France
French Republic
- Capital
- Paris
- Region
- Western Europe
- Population, 2025
- 69 million
- Currency
- EUR
- Area
- 551,695 km²
Across France's 125 priced cities, one person needs about $1,897 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $2,953.
Livability
The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.
69out of 100
- Purchasing power25%75
- Safety20%44
- Health care15%77
- Climate10%89
- Air quality10%86
- Connectivity10%97
- Cost10%29
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 among countries
- #13
What it costs
Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.
Cost of living index
67.6
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
20.2
New York = 100
Purchasing power
167.9
New York = 100
One person
$1,897
A month, rent included
Net salary
$2,953
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$909
A month
Economy
World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.
GDP per person
$48,986
2025
Growth
+0.8%
2025
Unemployment
7.5%
2025
Inflation
0.9%
2025
Life expectancy
83.0 years
2024
Internet users
89%
2024
Taxes
Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.
- Top income tax rate
- 45%
- SourcePwC
- Lowest income tax rate
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
- Corporate tax
- 25%
- SourcePwC
- VAT or sales tax
- 20%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Capital gains, individuals
- 30%
- SourcePwC
- Social security, employee
- 23%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Social security, employer
- 45%
- SourceTrading Economics
- Inheritance tax
- 0%
- SourceWikipedia
Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.
Safety and internet
Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.
Safety
- Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
- 44.2
- Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
- 55.8
- HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2023
- 1.3
Internet
- Fixed downloadMbps, median, #5 worldwide
- 332
- Mobile downloadMbps, median, #30 worldwide
- 133
- Change in a yearFixed download speed
- +8%
Cities in France
Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.
| 1Toulouse | 70 | 70.9 | $909 | $3,026 | 175.3 | 511.7K | High confidence, 54 contributors |
| 2Lyon | 70 | 70.5 | $883 | $3,129 | 184.2 | 520.8K | High confidence, 73 contributors |
| 3Le Mans | 70 | 63.3 | $593 | $3,099 | 229.5 | 144.5K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 4Brest | 70 | 61.1 | $530 | $2,687 | 212.2 | 144.9K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 5Orleans | 69 | 59.8 | $784 | $3,279 | 222.8 | 116.3K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 6Perpignan | 69 | 62.7 | $592 | $2,309 | 172.1 | 110.7K | High confidence, 22 contributors |
| 7Toulon | 69 | 61.5 | $727 | $2,426 | 167.9 | 168.7K | High confidence, 25 contributors |
| 8Le Havre | 69 | 58.4 | $517 | $2,411 | 197.7 | 186K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 9Metz | 69 | 63.8 | $765 | $3,386 | 224.7 | 123.9K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 10Bordeaux | 69 | 68.3 | $930 | $2,980 | 174.1 | 265.3K | High confidence, 34 contributors |
| 11Nimes | 69 | 62.5 | $753 | $2,382 | 160.9 | 148.2K | Medium confidence, 18 contributors |
| 12Villeurbanne | 69 | 68.4 | $1,033 | $4,362 | 241.9 | 131.4K | Medium confidence, 9 contributors |
| 13Nice | 69 | 71.8 | $1,141 | $2,618 | 134.8 | 342.7K | High confidence, 36 contributors |
| 14Saint-Etienne | 69 | 59.8 | $536 | $2,301 | 183.4 | 176.3K | High confidence, 27 contributors |
| 15Angers | 68 | 62.4 | $784 | $2,803 | 186.1 | 168.3K | High confidence, 29 contributors |
| 16Limoges | 68 | 63.0 | $547 | $2,009 | 153.7 | 141.2K | Medium confidence, 17 contributors |
| 17Rennes | 68 | 64.6 | $798 | $2,961 | 191.4 | 227.8K | High confidence, 40 contributors |
| 18Tours | 68 | 62.9 | $652 | $2,323 | 166.3 | 141.6K | High confidence, 37 contributors |
| 19Amiens | 68 | 61.6 | $707 | $2,904 | 203.3 | 143.1K | High confidence, 25 contributors |
| 20Dijon | 67 | 62.0 | $637 | $2,270 | 165.5 | 159.9K | High confidence, 25 contributors |
| 21Aix-en-Provence | 67 | 69.6 | $1,259 | $3,547 | 176.0 | 146.8K | High confidence, 34 contributors |
| 22Lyon 03 | 67 | — | — | — | — | 102.7K | Low confidence |
| 23Strasbourg | 67 | 69.1 | $1,020 | $3,059 | 170.0 | 274.8K | High confidence, 37 contributors |
| 24Montpellier | 67 | 63.1 | $917 | $2,843 | 174.3 | 248.3K | High confidence, 34 contributors |
| 25Montreuil | 67 | 64.7 | — | $2,947 | 191.0 | 111.2K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 26Quimper | 67 | 59.7 | $344 | $2,686 | 247.3 | 63.8K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 27Caen | 67 | 59.9 | $775 | $2,452 | 167.4 | 110.6K | High confidence, 33 contributors |
| 28Nancy | 67 | 63.6 | $712 | $2,339 | 160.4 | 105.1K | High confidence, 27 contributors |
| 29Manosque | 67 | 56.7 | $670 | $3,678 | 276.5 | 21.4K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 30Nantes | 66 | 65.5 | $831 | $2,953 | 186.1 | 325.1K | High confidence, 46 contributors |
| 31Niort | 66 | 54.3 | $517 | $2,917 | 250.2 | 54.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 32Clermont-Ferrand | 66 | 67.6 | $775 | $2,296 | 146.6 | 147.9K | High confidence, 26 contributors |
| 33Chateauroux | 66 | 66.0 | $522 | $3,499 | 264.4 | 53.3K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 34Rouen | 66 | 65.1 | $701 | $2,636 | 179.5 | 116.3K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 35Besancon | 66 | 62.3 | $611 | $2,204 | 162.8 | 128.4K | High confidence, 21 contributors |
| 36Albertville | 66 | 70.8 | — | $5,453 | 336.0 | 19.1K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 37Agen | 66 | 59.6 | $620 | $3,294 | 248.6 | 34.4K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 38Marne La Vallée | 66 | — | — | — | — | 318.3K | Low confidence |
| 39Bethune | 66 | 64.4 | $696 | $3,790 | 260.5 | 31.6K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 40Mulhouse | 66 | 70.0 | $585 | $2,210 | 154.3 | 111.4K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 41Lille | 65 | 67.2 | $948 | $2,968 | 173.4 | 238.7K | High confidence, 34 contributors |
| 42Cergy-Pontoise | 65 | — | — | — | — | 183.4K | Low confidence |
| 43Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines | 65 | — | — | — | — | 146.6K | Low confidence |
| 44Paris 12e Arrondissement | 65 | — | — | — | — | 140.3K | Low confidence |
| 45Argenteuil | 65 | — | — | — | — | 101.5K | Low confidence |
| 46Paris 20 Ménilmontant | 65 | — | — | — | — | 185.1K | Low confidence |
| 47Paris 18 Buttes-Montmartre | 65 | — | — | — | — | 183.1K | Low confidence |
| 48Paris 13 Gobelins | 65 | — | — | — | — | 181.3K | Low confidence |
| 49Paris 19 Buttes-Chaumont | 65 | — | — | — | — | 178.7K | Low confidence |
| 50Paris 13e Arrondissement | 65 | — | — | — | — | 177.8K | Low confidence |
| 51Paris 16 Passy | 65 | — | — | — | — | 159.4K | Low confidence |
| 52Paris 17 Batignolles-Monceau | 65 | — | — | — | — | 159.2K | Low confidence |
| 53Paris 11e Arrondissement | 65 | — | — | — | — | 144.3K | Low confidence |
| 54Paris 11 Popincourt | 65 | — | — | — | — | 138.2K | Low confidence |
| 55Paris 12 Reuilly | 65 | — | — | — | — | 138K | Low confidence |
| 56Paris 14 Observatoire | 65 | — | — | — | — | 136.5K | Low confidence |
| 57Valence | 65 | 56.6 | $545 | $2,640 | 216.4 | 63.9K | Medium confidence, 10 contributors |
| 58Paris 15 Vaugirard | 65 | — | — | — | — | 229.7K | Low confidence |
| 59Boulogne-Billancourt | 65 | 70.5 | $1,349 | $4,305 | 204.4 | 108.8K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 60Lannion | 65 | 64.9 | $459 | $2,732 | 217.9 | 21.5K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 61Aurillac | 65 | 68.3 | — | $4,061 | 255.4 | 34.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 62Acheres | 65 | 66.7 | — | $3,872 | 246.7 | 21.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 63Dunkirk (Dunkerque) | 64 | 63.5 | — | $3,444 | 225.6 | 86.3K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 64Pau | 64 | 62.6 | $746 | $3,138 | 212.7 | 82.7K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 65Angouleme | 64 | 62.1 | $577 | $2,590 | 196.1 | 49.5K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 66Auxerre | 64 | 59.8 | $459 | $2,181 | 183.7 | 41.5K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 67Saint-Tropez | 64 | 70.7 | — | $3,788 | 233.7 | 5.9K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 68Marseille | 64 | 71.0 | $912 | $2,500 | 144.4 | 877.2K | High confidence, 28 contributors |
| 69Bourges | 64 | 66.4 | $649 | $2,870 | 199.4 | 68K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 70Grenoble | 63 | 66.4 | $844 | $2,829 | 175.6 | 158.6K | High confidence, 30 contributors |
| 71Evry | 63 | 67.0 | $689 | $2,870 | 193.6 | 51.9K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 72Meaux | 63 | 70.7 | — | $3,329 | 205.4 | 53.8K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 73Poissy | 63 | 64.8 | $866 | $3,232 | 200.9 | 36.4K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 74Reims | 62 | 67.4 | $700 | $1,650 | 110.2 | 196.6K | High confidence, 23 contributors |
| 75Bourgoin-Jallieu | 62 | 63.3 | $631 | $2,296 | 165.9 | — | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 76Seine-Saint-Denis | 62 | 65.1 | $574 | $2,181 | 160.6 | — | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 77Fontainebleau | 62 | 63.9 | $959 | $3,153 | 188.0 | 19.7K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 78Rueil-Malmaison | 61 | 63.4 | $1,068 | $3,290 | 186.2 | 76.6K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 79Paris | 61 | 74.6 | $1,604 | $3,569 | 149.8 | 2.1M | High confidence, 275 contributors |
| 80Poitiers | 61 | 64.1 | $588 | $2,028 | 149.4 | 86K | High confidence, 23 contributors |
| 81Troyes | 61 | 56.5 | $660 | $1,952 | 147.8 | 60.8K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 82Antony | 61 | 71.7 | $1,349 | $4,592 | 216.4 | 59.8K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 83Melun | 61 | 63.4 | $835 | $2,552 | 163.2 | 39K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 84Cergy | 61 | 58.5 | $998 | $2,677 | 163.1 | 57.6K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 85Annemasse | 61 | 67.8 | $1,182 | $3,520 | 182.8 | 28.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 86Colmar | 60 | 59.0 | $746 | $2,028 | 142.0 | 65.4K | Medium confidence, 7 contributors |
| 87Versailles | 60 | 78.3 | $1,091 | $3,559 | 179.4 | 85.4K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 88Chatou | 60 | 65.9 | $1,224 | $3,444 | 177.7 | 30.1K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 89Avignon | 60 | 62.1 | $855 | $2,305 | 147.4 | 89.8K | Medium confidence, 19 contributors |
| 90Albi | 60 | 60.3 | $574 | $1,628 | 125.8 | 52.4K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 91Antibes | 59 | 70.5 | $1,077 | $2,927 | 156.6 | 76.4K | High confidence, 32 contributors |
| 92La Rochelle | 59 | 63.7 | $1,167 | $2,774 | 149.3 | 76.8K | High confidence, 21 contributors |
| 93Ambert | 59 | 60.6 | — | $1,856 | 124.6 | 7.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 94Massy | 59 | 69.8 | $1,205 | $3,042 | 154.2 | 38.8K | Medium confidence, 12 contributors |
| 95Roubaix | 59 | 61.7 | — | $1,856 | 123.5 | 99.5K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 96Champigny-sur-Marne | 58 | — | — | — | — | 76.7K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 97Ajaccio | 58 | — | $746 | $3,214 | — | 54.4K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 98Biarritz | 58 | 69.7 | $939 | $2,334 | 134.3 | 33.2K | Medium confidence, 15 contributors |
| 99Saintes | 58 | — | — | — | — | 29.5K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 100Bergerac | 58 | — | — | — | — | 28.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 101Cherbourg | 58 | — | $735 | — | — | 26.7K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 102Royan | 58 | — | $929 | — | — | 19K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 103Chateaubriant | 58 | — | — | — | — | 13K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 104Cerise | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 105Heming | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |
| 106Thoiry | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence |
| 107Guipry | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 108Fayence | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 109Asnières-sur-Seine | 58 | 64.6 | $1,263 | $2,870 | 146.9 | 86.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 110Ferney-Voltaire | 58 | 74.8 | $1,579 | $4,044 | 171.0 | 7.7K | Medium confidence, 14 contributors |
| 111Douai | 58 | 52.6 | $660 | — | — | 46.5K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 112Valenciennes | 58 | 60.4 | $536 | — | — | 44.8K | Medium confidence, 8 contributors |
| 113Morzine | 58 | 68.1 | — | $1,856 | 116.9 | — | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 114Lorient | 57 | 58.8 | $670 | — | — | 58.1K | Medium confidence, 13 contributors |
| 115Mont-de-Marsan | 57 | 66.2 | $574 | — | — | 36.2K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 116Chambery | 57 | 65.7 | $603 | — | — | 61.6K | Medium confidence, 11 contributors |
| 117Annecy | 57 | 68.6 | $1,052 | $2,258 | 123.9 | 49.2K | High confidence, 33 contributors |
| 118Chartres | 57 | 57.5 | $781 | — | — | 43.8K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 119Vichy | 57 | 49.7 | $1,033 | $1,665 | 106.9 | 27K | Medium confidence, 6 contributors |
| 120Dinan | 57 | 65.0 | — | $1,637 | 105.8 | 12.2K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 121Courbevoie | 57 | 71.3 | $1,102 | $2,320 | 122.1 | 85.2K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 122Hossegor | 56 | 61.2 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 123La Garenne-Colombes | 56 | 61.9 | — | — | — | 26.4K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 124Puteaux | 56 | 63.4 | — | — | — | 40.6K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 125Montceau | 56 | 64.6 | — | — | — | 20.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 126Merignac | 56 | 65.7 | — | — | — | 69.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 127Bastia | 56 | 67.6 | $804 | $1,607 | 101.0 | 41K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 128Rambouillet | 56 | 66.5 | $781 | — | — | 26.7K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 129Tourcoing | 56 | 66.2 | — | — | — | 99.2K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 130Ivry-sur-Seine | 56 | 66.8 | — | — | — | 57.9K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 131Arras | 56 | 66.2 | — | — | — | 47.1K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 132Boulogne-sur-Mer | 56 | 66.2 | — | — | — | 47K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 133Arrest | 56 | 66.6 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 134Cholet | 56 | 67.7 | — | — | — | 53.2K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 135Nevers | 56 | 67.8 | — | — | — | 44K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 136Meribel | 56 | 68.3 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 137Taninges | 56 | 68.3 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 138Thonon-les-Bains | 56 | 68.3 | $812 | — | — | 31.7K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 139Maisons-Alfort | 56 | 70.5 | — | — | — | 54K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 140La Courneuve | 56 | 69.7 | — | — | — | 37.3K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 141Villeneuve-sur-Lot | 56 | 70.2 | — | — | — | 25.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 142Les Ulis | 56 | 70.5 | — | — | — | 25.8K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 143Montévrain | 56 | 70.5 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 144Chanteloup-en-Brie | 56 | 70.5 | — | — | — | — | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 145Rodez | 55 | 71.4 | — | — | — | 28.3K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 146Digoin | 55 | 70.8 | — | — | — | 8.9K | Low confidence, 0 contributors |
| 147Thionville | 55 | 64.5 | $928 | — | — | 44.3K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 148Divonne les Bains | 55 | 68.9 | $1,218 | $2,088 | 105.9 | 6.8K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 149Bobigny | 55 | 66.2 | $1,044 | — | — | 45K | Low confidence, 1 contributors |
| 150Cannes | 54 | 74.6 | $1,349 | $2,296 | 106.3 | 74.5K | High confidence, 22 contributors |
| 151Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | 54 | 68.4 | $1,148 | — | — | 46.9K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |
| 152Guyancourt | 54 | 62.7 | $1,263 | — | — | 32K | Low confidence, 4 contributors |
| 153Clamart | 53 | 72.2 | $1,378 | — | — | 51.4K | Low confidence, 2 contributors |
| 154Neuilly sur Seine | 51 | 67.2 | $1,722 | — | — | 61.3K | Low confidence, 3 contributors |
| 155Chamonix | 51 | 62.9 | $1,952 | — | — | 10.6K | Medium confidence, 5 contributors |