Paris vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Paris	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2517	$1128
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5700	$3104
🏠 One person rent	$1497	$605
🏘️ Family rent	$2629	$1067
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$289
🚐 Transport expenses	$279	$110
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3732	$931
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	99	100
😀 Quality of life	97	77
🏙️ Population	2.15M	24.9M

The cost of living in Paris is 123% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 843rd and 4879th ($2517 vs $1128) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 5th in France and China, respectively. Check France vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Paris compared to 0.8 months in Shanghai. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Shanghai ranked 4th in China, while ranked 18th and 1383rd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Shanghai

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	Paris	Shanghai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.9	$4.7
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.1	$40
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$5.69
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.44	$1.47
☕ Cappuccino	$5.07	$3.79
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.06	$0.51
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1610	$848
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1211	$485
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2936	$1510
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$875
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$34.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$52
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$12.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	3.36%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13420	$14877
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9330	$7318
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.89	$0.56
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$31.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.2	$6.41
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.13
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$2.11
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$1.34
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.52	$1.88
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$15.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$3.52
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$10.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$2.26
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$1.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.44
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.92	$1.27
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$11.9
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.86
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.5	$3.02
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.46	$6.07
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.56	$6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$2.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.54	$2.12
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$59.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$8.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30	$92.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$12.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$112	$52.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$75.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$792	$1172
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15084	$27624

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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

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1003
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$673
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$696
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$696
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$771
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$597
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$612
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$632
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$547
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$648
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$679
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$631
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$634
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$576
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$713
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$621
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$740
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$674
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$601
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$630
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$826
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$622
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$634
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$639
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$597
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$642
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$597
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$651
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$664
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$531
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$602
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$618
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$637
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$672
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$663
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$590
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$666
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$659
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$617
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$753