Paris vs Yantai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Paris	Yantai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2517	$697
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5700	$1685
🏠 One person rent	$1497	$333
🏘️ Family rent	$2629	$478
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$228
🚐 Transport expenses	$279	$59.1
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3732	$1071
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	38 km
🎓 Higher education	99	49
😀 Quality of life	97	56
🏙️ Population	2.15M	7.1M

The cost of living in Paris is 261% more expensive than in Yantai. Cities ranked 843rd and 7113th ($2517 vs $697) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 51st in France and China, respectively. Check France vs China comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Paris compared to 1.5 months in Yantai. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Yantai ranked 57th in China, while ranked 18th and 6213th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Yantai

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	Paris	Yantai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.9	$2.92
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.1	$18.5
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$4.48
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.44	$1.78
☕ Cappuccino	$5.07	$3.44
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.06	$0.47
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1610	$198
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1211	$302
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2936	$359
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$415
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$41.9
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$64.1
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$10.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	3.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13420	$3023
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9330	$6096
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.89	$0.28
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$10
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.2	$3.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$2.25
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.36
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$0.8
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.52	$1.41
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$16
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$4.35
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$1.33
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$0.88
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$1.27
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$1.41
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$0.74
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.03
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.33
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.92	$0.89
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$14.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$0.84
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.5	$3.31
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.46	$4.47
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.56	$3.62
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$0.88
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.54	$2.38
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$22.8
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$4.99
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30	$24.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$3.25
👖 Brand Jeans	$112	$74.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$81.2
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$792	$294
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15084	$12503

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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 Yantai

Distance	City	Cost of living
40 km or 25 mi	Qixia	$620
59 km or 37 mi	Rushan	$592
68 km or 42 mi	Laiyang	$592
70 km or 43 mi	Haiyang	$590
74 km or 46 mi	Weihai	$485
77 km or 48 mi	Zhaoyuan	$586
88 km or 54 mi	Longkou	$592
88 km or 55 mi	Laixi	$573
111 km or 69 mi	Rongcheng	$541
120 km or 75 mi	Laizhou	$565
135 km or 84 mi	Pingdu	$549
162 km or 101 mi	Qingdao	$626
171 km or 106 mi	Dalian	$678
173 km or 107 mi	Jiaozhou	$468
176 km or 109 mi	Gaomi	$520
177 km or 110 mi	Changyi	$507
207 km or 128 mi	Weifang	$448
224 km or 139 mi	Anqiu	$521
227 km or 141 mi	Zhucheng	$542
232 km or 144 mi	Shouguang	$576
247 km or 154 mi	Dongying	$654
256 km or 159 mi	Wafangdian	$589
259 km or 161 mi	Qingzhou	$563
275 km or 171 mi	Rizhao	$558
287 km or 179 mi	Binzhou	$741
293 km or 182 mi	Zibo	$548
294 km or 183 mi	Zhuanghe	$550
318 km or 197 mi	Qinhuangdao	$558
318 km or 198 mi	Zouping	$562
343 km or 213 mi	Luanzhou	$614
347 km or 215 mi	Gaizhou	$537
348 km or 216 mi	Laiwu	$561
352 km or 219 mi	Xintai	$563
358 km or 223 mi	Binhai	$641
359 km or 223 mi	Laoling	$580
361 km or 224 mi	Xingcheng	$565
362 km or 225 mi	Huanghua	$619
364 km or 226 mi	Lianyungang	$537
366 km or 227 mi	Qian'an	$616
366 km or 227 mi	Tangshan	$688