Travel Money Index

Your USD goes further in France

+3.7% further

$2,000 now goes as far as $2,073.16 did 1 year ago.

$2,000 gets you 1,786 EUR

That is 63 EUR more than the same budget bought 1 year ago, worth about $70.58 today.

EUR per 1 USD Then 0.8614 · Today 0.8929
1 year ago Today

What the difference covers in France

The same $2,000 budget, at typical local prices, compared with 1 year ago.

Stay Estimate

Mid-range hotel

140 EUR a night
$5.74 less a night
Costs you today
$156.79
Cost you 1 year ago
$162.53
Stay Estimate

Four-star hotel

240 EUR a night
$9.83 less a night
Costs you today
$268.78
Cost you 1 year ago
$278.62
Eat Big Mac price

Fast-food meal

6.19 EUR a Big Mac
10 more Big Macs
Costs you today
$6.93
Cost you 1 year ago
$7.19
Eat Estimate

Dinner for two

81 EUR a dinner
$3.32 less a dinner
Costs you today
$90.71
Cost you 1 year ago
$94.03
Do Estimate

Museum entry

20 EUR a ticket
3 more tickets
Costs you today
$22.40
Cost you 1 year ago
$23.22
Do Estimate

Guided day tour

95 EUR a tour
$3.89 less a tour
Costs you today
$106.39
Cost you 1 year ago
$110.29
Get around Estimate

Airport taxi

67 EUR a ride
$2.74 less a ride
Costs you today
$75.04
Cost you 1 year ago
$77.78
Get around Estimate

Intercity bus ticket

54 EUR a ticket
1 more ticket
Costs you today
$60.48
Cost you 1 year ago
$62.69

Rate history

EUR per 1 USD. A rising line means your money buys more.

0.8998 0.8643 0.8288 October 2025 Today
Rate 1 year ago
A price ofCosts you todayCost you 1 year ago
10 EUR$11.20$11.61
50 EUR$56.00$58.05
200 EUR$223.99$232.18
1,000 EUR$1,119.93$1,160.90

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Everyday prices in France

Groceries and other shop prices, for longer stays.

Show prices for
ItemPriceCosts you today
Milk per litre · 1,212 reports1.70 EUR$1.90
Bread per kg · 2,400 reports6.05 EUR$6.78
Rice per kg · 600 reports5.26 EUR$5.89
Chicken breast per kg · 30 reports14.30 EUR$16.02
Cheese per kg · 3,564 reports13.10 EUR$14.67
Butter per kg · 800 reports11.90 EUR$13.33
Bananas per kg · 109 reports1.99 EUR$2.23
Apples per kg · 140 reports2.99 EUR$3.35
Oranges per kg · 89 reports2.99 EUR$3.35
Tomatoes per kg · 144 reports3.50 EUR$3.92
Potatoes per kg · 107 reports2 EUR$2.24
Onions per kg · 36 reports2.90 EUR$3.25
Ground coffee per kg · 406 reports19.30 EUR$21.61
Bottled water per litre · 1,427 reports0.79 EUR$0.88
Cola per litre · 629 reports1.76 EUR$1.97
Beer (shop) per litre · 778 reports4.66 EUR$5.22

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Typical travel prices are estimates from World Bank price levels (International Comparison Program 2021, brought up to 2025) and vary by city and season. Fast-food prices come from The Economist's Big Mac index. The comparison follows exchange rates only and does not include changes in local prices.

Sources: World Bank ICP (CC BY 4.0), The Economist Big Mac index, Frankfurter (central bank rates) , Open Prices (Open Food Facts) (ODbL)