Paris vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Paris	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2357	$841
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5959	$2737
🏠 One person rent	$1338	$262
🏘️ Family rent	$2858	$782
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$394
🚐 Transport expenses	$261	$78.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3414	$1275
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	99	74
😀 Quality of life	95	80
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.87M

The cost of living in Paris is 180% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 998th and 6292nd ($2357 vs $841) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 9th in France and Taiwan, respectively. Check France vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Paris compared to 1.5 months in Tainan. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Tainan ranked 7th in Taiwan, while ranked 22nd and 499th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Tainan

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	Paris	Tainan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.2	$4.68
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.6	$23.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$5.12
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.18	$1.58
☕ Cappuccino	$4.99	$3.06
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.16	$1
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1451	$271
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1077	$168
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3334	$632
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2404	$693
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$50.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$237	$77.4
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$23.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	1.51%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13808	$2874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9821	$2280
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.38	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.9	$20.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$8.94
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.13	$0.96
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$2.87
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.91	$1.88
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$3.01
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.78	$2.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$16.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$9.48
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.3	$17.2
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$4.01
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$2.21
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$2.85
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$3.25
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$2.4
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.67
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$1.62
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.4	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$1.61
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$3.74
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.41	$12.3
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$5.23
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$2.22
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$2.21
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$36.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.3	$51.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$9.65
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$57.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$86.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$792	$628
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18941	$18526

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1414
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1755
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1743
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2226
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1943
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1558
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2158
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1984
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1659
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1799
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1905
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1725
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1630
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1701
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1826
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1686
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1682
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1669
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1894
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1699
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1628
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1309
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1532
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1423
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1643
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1312
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1397
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1370
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1320
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1195
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1221
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1244
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1448
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1262
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1607
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1349
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1474
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1286
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1395

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$932
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$707
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$761
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$801
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$818
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$841
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$931
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$698
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$864
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$828
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$868
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$821
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$745
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1060
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$654
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1158
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$666
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$807
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1028
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$661
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$731
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$706
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$605
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$592
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$691
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$713
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$726
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$683
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1229
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$795
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$642
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$673
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$1014
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$719
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1231
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$776
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$801
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$643
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$629
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$719