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Paris vs. Atlantic City Cost of Living Summary

Paris is 13.9% more expensive than Atlantic City.

Restaurants: pay 17.2% more in Paris
Groceries: pay 11.5% less in Paris
Transportation: pay 50.0% more in Paris
Housing: pay 11.8% more in Paris
Childcare: pay 74.8% less in Paris
Entertainment and Sports: pay 2.5% more in Paris
Clothing: pay 2.0 times more in Paris

The cost of clothing, transportation, restaurants, housing, and entertainment and sports in Paris are more expensive than in Atlantic City. Expenses including childcare and groceries are lower in Paris. Notably, clothing is significantly more expensive in Paris.

Paris vs. Atlantic City Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Paris instead of Atlantic City, you would:

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pay 17.2% more for restaurants

	Atlantic City	Paris
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$25.00	$17.52 €15.05	-29.9%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$13.00	$14.02 €12.04	+7.8%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.75	$4.24 €3.65	+54.4%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$2.38	$3.24 €2.79	+36.5%
Average			+17.2%

Atlantic City vs. Paris - Cost of restaurants

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pay 11.5% less for groceries

	Atlantic City	Paris
Bread 1 loaf	$4.11	$2.10 €1.80	-48.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$8.89	$12.76 €10.96	+43.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.50	$5.95 €5.11	+32.3%
Eggs 1 dozen	$6.39	$5.22 €4.49	-18.2%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$7.07	$6.68 €5.74	-5.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.00	$1.64 €1.41	-17.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.08	$1.15 €0.99	+6.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$2.60	$1.47 €1.26	-43.5%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$2.68	$1.81 €1.56	-32.3%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.63	$1.21 €1.04	-25.6%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.78	$1.47 €1.26	-17.6%
Average			-11.5%

Atlantic City vs. Paris - Cost of groceries

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pay 50.0% more for transportation

	Atlantic City	Paris
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$3.07	$8.06 €6.92	+162.2%
Monthly public transit pass	$90.00	$103.72 €89.07	+15.2%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,344.69	$35,904.00 €30,834.75	-1.2%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$22.39	$27.70 €23.79	+23.7%
Average			+50.0%

Atlantic City vs. Paris - Cost of transportation

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pay 11.8% more for housing

	Atlantic City	Paris
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$55.00	$37.58 €32.28	-31.7%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,400.00	$1,637.45 €1,406.26	+17.0%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,000.00	$1,198.19 €1,029.02	+19.8%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$141.47	$200.70 €172.36	+41.9%
Average			+11.8%

Atlantic City vs. Paris - Cost of housing

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pay 74.8% less for childcare

	Atlantic City	Paris
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$3,154.10	$798.13 €685.44	-74.7%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$57,250.00	$14,327.34 €12,304.48	-75.0%
Average			-74.8%

Atlantic City vs. Paris - Cost of childcare

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pay 2.5% more for entertainment and sports

	Atlantic City	Paris
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$6.50	$8.18 €7.02	+25.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.44	$4.93 €4.23	-9.4%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$19.00	$15.18 €13.04	-20.1%
Monthly membership at local gym	??	$43.12 €37.03
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$14.38	$16.35 €14.04	+13.8%
Average			+2.5%

Atlantic City vs. Paris - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 2.0 times more for clothing

	Atlantic City	Paris
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$42.50	$118.15 €101.47	+178.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$40.00	$48.25 €41.44	+20.6%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$60.00	$123.09 €105.71	+105.1%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$75.00	$152.69 €131.13	+103.6%
Average			+101.8%

Atlantic City vs. Paris - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: December 2025

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