Paris vs Saitama - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Paris	Saitama
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2267	$1196
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5517	$3375
🏠 One person rent	$1318	$488
🏘️ Family rent	$2636	$1182
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$402
🚐 Transport expenses	$253	$204
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3146	$1611
😷 Air quality	Good	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	21 km
🎓 Higher education	99	99
😀 Quality of life	95	77
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.33M

The cost of living in Paris is 90% more expensive than in Saitama. Cities ranked 1222nd and 4495th ($2267 vs $1196) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 42nd in France and Japan, respectively. Check France vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Paris compared to 1.3 months in Saitama. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Saitama ranked 46th in Japan, while ranked 25th and 748th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Saitama

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	Paris	Saitama
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$5.64
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.6	$33.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$4.67
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.55	$3.33
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$3.28
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.89	$0.69
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$373
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1086	$219
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3084	$1143
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2210	$761
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$201
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$308
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$36.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	1.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12726	$5429
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8943	$3586
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$3.63
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.2	$67.5
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$26.2
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.17
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$1.89
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.91
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.05	$2.74
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$13.4
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$5.84
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$20.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$9.37
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.32
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$4.9
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$4.02
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$3.34
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.66
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.58
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.63	$9.99
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.01
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$4.26
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$10.1
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$3.49
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.78	$1.48
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.7
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$66.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$11.7
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$35.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$18.5
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$37
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$58
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$738	$478
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16193	$14676

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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

Cities near Saitama

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.1 km or 3.1 mi	Warabi	$1033
5.7 km or 3.6 mi	Toda	$1041
6.5 km or 4 mi	Shiki	$1066
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Asaka	$1088
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Fujimi	$1084
9.3 km or 5.8 mi	Kawaguchi	$1081
9.6 km or 6 mi	Wako	$1098
10 km or 6.5 mi	Niiza	$1107
11 km or 7 mi	Miyoshi	$1088
11 km or 7.1 mi	Fujimino	$1101
14 km or 8.4 mi	Koshigaya	$1164
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kiyose	$1105
14 km or 8.5 mi	Ageo	$1117
15 km or 9.2 mi	Hasuda	$1080
15 km or 9.3 mi	Soka	$1104
16 km or 9.6 mi	Ina	$1086
16 km or 9.7 mi	Higashikurume	$1111
16 km or 9.9 mi	Kasukabe	$1111
17 km or 10 mi	Kawagoe	$1222
17 km or 10 mi	Matsubushi	$1088
17 km or 11 mi	Tokorozawa	$1169
18 km or 11 mi	Musashino	$1136
18 km or 11 mi	Okegawa	$1098
18 km or 11 mi	Shiraoka	$1079
18 km or 11 mi	Nishitokyo	$1137
18 km or 11 mi	Yoshikawa	$1090
18 km or 11 mi	Yashio	$1071
19 km or 12 mi	Miyashiro	$1079
20 km or 12 mi	Tokyo	$1607
20 km or 12 mi	Higashimurayama	$1114
20 km or 12 mi	Sugito	$1080
21 km or 13 mi	Misato	$1071
21 km or 13 mi	Sayama	$1109
21 km or 13 mi	Kitamoto	$1099
21 km or 13 mi	Kodaira	$1124
21 km or 13 mi	Mitaka	$1150
22 km or 14 mi	Koganei	$1103
22 km or 14 mi	Kuki	$1091
23 km or 14 mi	Iruma	$1108
23 km or 14 mi	Noda	$1125