Ferney-Voltaire
- Population
- 7,742
- Coordinates
- 46.26° N, 6.11° E
- Time zone
- Europe/Paris
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $2,702 a month in Ferney-Voltaire, rent included: 54% less than in New York. The average net salary is $4,044 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Ferney-Voltaire; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%76
- Safetycountry20%47
- Health carecountry15%64
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%57
- Connectivitycountry10%74
- Cost10%14
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
- #63
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #3,124
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 | Ferney-Voltaire | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $22.53 | $25.00 | −10% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $77.97 | $140 | −44% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $19.06 | $14.00 | +36% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $6.94 | $8.00 | −13% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $5.78 | $10.00 | −42% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $4.81 | $6.37 | −24% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $3.47 | $3.80 | −9% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.92 | $2.89 | −33% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.73 | $1.36 | +27% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.15 | $4.68 | −75% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $1.96 | $6.97 | −72% |
| Eggs (12) | $3.46 | $5.73 | −40% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $20.03 | $17.38 | +15% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $12.71 | $15.11 | −16% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $11.56 | $17.77 | −35% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.89 | $6.11 | −53% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $2.32 | $2.20 | +5% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $3.47 | $5.77 | −40% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $2.32 | $6.25 | −63% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $2.02 | $3.47 | −42% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.32 | $4.17 | −44% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.15 | $2.72 | −58% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.12 | $2.50 | −55% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $6.06 | $20.00 | −70% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.85 | $3.21 | −42% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $2.32 | $3.96 | −42% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $15.02 | $19.00 | −21% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $3.47 | $3.00 | +15% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $50.06 | $140 | −64% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $9.24 | $3.00 | +208% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $2.50 | $2.18 | +14% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $35.82 | $42.00 | −15% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $2.09 | $1.10 | +90% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $35,699 | $35,458 | +1% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $37,124 | $25,309 | +47% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $10.68 | $73.50 | −85% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $55.46 | $71.93 | −23% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $104 | $126 | −17% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $10.68 | $23.00 | −54% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $2,542 | $3,366 | −24% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $45,918 | $60,589 | −24% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $46.22 | $72.80 | −37% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $43.33 | $53.22 | −19% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $98.21 | $118 | −17% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $116 | $125 | −7% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $1,579 | $4,417 | −64% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $1,125 | $3,033 | −63% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $2,685 | $9,242 | −71% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $2,855 | $5,461 | −48% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $4,313 | $18,759 | −77% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $5,777 | $6,523 | −11% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $4,044 | $5,178 | −22% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 3.65% | 6.49% | −2.8 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 | — | $1,579 | $4,044 |
| Aug 2026 | — | $1,544 | $4,053 |
| Jul 2026 | — | — | — |
| Dec 2025 | — | $1,570 | $4,122 |
| Nov 2025 | — | $1,546 | $4,059 |
| Sep 2025 | — | $1,573 | $4,128 |
| Aug 2025 | — | $1,532 | $4,072 |
| May 2025 | — | $1,454 | $3,017 |
| Dec 2024 | 60.9 | $1,353 | $2,806 |
| Nov 2024 | 61.9 | $1,375 | $2,854 |
| Oct 2024 | 63.2 | $1,410 | $2,926 |
| Sep 2024 | 60.2 | $1,451 | $3,011 |
| Aug 2024 | 58.4 | $1,407 | $2,920 |
| Jul 2024 | 57.8 | $1,393 | $2,891 |
| Jun 2024 | 58.3 | $1,406 | $2,918 |
| May 2024 | 57.6 | $1,388 | $2,881 |
| Apr 2024 | 47.5 | $1,400 | $2,904 |
| Mar 2024 | 57.6 | $1,406 | $2,917 |
| Feb 2024 | 60.1 | $704 | $1,461 |
| Jan 2024 | 59.1 | $1,425 | $2,958 |
| Dec 2023 | 62.4 | $1,420 | $2,946 |
| Nov 2023 | 60.6 | $1,377 | $2,858 |
| Oct 2023 | 60.5 | $1,375 | $2,854 |
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 Ferney-Voltaire yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Ferney-Voltaire. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Ferney-Voltaire on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Ferney-Voltaire yet.
- Annual mean
- —
- Warmest month
- —
- Coldest month
- —
- Rain a year
- —
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- —
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- —
- Clear-sky daysA year
- —
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- —
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Ferney-Voltaire.
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
- 6.2Years of income, 90 m² flat
- Price to rent
- 12.5Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 8.0%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 3.65%20-year fixed
- 80 m² in the centre
- 7.1Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Ferney-Voltaire
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
- 14Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20262 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 5 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 96%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026