Paris vs Shanghai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: June 21, 2026

	Paris	Shanghai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2460	$1147
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5684	$3146
🏠 One person rent	$1432	$636
🏘️ Family rent	$2492	$1119
🍽️ Food expenses	$615	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$266	$105
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3694	$1068
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	13 km
🎓 Higher education	99	99
😀 Quality of life	94	76
🏙️ Population	2.1M	24.9M

The cost of living in Paris is 114% more expensive than in Shanghai. Cities ranked 964th and 4880th ($2460 vs $1147) 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 0.9 months in Shanghai. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Shanghai ranked 5th in China, while ranked 34th and 1178th 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	$17.9	$4.42
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.7	$30.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$5.19
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.32	$1.44
☕ Cappuccino	$5.85	$3.21
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.68	$0.57
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1558	$849
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1158	$520
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2756	$1495
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2070	$937
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$162	$38.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$252	$59.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32.4	$11.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.42%	3.19%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$15102	$14068
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$10254	$6729
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.91	$0.54
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$104	$29.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$22.1	$5.76
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.22	$1.23
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$2.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.28	$1.81
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.55	$1.1
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.25	$1.87
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.6	$16.7
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.5	$3.33
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.2	$13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.28	$2.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.87
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$1.84
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.26	$1.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.29	$0.83
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.43	$0.94
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.58	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.02	$1.31
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$11.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.77	$0.9
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.3	$2.95
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.37	$6.37
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.55	$7.05
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.15	$2.11
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.49	$2.24
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$39.6	$70.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.5	$8.79
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30	$98.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.4	$12
👖 Brand Jeans	$117	$46.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$71.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$1048	$1268
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$19577	$27610

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2033
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1872
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1885
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2350
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2065
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1972
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2297
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2082
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1749
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1918
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1988
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1766
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1920
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1689
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1935
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1897
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1827
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1798
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1874
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1987
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1876
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1794
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1480
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1683
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1454
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1749
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1401
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1481
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1424
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1375
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1356
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1382
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1350
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1553
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1243
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1632
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1289
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1573
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1421
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1506

Cities near Shanghai

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.4 km or 5.8 mi	Pudong	$1030
47 km or 29 mi	Taicang	$708
53 km or 33 mi	Kunshan	$726
74 km or 46 mi	Qidong	$725
82 km or 51 mi	Suzhou	$798
82 km or 51 mi	Jiaxing	$596
85 km or 53 mi	Haimen	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Changshu	$678
106 km or 66 mi	Nantong	$581
117 km or 73 mi	Zhangjiagang	$652
121 km or 75 mi	Wuxi	$686
135 km or 84 mi	Huzhou	$680
141 km or 87 mi	Jiangyin	$658
142 km or 88 mi	Zhoushan	$571
144 km or 89 mi	Ningbo	$660
148 km or 92 mi	Jingjiang	$645
155 km or 96 mi	Shaoxing	$670
158 km or 98 mi	Yixing	$663
159 km or 99 mi	Changzhou	$636
160 km or 100 mi	Rugao	$659
161 km or 100 mi	Hangzhou	$899
177 km or 110 mi	Taixing	$651
179 km or 111 mi	Hai'an	$664
191 km or 119 mi	Liyang	$657
197 km or 122 mi	Yangzhong	$627
198 km or 123 mi	Guangde	$667
201 km or 125 mi	Danyang	$623
208 km or 129 mi	Taizhou	$693
217 km or 135 mi	Dongtai	$691
223 km or 139 mi	Zhenjiang	$538
235 km or 146 mi	Yangzhou	$623
236 km or 146 mi	Jurong	$644
244 km or 152 mi	Ningguo	$661
246 km or 153 mi	Yiwu	$696
250 km or 155 mi	Xinghua	$693
250 km or 156 mi	Yizheng	$620
259 km or 161 mi	Linhai	$677
260 km or 161 mi	Xuancheng	$684
262 km or 163 mi	Gaoyou	$644
274 km or 170 mi	Nanjing	$789