Paris vs Taoyuan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Paris	Taoyuan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2267	$875
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5517	$2361
🏠 One person rent	$1318	$353
🏘️ Family rent	$2636	$658
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$320
🚐 Transport expenses	$253	$100
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3146	$1050
😷 Air quality	Good	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	2 km
🎓 Higher education	99	93
😀 Quality of life	95	83
🏙️ Population	2.15M	2.33M

The cost of living in Paris is 159% more expensive than in Taoyuan. Cities ranked 1222nd and 6171st ($2267 vs $875) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 7th 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 1.2 months in Taoyuan. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Taoyuan ranked 5th in Taiwan, while ranked 25th and 418th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Taoyuan

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	Paris	Taoyuan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$4.58
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.6	$24.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$4.63
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.55	$1.49
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$2.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.89	$1.03
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$360
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1086	$284
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3084	$749
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2210	$545
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$36
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$55.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$17.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	1.99%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12726	$7669
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8943	$4912
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$0.61
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.2	$36.8
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$8.62
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$0.92
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$3.02
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$1.3
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.41
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.05	$2.2
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$8.14
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$6.66
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$14.1
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$2.93
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$2.02
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$2.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.56
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$1.69
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.53
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1.73
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.63	$9.07
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.53
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$3.65
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$9.61
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$7.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.78	$1.61
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$2.6
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$37
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$9.24
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$33.8
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$15
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$73.7
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$75.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$738	$256
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16193	$18619

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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 Taoyuan

Distance	City	Cost of living
21 km or 13 mi	Zhubei	$821
25 km or 16 mi	Hsinchu	$897
29 km or 18 mi	New Taipei	$1073
39 km or 24 mi	Taipei	$1181
51 km or 32 mi	Miaoli	$728
55 km or 34 mi	Yilan	$731
61 km or 38 mi	Keelung	$967
96 km or 59 mi	Taichung	$894
111 km or 69 mi	Changhua	$813
117 km or 73 mi	Nantou	$796
144 km or 90 mi	Douliu	$770
171 km or 106 mi	Chiayi	$747
232 km or 144 mi	Putian	$625
233 km or 145 mi	Tainan	$814
233 km or 145 mi	Taitung	$788
237 km or 147 mi	Fuzhou	$669
264 km or 164 mi	Ningde	$648
265 km or 165 mi	Kaohsiung	$956
265 km or 165 mi	Quanzhou	$644
266 km or 165 mi	Jinjiang	$627
295 km or 183 mi	Kinmen	$823
302 km or 188 mi	Ishigaki	$1155
319 km or 198 mi	Xiamen	$688
330 km or 205 mi	Rui'an	$681
355 km or 220 mi	Wenzhou	$726
361 km or 224 mi	Zhangzhou	$664
364 km or 226 mi	Nanping	$630
393 km or 244 mi	Wenling	$671
393 km or 244 mi	Sanming	$603
410 km or 255 mi	Miyakojima	$1154
421 km or 261 mi	Lishui	$682
423 km or 263 mi	Longyan	$649
445 km or 277 mi	Linhai	$661
453 km or 282 mi	Wuyishan	$601
483 km or 300 mi	Chaozhou	$451
487 km or 303 mi	Shantou	$581
498 km or 309 mi	Jinhua	$587
509 km or 316 mi	Yiwu	$677
512 km or 318 mi	Quzhou	$616
513 km or 319 mi	Jieyang	$443