Paris vs Zhengzhou - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Paris	Zhengzhou
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2267	$512
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5517	$1559
🏠 One person rent	$1318	$187
🏘️ Family rent	$2636	$431
🍽️ Food expenses	$562	$185
🚐 Transport expenses	$253	$64.8
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3146	$680
😷 Air quality	Good	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	14 km
🎓 Higher education	99	78
😀 Quality of life	95	66
🏙️ Population	2.15M	12.6M

The cost of living in Paris is 343% more expensive than in Zhengzhou. Cities ranked 1222nd and 8544th ($2267 vs $512) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 499th 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 Zhengzhou. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Zhengzhou ranked 33rd in China, while ranked 25th and 3982nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Zhengzhou

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	Paris	Zhengzhou
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16	$2.08
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$61.6	$16.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$12.7	$4.13
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.55	$0.83
☕ Cappuccino	$4.52	$2.48
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$3.89	$0.41
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1388	$174
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1086	$124
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$3084	$451
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2210	$330
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$140	$42.8
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$219	$66.5
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$32	$10.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.66%	4.89%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$12726	$3147
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$8943	$1568
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.63	$0.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$90.2	$13.6
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$23.4	$3.61
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.99	$1.15
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.46	$1.59
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.96	$1.75
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.86
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.05	$1
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.1	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.8	$2.15
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$20.5	$11.3
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.11	$1.09
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.18	$1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.26	$0.79
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.1	$1.07
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.4	$0.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.72	$0.54
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.52	$0.43
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$3.11	$1
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$9.63	$13.7
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.31	$0.73
🚬 Cigarette pack	$12.6	$2.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.09	$2.02
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.41	$3.24
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.78	$0.92
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.14	$1.02
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$33.9	$91
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$13.5	$5.17
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$27.8	$13.9
💇 Haircut, simple	$19.9	$4.32
👖 Brand Jeans	$109	$45
👟 Brand Sneakers	$113	$75.3
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$738	$251
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$16193	$19343

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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 Zhengzhou

Distance	City	Cost of living
25 km or 15 mi	Xingyang	$519
35 km or 22 mi	Xinmi	$528
40 km or 25 mi	Xinzheng	$538
60 km or 37 mi	Changge	$547
62 km or 38 mi	Gongyi	$522
62 km or 39 mi	Kaifeng	$545
64 km or 40 mi	Xinxiang	$575
66 km or 41 mi	Jiaozuo	$479
66 km or 41 mi	Dengfeng	$529
69 km or 43 mi	Yuzhou	$552
77 km or 48 mi	Qinyang	$504
80 km or 50 mi	Huixian	$551
81 km or 50 mi	Yanshi	$509
81 km or 51 mi	Weihui	$571
82 km or 51 mi	Xuchang	$586
82 km or 51 mi	Mengzhou	$505
99 km or 61 mi	Ruzhou	$538
105 km or 65 mi	Jiyuan	$520
111 km or 69 mi	Changyuan	$787
111 km or 69 mi	Jincheng	$547
113 km or 70 mi	Luoyang	$505
118 km or 73 mi	Pingdingshan	$591
125 km or 78 mi	Hebi	$625
134 km or 83 mi	Luohe	$591
134 km or 83 mi	Gaoping	$573
147 km or 91 mi	Linzhou	$588
154 km or 96 mi	Zhoukou	$580
162 km or 101 mi	Anyang	$578
162 km or 101 mi	Wugang	$571
168 km or 104 mi	Puyang	$800
169 km or 105 mi	Changzhi	$726
170 km or 106 mi	Heze	$1385
185 km or 115 mi	Xiangcheng	$577
185 km or 115 mi	Shangqiu	$736
200 km or 124 mi	Zhumadian	$637
220 km or 137 mi	Handan	$610
221 km or 137 mi	Nanyang	$632
221 km or 138 mi	Wu'an	$587
225 km or 140 mi	Sanmenxia	$564
228 km or 142 mi	Jieshou	$591