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Paris vs. Grass Valley Cost of Living Summary

Paris is 16.5% more expensive than Grass Valley.

Restaurants: pay 58.6% more in Paris
Groceries: pay 4.7% more in Paris
Transportation: pay 34.6% more in Paris
Housing: pay 4.5% less in Paris
Childcare: pay 59.2% less in Paris
Entertainment and Sports: pay 12.1% more in Paris
Clothing: pay 69.4% more in Paris

The cost of clothing, restaurants, transportation, entertainment and sports, and groceries in Paris are more expensive than in Grass Valley. Expenses including childcare and housing are lower in Paris.

Paris vs. Grass Valley Cost Breakdown

If you lived in Paris instead of Grass Valley, you would:

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pay 58.6% more for restaurants

	Grass Valley	Paris
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$20.00	$17.52 €15.11	-12.4%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$8.00	$14.02 €12.09	+75.2%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$2.75	$4.24 €3.66	+54.6%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$1.50	$3.24 €2.80	+116.9%
Average			+58.6%

Grass Valley vs. Paris - Cost of restaurants

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pay 4.7% more for groceries

	Grass Valley	Paris
Bread 1 loaf	$4.00	$2.10 €1.81	-47.5%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$9.55	$12.76 €11.00	+33.5%
Milk (1 gallon)	$5.16	$5.95 €5.13	+15.2%
Eggs 1 dozen	$5.30	$5.22 €4.51	-1.3%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$4.39	$6.68 €5.76	+52.1%
Apples (1 lb)	$2.00	$1.64 €1.42	-17.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$1.00	$1.15 €0.99	+15.0%
Oranges (1 lb)	$1.00	$1.47 €1.27	+46.8%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$3.24	$1.81 €1.56	-44.0%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$1.00	$1.21 €1.04	+21.1%
Onions (1 lb)	$1.88	$1.47 €1.26	-21.9%
Average			+4.7%

Grass Valley vs. Paris - Cost of groceries

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pay 34.6% more for transportation

	Grass Valley	Paris
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$4.70	$8.06 €6.95	+71.6%
Monthly public transit pass	??	$103.72 €89.44
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,753.89	$35,904.00 €30,960.99	-2.3%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	??	$27.70 €23.89
Average			+34.6%

Grass Valley vs. Paris - Cost of transportation

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pay 4.5% less for housing

	Grass Valley	Paris
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$60.00	$37.58 €32.41	-37.4%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,775.00	$1,637.45 €1,412.01	-7.7%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$1,575.00	$1,198.19 €1,033.23	-23.9%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$133.06	$200.70 €173.07	+50.8%
Average			-4.5%

Grass Valley vs. Paris - Cost of housing

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pay 59.2% less for childcare

	Grass Valley	Paris
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$2,158.33	$798.13 €688.25	-63.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$32,215.00	$14,327.34 €12,354.85	-55.5%
Average			-59.2%

Grass Valley vs. Paris - Cost of childcare

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pay 12.1% more for entertainment and sports

	Grass Valley	Paris
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$7.50	$8.18 €7.05	+9.0%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$5.96	$4.93 €4.25	-17.3%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$10.00	$15.18 €13.09	+51.8%
Monthly membership at local gym	$50.00	$43.12 €37.18	-13.8%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$12.50	$16.35 €14.10	+30.8%
Average			+12.1%

Grass Valley vs. Paris - Cost of entertainment and sports

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pay 69.4% more for clothing

	Grass Valley	Paris
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$35.00	$118.15 €101.89	+237.6%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$35.00	$48.25 €41.60	+37.8%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$90.00	$123.09 €106.14	+36.8%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$233.33	$152.69 €131.67	-34.6%
Average			+69.4%

Grass Valley 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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