Paris vs Tianjin - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Paris	Tianjin
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2267	$687
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5517	$2052
🏠 One person rent	$1318	$297
🏘️ Family rent	$2636	$636
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$244
🚐 Transport expenses	$253	$65.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3146	$958
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	12 km
🎓 Higher education	99	90
😀 Quality of life	95	70
🏙️ Population	2.15M	13.9M

The cost of living in Paris is 230% more expensive than in Tianjin. Cities ranked 1222nd and 6956th ($2267 vs $687) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 64th in France and China, respectively. Check France vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Paris compared to 1.4 months in Tianjin. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Tianjin ranked 11th in China, while ranked 25th and 2306th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Tianjin

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	Paris	Tianjin
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$4.14
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.6	$27.8
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$5.46
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.55	$0.82
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$3.41
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.89	$0.45
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$351
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1086	$213
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3084	$826
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2210	$485
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$48.6
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$74.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$7.97
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	4.57%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12726	$6085
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8943	$2737
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.2	$10.9
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$4.13
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.54
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$1.04
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.05	$1.18
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$15
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$3.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$9.39
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.22
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.36
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$1.33
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$1.34
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.9
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.9
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.52
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$0.97
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.63	$12.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$1.04
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$3.8
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$4.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$3.83
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.78	$1.02
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.54
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$13.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$6.18
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$56.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$3.29
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$39
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$75
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$738	$548
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16193	$18215

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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 Tianjin

Distance	City	Cost of living
46 km or 29 mi	Binhai	$665
60 km or 37 mi	Langfang	$716
71 km or 44 mi	Bazhou	$649
87 km or 54 mi	Huanghua	$655
93 km or 58 mi	Sanhe	$756
99 km or 61 mi	Cangzhou	$679
99 km or 62 mi	Tangshan	$702
107 km or 67 mi	Renqiu	$586
109 km or 68 mi	Beijing	$1016
111 km or 69 mi	Zhuozhou	$729
117 km or 73 mi	Gaobeidian	$644
124 km or 77 mi	Hejian	$592
131 km or 82 mi	Botou	$618
133 km or 82 mi	Zunhua	$680
144 km or 90 mi	Luanzhou	$635
152 km or 94 mi	Baoding	$472
157 km or 98 mi	Laoling	$638
160 km or 99 mi	Qian'an	$642
182 km or 113 mi	Anguo	$550
192 km or 119 mi	Shenzhou	$581
204 km or 127 mi	Dezhou	$638
205 km or 127 mi	Dingzhou	$584
205 km or 128 mi	Hengshui	$642
209 km or 130 mi	Binzhou	$815
212 km or 132 mi	Chengde	$711
218 km or 136 mi	Dongying	$689
219 km or 136 mi	Xinji	$564
223 km or 138 mi	Qinhuangdao	$664
225 km or 140 mi	Jinzhou	$544
228 km or 142 mi	Jizhou	$590
237 km or 147 mi	Xinle	$533
241 km or 150 mi	Gaocheng	$524
242 km or 150 mi	Pingquan	$629
251 km or 156 mi	Yucheng	$577
255 km or 158 mi	Nangong	$600
258 km or 161 mi	Zouping	$553
265 km or 164 mi	Shijiazhuang	$481
271 km or 168 mi	Zhangjiakou	$634
273 km or 170 mi	Zibo	$504
276 km or 172 mi	Jinan	$616