Saint-Etienne
- Population
- 176,000
- Coordinates
- 45.43° N, 4.39° E
- Time zone
- Europe/Paris
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,434 a month in Saint-Etienne, rent included: 76% less than in New York. The average net salary is $2,301 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%78
- Safetycountry20%47
- Health carecountry15%64
- Climate10%82
- Air quality10%87
- Connectivitycountry10%74
- Cost10%56
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
- #65
- Livability rank in France
- #12
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #1,480
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 | Saint-Etienne | 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) | $5.17 | $8.00 | −35% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $5.74 | $10.00 | −43% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $2.15 | $6.37 | −66% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $3.44 | $3.80 | −9% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.72 | $2.89 | −40% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.34 | $1.36 | −1% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $1.15 | $4.68 | −75% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.18 | $6.97 | −69% |
| Eggs (12) | $3.10 | $5.73 | −46% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $17.79 | $17.38 | +2% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $11.48 | $15.11 | −24% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $17.10 | $17.77 | −4% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $3.44 | $6.11 | −44% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $2.68 | $2.20 | +22% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.58 | $5.77 | −55% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $2.87 | $6.25 | −54% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.66 | $3.47 | −52% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.72 | $4.17 | −59% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.15 | $2.72 | −58% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.29 | $2.50 | −48% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $10.33 | $20.00 | −48% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $3.44 | $3.21 | +7% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.44 | $3.96 | −13% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $12.63 | $19.00 | −34% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $1.84 | $3.00 | −39% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $40.18 | $140 | −71% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $2.87 | $3.00 | −4% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | — | $2.18 | — |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | — | $42.00 | — |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $2.05 | $1.10 | +86% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $20,663 | $35,458 | −42% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $32,812 | $25,309 | +30% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $29.84 | $73.50 | −59% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $19.52 | $71.93 | −73% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $30.99 | $126 | −75% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | $6.89 | $62.38 | −89% |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $10.33 | $23.00 | −55% |
| 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) | $72.70 | $72.80 | 0% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $31.57 | $53.22 | −41% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $107 | $118 | −9% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $155 | $125 | +24% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $536 | $4,417 | −88% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $373 | $3,033 | −88% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $899 | $9,242 | −90% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $746 | $5,461 | −86% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $1,751 | $18,759 | −91% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $1,660 | $6,523 | −75% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $2,301 | $5,178 | −56% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 3.67% | 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 | — | $536 | $2,301 |
| Jul 2026 | — | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| May 2026 | 53.4 | $548 | $2,353 |
| Feb 2026 | 53.6 | $551 | $2,365 |
| Jan 2026 | 51.7 | $559 | $2,399 |
| Dec 2025 | 50.3 | $545 | $2,342 |
| Nov 2025 | 48.5 | $540 | $2,317 |
| Oct 2025 | 49.4 | $549 | $2,357 |
| Aug 2025 | 49.0 | $545 | $2,339 |
| Jul 2025 | 47.7 | $534 | $2,292 |
| May 2025 | 53.3 | $562 | $2,274 |
| Apr 2025 | 53.7 | $569 | $2,300 |
| Mar 2025 | 50.1 | $530 | $2,145 |
| Feb 2025 | 49.2 | $495 | $2,108 |
| Jan 2025 | 49.0 | $468 | $2,101 |
| Dec 2024 | 49.2 | $468 | $2,104 |
| Nov 2024 | 50.0 | $476 | $2,139 |
| Oct 2024 | 51.3 | $488 | $2,194 |
| Sep 2024 | 52.4 | $498 | $2,546 |
| Aug 2024 | 51.3 | $487 | $2,500 |
| Jul 2024 | 50.3 | $490 | $2,229 |
| Jun 2024 | 49.7 | $484 | $1,976 |
| May 2024 | 50.1 | $485 | $1,978 |
| Apr 2024 | 49.8 | $483 | $1,970 |
| Mar 2024 | 50.3 | $488 | $1,992 |
| Feb 2024 | — | $487 | $994 |
| Jan 2024 | — | $496 | $2,021 |
| Dec 2023 | 52.3 | $423 | $1,965 |
| Nov 2023 | 51.4 | $416 | $1,932 |
| Oct 2023 | 50.7 | $410 | $1,905 |
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 Saint-Etienne yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Saint-Etienne. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Saint-Etienne on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
- Annual mean
- 10.2 °C
- Warmest monthJuly
- 20.4 °C
- Coldest monthJanuary
- 1.1 °C
- Rain a year
- 695 mm
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- 78%
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- 3.7 kWh/m²
- Clear-sky daysA year
- 24
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- 82
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
- 9.3µg/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
- 3.7Years of income, 90 m² flat
- Price to rent
- 15.5Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 6.5%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- 3.67%20-year fixed
- 80 m² in the centre
- 5.1Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Saint-Etienne
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
- High confidence
- Contributors
- 27Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20261 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 7 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 95%2 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to a GeoNames reference city
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026