi	Bergenfield	$2674
29 km or 18 mi	Mount Vernon	$2772
30 km or 18 mi	Rahway	$2730
30 km or 18 mi	Uniondale	$2610
30 km or 18 mi	West Orange	$2456
30 km or 18 mi	New Rochelle	$3111

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