Paris vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Paris	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2480	$910
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5726	$2373
🏠 One person rent	$1432	$264
🏘️ Family rent	$2535	$439
🍽️ Food expenses	$622	$433
🚐 Transport expenses	$274	$90.4
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3974	$1446
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	13 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	99	73
😀 Quality of life	96	72
🏙️ Population	2.11M	1.85M

The cost of living in Paris is 173% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 916th and 6264th ($2480 vs $910) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 8th in France and Taiwan, respectively. Check France vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.6 months in Paris compared to 1.6 months in Tainan. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Tainan ranked 10th in Taiwan, while ranked 14th and 2963rd 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	$17	$5.5
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$70.9	$25.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.8	$4.79
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.61	$3.22
☕ Cappuccino	$5.23	$3.38
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.54	$1.29
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1595	$277
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1144	$165
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2814	$489
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2101	$294
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$165	$54.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$258	$84.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.1	$21.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.31%	2.12%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$14879	$3159
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9948	$2827
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.93	$0.58
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$104	$24.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$10.5
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.12	$1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.7	$3.16
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.99	$1.78
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.6	$2.83
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.52	$3.02
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$22.7	$21.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.7	$10.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.5	$21.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.31	$3.61
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.5	$2.86
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3	$3.45
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.14	$3.75
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.47	$3.21
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.66	$2.19
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.56	$0.8
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.78
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.6	$14.1
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.79	$1.81
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.7	$4
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.53	$12.2
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.61	$5.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.41	$2.21
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.59	$2.26
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42.7	$36.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$16	$10.3
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$31	$65.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$25.3	$9.64
👖 Brand Jeans	$114	$76.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$123	$100
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$911	$298
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$17184	$5587

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2060
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1935
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1975
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2421
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2114
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$2010
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2364
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2141
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1803
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1985
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$2028
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1831
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1975
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1746
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1991
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1960
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1874
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1860
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1876
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1992
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1911
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1821
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1459
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1654
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1469
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1775
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1448
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1547
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1443
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1383
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1370
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1365
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1358
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1520
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1276
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1650
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1306
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1626
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1437
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1544

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$999
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$910
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$889
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$841
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$879
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$888
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$957
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$709
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$937
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$882
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$941
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$903
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$796
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1108
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$630
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1257
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$634
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$723
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$997
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$668
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$696
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$656
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$602
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$465
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$464
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$698
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$589
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$654
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1067
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$673
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$634
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$682
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$943
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$705
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1064
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$763
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$765
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$610
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$621
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$697