Paris vs Suzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Paris	Suzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2267	$868
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5517	$2829
🏠 One person rent	$1318	$312
🏘️ Family rent	$2636	$768
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$326
🚐 Transport expenses	$253	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3146	$1146
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	19 km
🎓 Higher education	99	70
😀 Quality of life	95	68
🏙️ Population	2.15M	12.7M

The cost of living in Paris is 161% more expensive than in Suzhou. Cities ranked 1222nd and 6198th ($2267 vs $868) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 18th in France and China, respectively. Check France vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Paris compared to 1.3 months in Suzhou. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Suzhou ranked 26th in China, while ranked 25th and 3351st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Suzhou

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	Paris	Suzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$4.09
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.6	$41.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$5.55
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.55	$4.13
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$4.11
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.89	$1.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$386
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1086	$200
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3084	$1199
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2210	$526
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$59.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$93.2
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$14.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	4.17%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12726	$6107
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8943	$3223
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.2	$41.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$4.55
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.2
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$2.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$2.96
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.28
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.05	$2.33
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$20.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$4.81
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$10.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.24
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.69
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.75
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.97
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.3
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.5
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.63	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.99
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$4.5
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$8.15
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$4.32
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.78	$1.18
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.99
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$77.3
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$6.87
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$75.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$8.03
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$66.5
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$79.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$738	$1457
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16193	$17431

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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 Suzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
35 km or 22 mi	Kunshan	$700
40 km or 25 mi	Changshu	$645
43 km or 27 mi	Wuxi	$670
49 km or 31 mi	Taicang	$665
63 km or 39 mi	Jiaxing	$573
64 km or 40 mi	Zhangjiagang	$640
69 km or 43 mi	Huzhou	$670
75 km or 47 mi	Jiangyin	$657
76 km or 47 mi	Yixing	$695
80 km or 50 mi	Nantong	$602
82 km or 51 mi	Shanghai	$1097
83 km or 52 mi	Changzhou	$702
84 km or 52 mi	Haimen	$631
85 km or 53 mi	Jingjiang	$643
88 km or 55 mi	Pudong	$984
109 km or 68 mi	Liyang	$654
112 km or 70 mi	Taixing	$636
114 km or 71 mi	Qidong	$701
120 km or 75 mi	Rugao	$644
123 km or 77 mi	Guangde	$650
125 km or 78 mi	Hangzhou	$805
125 km or 78 mi	Danyang	$607
129 km or 80 mi	Yangzhong	$603
137 km or 85 mi	Hai'an	$643
145 km or 90 mi	Shaoxing	$716
148 km or 92 mi	Taizhou	$644
149 km or 93 mi	Zhenjiang	$522
156 km or 97 mi	Jurong	$621
164 km or 102 mi	Yangzhou	$620
173 km or 107 mi	Ningguo	$642
175 km or 109 mi	Yizheng	$592
175 km or 109 mi	Dongtai	$665
182 km or 113 mi	Xuancheng	$672
182 km or 113 mi	Ningbo	$708
194 km or 120 mi	Nanjing	$746
196 km or 122 mi	Xinghua	$665
198 km or 123 mi	Gaoyou	$621
202 km or 125 mi	Zhoushan	$590
214 km or 133 mi	Wuhu	$691
216 km or 134 mi	Tianchang	$613