Paris vs Toronto - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Paris	Toronto
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2267	$2453
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5517	$5408
🏠 One person rent	$1318	$1480
🏘️ Family rent	$2636	$2344
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$602
🚐 Transport expenses	$253	$240
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3146	$3141
😷 Air quality	Good	Good
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	99	86
😀 Quality of life	95	93
🏙️ Population	2.15M	2.79M

The cost of living in Paris is 8% less expensive than in Toronto. Cities ranked 1222nd and 861st ($2267 vs $2453) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in France and Canada, respectively. Check France vs Canada comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.4 months in Paris compared to 1.3 months in Toronto. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Toronto ranked 2nd in Canada, while ranked 25th and 59th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Toronto

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	Paris	Toronto
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$17.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.6	$74.9
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$10.6
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.55	$6.08
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$4.07
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.89	$2.14
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$1577
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1086	$1302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3084	$2556
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2210	$2087
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$74.4
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$114
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$48.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	5.83%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12726	$9200
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8943	$7455
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$2.34
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.2	$112
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$15.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.09
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$2.76
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$2.44
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.81
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.05	$3.73
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$12.9
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$15
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$3.82
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1.16
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$3.25
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$3.95
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$2.64
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$2.89
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$1.18
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$2.34
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.63	$13.5
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$2.5
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$13.2
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$12.7
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$5.96
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.78	$3.23
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$3.62
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$47.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$12.2
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$65.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$22.2
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$53.2
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$88.8
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$738	$1130
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16193	$17118

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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 Toronto

Distance	City	Cost of living
20 km or 13 mi	Vaughan	$2267
23 km or 14 mi	Mississauga	$2370
24 km or 15 mi	Richmond Hill	$2447
26 km or 16 mi	Markham	$2291
31 km or 19 mi	Brampton	$1946
34 km or 21 mi	Oakville	$2142
35 km or 22 mi	Ajax	$2432
46 km or 28 mi	Halton Hills	$1966
50 km or 31 mi	Oshawa	$1554
51 km or 32 mi	Burlington	$2185
54 km or 34 mi	New Tecumseth	$2019
56 km or 35 mi	St. Catharines	$1846
60 km or 37 mi	Hamilton	$2017
65 km or 40 mi	Orangeville	$1861
67 km or 41 mi	Niagara Falls	$1771
71 km or 44 mi	Niagara Falls	$1888
71 km or 44 mi	Guelph	$1899
77 km or 48 mi	Welland	$1554
81 km or 50 mi	Grand Island	$2009
81 km or 51 mi	Lockport	$2021
82 km or 51 mi	North Tonawanda	$1992
82 km or 51 mi	Cambridge	$2089
84 km or 52 mi	Barrie	$1849
89 km or 56 mi	Brantford	$1783
90 km or 56 mi	Amherst	$2013
92 km or 57 mi	Kitchener	$2056
94 km or 58 mi	Waterloo	$1977
96 km or 59 mi	Buffalo	$2183
100 km or 62 mi	Cheektowaga	$2107
100 km or 62 mi	Clarence	$2056
103 km or 64 mi	West Seneca	$2145
103 km or 64 mi	Orillia	$1910
105 km or 65 mi	Lancaster	$2082
111 km or 69 mi	Peterborough	$1990
112 km or 70 mi	Hamburg	$2101
114 km or 71 mi	Orchard Park	$2100
132 km or 82 mi	Stratford	$1680
146 km or 91 mi	Greece	$2097
146 km or 91 mi	Chili	$2081
148 km or 92 mi	Gates	$2095