Paris vs Tainan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Paris	Tainan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2517	$894
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5700	$2330
🏠 One person rent	$1497	$263
🏘️ Family rent	$2629	$440
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$430
🚐 Transport expenses	$279	$81.6
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3732	$1477
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	4 km
🎓 Higher education	99	74
😀 Quality of life	97	83
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.87M

The cost of living in Paris is 182% more expensive than in Tainan. Cities ranked 843rd and 6262nd ($2517 vs $894) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 12th in France and Taiwan, respectively. Check France vs Taiwan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Paris compared to 1.7 months in Tainan. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Tainan ranked 8th in Taiwan, while ranked 18th and 549th 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	$16.9	$6.54
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.1	$26
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$4.87
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.44	$2.92
☕ Cappuccino	$5.07	$3.19
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.06	$1.12
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1610	$282
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1211	$171
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2936	$501
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$305
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$47.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$73.6
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$21.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	1.84%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13420	$3267
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9330	$2457
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.89	$0.59
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$21.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.2	$9.23
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$0.99
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$3.14
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.85
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$2.94
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.52	$2.64
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$18.6
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$9.5
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$4.14
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.78
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$3.01
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.18
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.33
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.7
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.92	$1.79
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$16.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$1.77
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.5	$3.87
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.46	$12.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.56	$5.36
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$2.29
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.54	$2.31
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$37.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$10.9
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30	$66.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$112	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$88.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$792	$259
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15084	$6518

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488

Cities near Tainan

Distance	City	Cost of living
42 km or 26 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
62 km or 38 mi	Chiayi	$914
89 km or 55 mi	Douliu	$894
102 km or 63 mi	Taitung	$854
116 km or 72 mi	Nantou	$894
126 km or 78 mi	Changhua	$914
139 km or 86 mi	Taichung	$1006
188 km or 117 mi	Miaoli	$695
218 km or 135 mi	Hsinchu	$993
222 km or 138 mi	Zhubei	$868
233 km or 145 mi	Taoyuan	$942
249 km or 155 mi	Kinmen	$901
254 km or 158 mi	Yilan	$802
259 km or 161 mi	New Taipei	$1135
261 km or 162 mi	Jinjiang	$615
267 km or 166 mi	Taipei	$1313
269 km or 167 mi	Quanzhou	$621
271 km or 168 mi	Xiamen	$707
286 km or 178 mi	Keelung	$1030
298 km or 185 mi	Putian	$634
308 km or 191 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
356 km or 221 mi	Fuzhou	$628
359 km or 223 mi	Shantou	$589
371 km or 230 mi	Chaozhou	$454
395 km or 246 mi	Jieyang	$451
397 km or 247 mi	Longyan	$697
412 km or 256 mi	Puning	$579
415 km or 258 mi	Ningde	$628
431 km or 268 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
439 km or 273 mi	Meizhou	$669
446 km or 277 mi	Sanming	$616
455 km or 283 mi	Nanping	$671
497 km or 309 mi	Shanwei	$941
535 km or 333 mi	Rui'an	$700
556 km or 346 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
560 km or 348 mi	Wenzhou	$753
567 km or 352 mi	Heyuan	$766
573 km or 356 mi	Wuyishan	$600
590 km or 367 mi	Huizhou	$608
608 km or 378 mi	Lishui	$696