Thonon-les-Bains
- Population
- 32,000
- Coordinates
- 46.37° N, 6.48° E
- Time zone
- Europe/Paris
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,838 a month in Thonon-les-Bains, rent included: 69% less than in New York.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 5 of them have data for Thonon-les-Bains; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%No data
- Safetycountry20%47
- Health carecountry15%64
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%57
- Connectivitycountry10%74
- Cost10%41
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.
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 | Thonon-les-Bains | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $17.40 | $25.00 | −30% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $58.01 | $140 | −59% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $13.92 | $14.00 | −1% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $8.13 | $8.00 | +2% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $6.38 | $10.00 | −36% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $4.30 | $6.37 | −33% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $2.92 | $3.80 | −23% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $1.82 | $2.89 | −37% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.58 | $1.36 | +16% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $2.04 | $4.68 | −57% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $2.74 | $6.97 | −61% |
| Eggs (12) | $4.81 | $5.73 | −16% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $11.61 | $17.38 | −33% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $13.86 | $15.11 | −8% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $27.81 | $17.77 | +56% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $2.41 | $6.11 | −61% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.16 | $2.20 | −47% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.32 | $5.77 | −60% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $2.32 | $6.25 | −63% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $2.86 | $3.47 | −18% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $2.32 | $4.17 | −44% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.47 | $2.72 | −46% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.16 | $2.50 | −54% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $8.86 | $20.00 | −56% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $2.87 | $3.21 | −11% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $3.60 | $3.96 | −9% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $14.50 | $19.00 | −24% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $1.33 | $3.00 | −56% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $53.14 | $140 | −62% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $5.80 | $3.00 | +93% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $2.28 | $2.18 | +4% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $43.39 | $42.00 | +3% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $2.03 | $1.10 | +84% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $35,850 | $35,458 | +1% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $36,264 | $25,309 | +43% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $15.24 | $73.50 | −79% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $32.83 | $71.93 | −54% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $80.06 | $126 | −36% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $15.08 | $23.00 | −34% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $650 | $3,366 | −81% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $11,840 | $60,589 | −80% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $69.61 | $72.80 | −4% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $46.41 | $53.22 | −13% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $92.82 | $118 | −21% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $130 | $125 | +4% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $812 | $4,417 | −82% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $696 | $3,033 | −77% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $1,624 | $9,242 | −82% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $1,392 | $5,461 | −75% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | $6,082 | $18,759 | −68% |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | $3,041 | $6,523 | −53% |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | — | $5,178 | — |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 3.68% | 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 | — | $812 | — |
| Aug 2026 | — | $810 | — |
| Jul 2026 | — | — | — |
| Jun 2026 | — | — | — |
| May 2026 | 69.3 | $821 | — |
| Apr 2026 | 69.0 | $819 | — |
| Mar 2026 | 67.9 | $806 | — |
| Nov 2025 | — | — | $2,320 |
| May 2025 | 66.8 | $787 | $2,389 |
| Apr 2025 | 59.2 | $776 | $2,333 |
| Mar 2025 | 51.2 | $758 | $2,257 |
| Feb 2025 | 49.2 | $727 | $2,164 |
| Jan 2025 | 49.2 | $727 | $2,164 |
| Dec 2024 | 49.2 | $728 | $2,167 |
| Nov 2024 | 50.5 | $741 | $2,204 |
| Oct 2024 | 52.0 | $759 | $2,260 |
| Sep 2024 | 52.5 | $781 | $2,304 |
| Aug 2024 | — | — | $2,255 |
| Jul 2024 | — | — | $2,232 |
| Jun 2024 | — | — | $2,242 |
| May 2024 | — | — | $2,230 |
| Apr 2024 | — | — | $2,250 |
| Mar 2024 | — | — | $2,278 |
| Jan 2024 | — | — | $2,303 |
| Dec 2023 | — | $653 | $2,268 |
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 Thonon-les-Bains yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Thonon-les-Bains. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Thonon-les-Bains 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 Thonon-les-Bains 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 Thonon-les-Bains.
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
- —Years of income, 90 m² flat
- Price to rent
- 32.7Years of rent, centre
- Rental yield
- 3.1%Gross, centre
- Mortgage rate
- —20-year fixed
- 80 m² in the centre
- —Years of net salary
Numbeo property survey, 20 Sept 2026.
Cities like Thonon-les-Bains
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
- Low confidence
- Contributors
- 4Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20266 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 6 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 95%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026