Aix-en-Provence
- Population
- 147,000
- Coordinates
- 43.53° N, 5.45° E
- Time zone
- Europe/Paris
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $2,303 a month in Aix-en-Provence, rent included: 61% less than in New York. The average net salary is $3,547 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted by how much each matters to daily life; each is a percentile among the cities with that data. Ranks count only high-confidence cities: six or more domains and twenty or more contributors.
- Purchasing power25%77
- Safetycountry20%47
- Health carecountry15%64
- Climate10%100
- Air quality10%87
- Connectivitycountry10%74
- Cost10%25
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Worldwide, among high-confidence cities
- #127
- Livability rank in France
- #22
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #2,694
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Aix-en-Provence | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $20.66 | $25.00 | −17% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $80.36 | $140 | −43% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $13.78 | $14.00 | −2% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $8.04 | $8.00 | 0% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $6.89 | $10.00 | −31% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $3.82 | $6.37 | −40% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $3.76 | $3.80 | −1% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $2.34 | $2.89 | −19% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.38 | $1.36 | +1% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $2.28 | $4.68 | −51% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.75 | $6.97 | −61% |
| Eggs (12) | $4.91 | $5.73 | −14% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $21.81 | $17.38 | +25% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $17.30 | $15.11 | +14% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $23.88 | $17.77 | +34% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.58 | $6.11 | −58% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.95 | $2.20 | −11% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.58 | $5.77 | −55% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $4.13 | $6.25 | −34% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.72 | $3.47 | −50% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.65 | $4.17 | −36% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.79 | $2.72 | −34% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.82 | $2.50 | −67% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $9.18 | $20.00 | −54% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $3.64 | $3.21 | +13% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $4.13 | $3.96 | +4% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $12.63 | $19.00 | −34% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $1.49 | $3.00 | −50% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $34.44 | $140 | −75% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $2.87 | $3.00 | −4% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $2.39 | $2.18 | +10% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $29.62 | $42.00 | −29% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $2.11 | $1.10 | +92% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $35,472 | $35,458 | 0% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $36,516 | $25,309 | +44% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $17.09 | $73.50 | −77% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $34.29 | $71.93 | −52% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $38.46 | $126 | −69% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $21.24 | $62.38 | −66% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $16.65 | $23.00 | −28% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $1,075 | $3,366 | −68% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $16,259 | $60,589 | −73% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $114 | $72.80 | +57% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $72.89 | $53.22 | +37% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $107 | $118 | −9% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $172 | $125 | +38% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $1,259 | $4,417 | −72% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $918 | $3,033 | −70% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $2,210 | $9,242 | −76% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $1,837 | $5,461 | −66% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $7,711 | $18,759 | −59% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $4,821 | $6,523 | −26% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $3,547 | $5,178 | −32% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 3.90% | 6.49% | −2.6 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | $1,259 | $3,547 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| May 2026 | 71.2 | $1,230 | $3,628 |
| Apr 2026 | 70.5 | $1,226 | $3,618 |
| Mar 2026 | 69.0 | $1,154 | $3,553 |
| Dec 2025 | 65.9 | $1,095 | $3,331 |
| Nov 2025 | 65.5 | $1,088 | $2,992 |
| Oct 2025 | 60.3 | $1,031 | $2,195 |
| Sep 2025 | 65.1 | $1,172 | $2,188 |
| Jul 2025 | 65.4 | $1,177 | $2,198 |
| May 2025 | 62.2 | $1,118 | $2,419 |
| Apr 2025 | 61.5 | $1,108 | $2,480 |
| Mar 2025 | 58.7 | $1,061 | $2,477 |
| Feb 2025 | 57.4 | $1,041 | $2,538 |
| Jan 2025 | 57.1 | $1,039 | $2,532 |
| Dec 2024 | 57.7 | $1,052 | $2,565 |
| Nov 2024 | 58.0 | $1,058 | $2,579 |
| Oct 2024 | 59.7 | $1,085 | $2,644 |
| Sep 2024 | 59.5 | $1,111 | $2,708 |
| Aug 2024 | 55.9 | $1,083 | $2,639 |
| Jul 2024 | 54.9 | $1,080 | $2,633 |
| Jun 2024 | 54.1 | $1,081 | $2,634 |
| May 2024 | 53.9 | $1,079 | $2,631 |
| Apr 2024 | 54.8 | $1,073 | $2,616 |
| Mar 2024 | 55.1 | $1,087 | $2,649 |
| Feb 2024 | 54.5 | $1,082 | $2,638 |
| Jan 2024 | 53.5 | $827 | $2,665 |
| Dec 2023 | 64.2 | $944 | $2,654 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses France's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Aix-en-Provence yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Aix-en-Provence. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Aix-en-Provence on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 14.2 °C
- Warmest monthJuly
- 24.7 °C
- Coldest monthJanuary
- 5.3 °C
- Rain a year
- 557 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 70%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 4.4 kWh/m²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 47
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- 100
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
- Unhealthy days
- 0AQI above 100
- Worst day
- 41
- PM2.5
- 11.5µg/m³, mean
- Air score
- 870-100
Internet
France median; city not listed- Upload
- 259Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 8ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 133Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 27ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
- Price to income
- 8.8Years of income, 90 m² flat
- Price to rent
- 28.4Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 3.5%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 3.95%20-year fixed
- 80 m² in the centre
- 14.5Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
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About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- High confidence
- Contributors
- 34Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 8 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 98%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026