France is 9.0% cheaper than Washington.

If you lived in France instead of Washington, you would:

pay 0.6% more for restaurants

 
Washington
France
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant $19.96
 
$16.13
€14.81
Fast food combo meal
McDonalds, or similar
$10.22
 
$9.98
€9.16
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz) $2.38
 
$2.76
€2.54

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pay 10.7% less for groceries

 
Washington
France
Bread
1 loaf
$3.52
 
$1.66
€1.53
Local cheese (8 oz) $6.50
 
$8.33
€7.65
Milk (1 gallon) $3.85
 
$4.25
€3.90

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pay 19.0% more for transportation

 
Washington
France
Gasoline (1 gallon) $4.36
 
$7.84
€7.20
Monthly public transit pass $61.93
 
$52.45
€48.16
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition) $24,741.28
 
$26,223.89
€24,080.09

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pay 40.0% less for housing

 
Washington
France
Internet connection
50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl
$67.08
 
$30.93
€28.41
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area $1,617.40
 
$760.64
€698.46
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center $1,418.32
 
$610.71
€560.79

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pay 45.0% less for childcare

 
Washington
France
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly $1,309.82
 
$674.24
€619.12
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters $19,297.89
 
$11,309.03
€10,384.51

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pay 11.6% less for entertainment and sports

 
Washington
France
Domestic/local beer (1 pint) $5.90
 
$6.24
€5.73
Cappuccino in mid-range area $4.92
 
$2.93
€2.69
Pack of cigarettes
Marlboro or similar
$9.93
 
$11.11
€10.20

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pay 24.5% more for clothing

 
Washington
France
Regular jeans
Levi's brand
$46.56
 
$85.18
€78.22
Regular dress
from H&M or similar store
$39.76
 
$38.90
€35.72
Running shoes
Nike or Adidas
$80.20
 
$90.98
€83.54

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