Cost of Living Comparison

  1. Cost of Living
  2. France
  3. Italy
  4. Comparison
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Italy is 11.6% cheaper than France.

If you lived in Italy instead of France, you would:
local_dining

pay 16.8% less for restaurants

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Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $17.43
€15.28
$16.28
€14.27
-6.6%
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
 $10.25
€8.99
$9.39
€8.23
-8.4%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.89
€2.53
$2.48
€2.17
-14.3%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz) $2.01
€1.76
$1.24
€1.09
-38.0%
Average -16.8%
France vs. Italy - Cost of restaurants
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local_grocery_store

pay 16.3% less for groceries

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Bread
1 loaf
 $1.68
€1.48
$1.86
€1.63
+10.4%
Local cheese (8 oz) $8.34
€7.31
$7.41
€6.50
-11.1%
Milk (1 gallon) $4.51
€3.95
$4.98
€4.36
+10.4%
Eggs
1 dozen
 $3.41
€2.99
$3.33
€2.92
-2.5%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb) $5.24
€4.60
$4.42
€3.88
-15.6%
Apples (1 lb) $1.43
€1.25
$0.95
€0.83
-33.4%
Bananas (1 lb) $1.10
€0.97
$0.90
€0.79
-17.9%
Oranges (1 lb) $1.30
€1.14
$0.97
€0.85
-25.9%
Tomatoes (1 lb) $1.52
€1.34
$1.08
€0.95
-29.3%
Potatoes (1 lb) $0.96
€0.84
$0.69
€0.60
-28.3%
Onions (1 lb) $1.14
€1.00
$0.74
€0.65
-35.6%
Average -16.3%
France vs. Italy - Cost of groceries
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drive_eta

pay 2.8% less for transportation

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Gasoline (1 gallon) $6.71
€5.88
$6.99
€6.13
+4.2%
Monthly public transit pass $53.41
€46.84
$43.01
€37.72
-19.5%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $25,734.55
€22,566.65
$26,336.31
€23,094.33
+2.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles) $19.63
€17.22
$20.00
€17.54
+1.9%
Average -2.8%
France vs. Italy - Cost of transportation
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home

pay 5.0% less for housing

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Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
 $32.33
€28.35
$34.75
€30.47
+7.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $756.00
€662.94
$639.56
€560.83
-15.4%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $585.91
€513.78
$490.87
€430.44
-16.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment)
including electric, gas, water, heating
 $138.65
€121.58
$144.46
€126.68
+4.2%
Average -5.0%
France vs. Italy - Cost of housing
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child_care

pay 17.1% less for childcare

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Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $738.08
€647.22
$498.43
€437.07
-32.5%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $12,146.23
€10,651.04
$11,939.46
€10,469.72
-1.7%
Average -17.1%
France vs. Italy - Cost of childcare
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gamepad

pay 19.3% less for entertainment and sports

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Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $6.39
€5.60
$5.00
€4.38
-21.8%
Cappuccino in mid-range area $3.19
€2.79
$1.68
€1.47
-47.4%
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
 $11.70
€10.26
$6.74
€5.91
-42.4%
Monthly membership at local gym $41.75
€36.61
$54.45
€47.74
+30.4%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema $11.86
€10.40
$10.03
€8.79
-15.4%
Average -19.3%
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store

pay 4.0% less for clothing

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Regular jeans
Levi's brand
 $89.63
€78.60
$87.77
€76.97
-2.1%
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
 $41.81
€36.66
$37.94
€33.27
-9.2%
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
 $96.79
€84.87
$97.30
€85.32
+0.5%
Men's business shoes (leather) $131.69
€115.48
$124.71
€109.36
-5.3%
Average -4.0%
France vs. Italy - 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: September 2021
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