Paris vs Surat - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Paris	Surat
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2267	$771
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5517	$1163
🏠 One person rent	$1318	$519
🏘️ Family rent	$2636	$463
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$166
🚐 Transport expenses	$253	$44.5
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3146	$444
😷 Air quality	Good	Unhealthy
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	11 km
🎓 Higher education	99	40
😀 Quality of life	95	48
🏙️ Population	2.15M	5.94M

The cost of living in Paris is 194% more expensive than in Surat. Cities ranked 1222nd and 6559th ($2267 vs $771) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in France and India, respectively. Check France vs India comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Paris compared to 0.6 months in Surat. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Surat ranked 48th in India, while ranked 25th and 6336th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Surat

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	Paris	Surat
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$3.46
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.6	$11.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$3.44
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.55	$2.87
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$1.74
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.89	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$454
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1086	$498
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3084	$1021
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2210	$271
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$22.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$34.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$7.5
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	8.88%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12726	$864
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8943	$637
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$0.23
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.2	$5.71
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$2.06
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$0.74
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$0.55
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.73
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.05	$0.99
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$4.86
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$3.38
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$8.57
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.51
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$0.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.94
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$0.67
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.35
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.42
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.23
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$0.98
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.63	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$3.85
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$2.06
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$3.1
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.78	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$0.61
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$18.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$2.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$2.39
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$25.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$46.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$738	$49.8
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16193	$1261

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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 Surat

Distance	City	Cost of living
26 km or 16 mi	Navsari	$286
98 km or 61 mi	Bhavnagar	$298
131 km or 82 mi	Vadodara	$376
164 km or 102 mi	Nashik	$333
170 km or 106 mi	Nadiad	$382
189 km or 117 mi	Vasai	$284
192 km or 119 mi	Malegaon	$378
196 km or 122 mi	Godhra	$371
208 km or 130 mi	Ahmedabad	$452
209 km or 130 mi	Bhiwandi	$362
216 km or 134 mi	Kalyan	$381
222 km or 138 mi	Thane	$501
228 km or 142 mi	Gandhinagar	$415
239 km or 148 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
244 km or 152 mi	Rajkot	$311
245 km or 152 mi	Mumbai	$716
274 km or 170 mi	Mehsana	$389
284 km or 177 mi	Jalgaon	$348
296 km or 184 mi	Aurangabad	$350
314 km or 195 mi	Pune	$513
332 km or 206 mi	Ratlam	$311
338 km or 210 mi	Porbandar	$333
356 km or 221 mi	Indore	$367
377 km or 234 mi	Ujjain	$298
389 km or 242 mi	Udaipur	$310
399 km or 248 mi	Bhuj	$288
406 km or 252 mi	Satara	$304
436 km or 271 mi	Akola	$295
499 km or 310 mi	Latur	$397
500 km or 311 mi	Bhilwara	$340
505 km or 314 mi	Solapur	$293
511 km or 318 mi	Amravati	$296
512 km or 318 mi	Sangli	$292
514 km or 320 mi	Pali	$324
518 km or 322 mi	Kolhapur	$307
521 km or 324 mi	Nanded	$315
526 km or 327 mi	Bhopal	$363
526 km or 327 mi	Ichalkaranji	$304
541 km or 336 mi	Kota	$339
570 km or 354 mi	Bijapur	$340