Paris vs Wuhan - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Paris	Wuhan
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2357	$692
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5959	$1777
🏠 One person rent	$1338	$288
🏘️ Family rent	$2858	$502
🍽️ Food expenses	$620	$224
🚐 Transport expenses	$261	$91
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3414	$930
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	22 km
🎓 Higher education	99	98
😀 Quality of life	95	70
🏙️ Population	2.15M	12.3M

The cost of living in Paris is 241% more expensive than in Wuhan. Cities ranked 998th and 6979th ($2357 vs $692) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 100th 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 1.3 months in Wuhan. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Wuhan ranked 12th in China, while ranked 22nd and 2526th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Wuhan

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	Paris	Wuhan
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$19.2	$3.24
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$69.6	$18.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.1	$5.24
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$8.18	$1.65
☕ Cappuccino	$4.99	$3.4
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.16	$0.4
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1451	$354
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1077	$203
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3334	$716
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2404	$352
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$154	$40.7
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$237	$62.7
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$31.4	$14
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.8%	4.49%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13808	$3874
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9821	$2284
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.38	$0.57
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$94.9	$30
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.9	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.13	$1.14
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.59	$1.77
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.91	$1.33
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.34	$1.02
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.78	$1.59
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.2	$12.5
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.5	$3.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$23.3	$12.6
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.27	$1.91
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.37	$1.22
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.59	$1.37
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.97	$1.39
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.56	$0.89
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.69	$0.8
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.59	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.66	$0.95
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.4	$10.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.69	$0.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$13.7	$2.84
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.41	$3.12
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.18	$5.6
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.02	$1.39
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.87	$1.39
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$36.3	$39.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$14.7	$6.01
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30.3	$28.7
💇 Haircut, simple	$20	$3.37
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$74.6
👟 Brand Sneakers	$112	$95.7
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$792	$335
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$18941	$9062

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$1414
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1755
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1743
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2226
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$1943
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1558
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2158
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$1984
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1659
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1799
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1905
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1725
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1630
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1701
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1826
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1686
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1682
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1691
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1669
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1894
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1699
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1628
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1309
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1532
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1423
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1643
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1312
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1397
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1370
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1320
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1195
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1221
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1244
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1448
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1262
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1607
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1349
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1474
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1286
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1395

Cities near Wuhan

Distance	City	Cost of living
45 km or 28 mi	Hanchuan	$646
52 km or 32 mi	Xiaogan	$681
58 km or 36 mi	Huanggang	$705
61 km or 38 mi	Ezhou	$674
79 km or 49 mi	Yingcheng	$626
83 km or 52 mi	Huangshi	$714
84 km or 52 mi	Xianning	$663
85 km or 53 mi	Daye	$676
88 km or 55 mi	Xiantao	$610
95 km or 59 mi	Anlu	$647
96 km or 60 mi	Macheng	$659
100 km or 62 mi	Chibi	$614
116 km or 72 mi	Honghu	$612
123 km or 76 mi	Jingshan	$606
123 km or 76 mi	Guangshui	$647
147 km or 91 mi	Wuxue	$646
148 km or 92 mi	Linxiang	$592
153 km or 95 mi	Suizhou	$650
172 km or 107 mi	Xinyang	$683
175 km or 109 mi	Zhongxiang	$599
176 km or 109 mi	Yueyang	$623
192 km or 119 mi	Jiujiang	$670
199 km or 124 mi	Jingzhou	$605
205 km or 127 mi	Jingmen	$612
205 km or 127 mi	Shishou	$566
218 km or 136 mi	Qianshan	$636
225 km or 140 mi	Zaoyang	$614
230 km or 143 mi	Yicheng	$599
240 km or 149 mi	Dangyang	$575
245 km or 153 mi	Songzi	$573
248 km or 154 mi	Lu'an	$706
255 km or 159 mi	Jinshi	$552
259 km or 161 mi	Tongcheng	$658
261 km or 162 mi	Xiangyang	$622
262 km or 163 mi	Nanchang	$521
263 km or 163 mi	Anqing	$642
267 km or 166 mi	Zhumadian	$659
273 km or 170 mi	Yidu	$580
288 km or 179 mi	Yichang	$619
292 km or 182 mi	Yiyang	$611