Paris vs Taipei - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Paris	Taipei
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2517	$1313
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5700	$3273
🏠 One person rent	$1497	$637
🏘️ Family rent	$2629	$1099
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$454
🚐 Transport expenses	$279	$111
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3732	$1659
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	3 km
🎓 Higher education	99	94
😀 Quality of life	97	87
🏙️ Population	2.15M	2.6M

The cost of living in Paris is 92% more expensive than in Taipei. Cities ranked 843rd and 4455th ($2517 vs $1313) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st 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 1.3 months in Taipei. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Taipei ranked 3rd in Taiwan, while ranked 18th and 388th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Taipei

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	Paris	Taipei
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.9	$6.53
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.1	$39.3
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$5.58
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.44	$2.9
☕ Cappuccino	$5.07	$3.83
🥤 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	$718
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1211	$524
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2936	$1272
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$931
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$48.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$74.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$25.8
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	2.27%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13420	$14287
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9330	$8078
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.89	$0.8
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$38.8
🚕 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	$1.86
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.06
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.52	$2.65
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$19
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$9.53
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$21
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$4.99
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$3.11
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$3
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$4.19
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$2.8
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$2.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.85
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.92	$1.88
🍾 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	$3.91
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.46	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.56	$7.99
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.54	$2.85
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$41.6
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$11
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30	$35.1
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$17.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$112	$66.4
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$87.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$792	$618
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15084	$17567

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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 Taipei

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.6 km or 6 mi	New Taipei	$1135
23 km or 14 mi	Keelung	$1030
39 km or 24 mi	Taoyuan	$942
39 km or 24 mi	Yilan	$802
58 km or 36 mi	Zhubei	$868
63 km or 39 mi	Hsinchu	$993
89 km or 56 mi	Miaoli	$695
133 km or 82 mi	Taichung	$1006
149 km or 92 mi	Changhua	$914
152 km or 95 mi	Nantou	$894
180 km or 112 mi	Douliu	$894
206 km or 128 mi	Chiayi	$914
252 km or 157 mi	Fuzhou	$628
257 km or 160 mi	Putian	$634
258 km or 160 mi	Taitung	$854
267 km or 166 mi	Tainan	$894
270 km or 168 mi	Ningde	$628
276 km or 172 mi	Ishigaki	$1078
297 km or 185 mi	Quanzhou	$621
298 km or 185 mi	Kaohsiung	$1002
299 km or 186 mi	Jinjiang	$615
316 km or 196 mi	Rui'an	$700
330 km or 205 mi	Kinmen	$901
340 km or 211 mi	Wenzhou	$753
354 km or 220 mi	Xiamen	$707
371 km or 230 mi	Wenling	$677
379 km or 235 mi	Miyakojima	$1079
380 km or 236 mi	Nanping	$671
395 km or 246 mi	Zhangzhou	$681
411 km or 255 mi	Lishui	$696
414 km or 257 mi	Sanming	$616
425 km or 264 mi	Linhai	$666
454 km or 282 mi	Longyan	$697
461 km or 286 mi	Wuyishan	$600
488 km or 303 mi	Jinhua	$586
495 km or 308 mi	Yiwu	$672
508 km or 316 mi	Quzhou	$604
518 km or 322 mi	Shangrao	$650
520 km or 323 mi	Chaozhou	$454
525 km or 326 mi	Shantou	$589