Boulogne-Billancourt
- Population
- 109,000
- Coordinates
- 48.84° N, 2.24° E
- Time zone
- Europe/Paris
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $2,407 a month in Boulogne-Billancourt, rent included: 59% less than in New York. The average net salary is $4,305 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%82
- Safetycountry20%47
- Health carecountry15%64
- Climate10%81
- Air quality10%80
- Connectivitycountry10%74
- Cost10%22
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.
- Livability rank in France
- #33
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #2,826
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 | Boulogne-Billancourt | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $17.22 | $25.00 | −31% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $57.40 | $140 | −59% |
| 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) | $5.74 | $10.00 | −43% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $5.00 | $6.37 | −22% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $4.59 | $3.80 | +21% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $2.85 | $2.89 | −1% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.35 | $1.36 | −1% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $2.30 | $4.68 | −51% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.81 | $6.97 | −60% |
| Eggs (12) | $3.97 | $5.73 | −31% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $17.22 | $17.38 | −1% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $12.20 | $15.11 | −19% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $20.66 | $17.77 | +16% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $3.31 | $6.11 | −46% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $2.30 | $2.20 | +5% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.30 | $5.77 | −60% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $4.25 | $6.25 | −32% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.86 | $3.47 | −46% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.30 | $4.17 | −45% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.92 | $2.72 | −29% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $0.69 | $2.50 | −72% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $8.61 | $20.00 | −57% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $0.92 | $3.21 | −71% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $1.66 | $3.96 | −58% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $13.20 | $19.00 | −31% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $2.41 | $3.00 | −20% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $96.54 | $140 | −31% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $2.32 | $3.00 | −23% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $1.15 | $2.18 | −47% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $33.45 | $42.00 | −20% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $2.07 | $1.10 | +88% |
| 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) | $35,897 | $25,309 | +42% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $22.96 | $73.50 | −69% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $33.00 | $71.93 | −54% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $80.36 | $126 | −36% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $22.96 | $62.38 | −63% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $14.92 | $23.00 | −35% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $861 | $3,366 | −74% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $26,659 | $60,589 | −56% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $108 | $72.80 | +49% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $47.45 | $53.22 | −11% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $103 | $118 | −12% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $161 | $125 | +29% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $1,349 | $4,417 | −69% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $1,454 | $3,033 | −52% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $2,755 | $9,242 | −70% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $2,468 | $5,461 | −55% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $10,618 | $18,759 | −43% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $7,749 | $6,523 | +19% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $4,305 | $5,178 | −17% |
| 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 | — | $1,349 | $4,305 |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| Mar 2026 | 86.2 | $1,351 | $3,580 |
| Dec 2025 | 85.0 | $1,384 | $3,667 |
| Nov 2025 | 84.7 | $1,363 | $3,611 |
| May 2025 | 82.4 | $1,321 | $4,730 |
| Apr 2025 | 83.2 | $1,336 | $4,929 |
| Mar 2025 | 78.5 | $1,273 | $4,696 |
| Feb 2025 | 76.2 | $1,221 | $4,502 |
| Jan 2025 | 77.2 | $1,221 | $4,502 |
| Dec 2024 | 76.9 | $1,222 | $4,509 |
| Nov 2024 | 78.4 | $1,239 | $4,586 |
| Oct 2024 | 80.7 | $1,266 | $4,701 |
| Sep 2024 | 82.5 | $1,259 | $4,815 |
| Aug 2024 | 80.1 | $1,152 | $4,755 |
| Jul 2024 | 79.0 | $1,125 | $4,644 |
| Jun 2024 | 77.9 | $1,136 | $4,688 |
| May 2024 | 75.7 | $1,121 | $4,628 |
| Apr 2024 | 75.6 | $1,127 | $4,651 |
| Mar 2024 | 74.7 | $1,089 | $4,839 |
| Feb 2024 | 74.9 | $542 | $2,407 |
| Jan 2024 | 74.9 | $1,106 | $4,914 |
| Dec 2023 | 74.3 | $1,095 | $4,262 |
| Nov 2023 | 73.5 | $1,059 | $4,123 |
| Oct 2023 | 73.4 | — | $4,120 |
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 Boulogne-Billancourt yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Boulogne-Billancourt. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Boulogne-Billancourt on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 10.9 °C
- Warmest monthJuly
- 19.3 °C
- Coldest monthJanuary
- 3.0 °C
- Rain a year
- 662 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 81%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 3.3 kWh/m²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 21
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- 81
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
- 50
- PM2.5
- 10.1µg/m³, mean
- Air score
- 800-100
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
- 10.7Years of income, 90 m² flat
- Price to rent
- 34.0Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 2.9%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 4.27%20-year fixed
- 80 m² in the centre
- 16.4Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Boulogne-Billancourt
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 13Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 4 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