Paris, wine, the Riviera and excellent healthcare. Life is harder without French.
For living89/100
For travel78/100
Key facts
Average net salary$2,700 /mo
Monthly costs for one person, excl. rent$1,100 /mo
Meal at a cheap restaurant$16
Traveller daily budget$130 /day
Safety6/10
ClimateTemperate
Avg summer temperature+26 °C
Avg winter temperature+5 °C
Best time to visitApril, May, June, September, October
Life expectancy83
Population68,720,337
Passport of this countryvisa-free to 165 countries
Places worth seeing
- Eiffel Tower: It sparkles every hour after dark.
- Louvre: The Mona Lisa and 35,000 more works.
- Notre-Dame: The cathedral restored after the 2019 fire.
- Montmartre: Sacré-Cœur, artists and views over Paris.
- Musée d’Orsay: Impressionists in a former railway station.
- Le Marais: Falafel, cafés and old mansions.
- Versailles: Louis XIV’s palace and gardens.
- Mont-Saint-Michel: An abbey on an island cut off by the tide.
- Étretat Cliffs: White arches above the Channel.
- Château de Chambord: The largest château of the Loire.
- Château de Chenonceau: A château spanning the river Cher.
- Lavender fields: In bloom from late June to late July.
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