FR · NICEDatos locales

Vivir en Nice.

France's fifth-largest city and the capital of the Côte d'Azur — a Mediterranean seaside hub with a mild, sunny climate, an international airport, and a growing remote-work and tech scene anchored by the nearby Sophia-Antipolis technology park. Rents run high for a provincial French city but well below Paris; international schools cluster along the Antibes–Mougins corridor. French dominates daily life, with English common across the tourism and expat economy.

Verificado 14 jul 2026

Población 357.737

INSEE — Populations de référence 2023, commune de Nice (06088)

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de: 1 ene 2023
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Notas: INSEE 'population municipale' for the commune of Nice, millésime 2023 (reference date 1 Jan 2023), in force from 1 Jan 2026 — the current legal population. 'Population totale' is 360,710. Nice is the core commune of the much larger Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur intercommunality, whose total population is several times the commune figure.

· Europe/Paris· Se aplican las normas de France

FR · NICE

Vista rápida

Las cifras principales de Nice, cada una con su fuente y su frescura. Una cifra oficial viva no es lo mismo que una estimación de encuesta ni que una normal climática de 30 años.

Coste de vida

4.8/10

$1816/mo

Alquiler, 1–3 dorm.

6.0/10

$821–$2132

/mes

Impuestos del autónomo

4.2/10

34,1%

Seguridad

8.4/10

1,28/100k

Calidad del aire

sin datos verificados

Internet

5.1/10

51 Mbps

Inglés

5.0/10

Moderate

Sanidad privada

9.1/10

$821/yr

Qué significan las etiquetasoficial — cifra viva de un gobierno o una autoridaddatos abiertos — conjunto de datos abierto (Eurostat, AEMA, M-Lab, UdSC…)encuesta — estimación de una encuesta o un índicerecopilado — estimación montada por SettleMetric: abre la fuente para ver el método

Lo que te cuesta al mes

Una estimación para planificar: alquiler de oferta real más una cesta de coste de vida ajustada a tu hogar. No es un presupuesto en firme.

Hogar

Estilo de vida

Zona

Total estimado

$2635/mes

≈ $31.620 / año

En qué se va

Alquiler (1 dorm.)$821
Transport$283
Food & non-alcoholic beverages$273
Restaurants & hotels$191
Housing (water, energy, maintenance — excl. rent)$185
Insurance & financial services$182
Recreation, sport & culture$158
Other goods & services (personal care, social protection, misc.)$138
Health (out-of-pocket & non-reimbursed)$85
Furnishings & household equipment$84
Information & communication$80
Alcoholic beverages & tobacco$74
Clothing & footwear$65
Education$16
Gastos corrientes$1814

El alquiler sale de la matriz de alquileres de oferta de abajo. Los gastos corrientes escalan una cesta de una persona ($1814/mes) según el tamaño del hogar y el estilo de vida; los factores de equivalencia son un supuesto nuestro. No se incluyen colegios ni gastos únicos de instalación.

Coste de vida

Lo que gasta al mes una persona sola —comida, suministros, transporte, comer fuera y lo demás—, sin contar el alquiler.

Gasto mensual típico (media nacional)

INSEE — La consommation des ménages en 2024 (Insee Première 2056, COICOP functional breakdown)

Recopilado por SettleMetric

Datos a fecha de: 31 dic 2024
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: Each INSEE 2024 COICOP function (€B/yr) → per-capita USD/mo by ÷ 31.377M households ÷ 2.14 ÷ 12 then ×1.030 CPI uplift ×1.1399 FX. Housing (04) shown net of rent (actual + imputed rents excluded). Items sum ≈ $1,814 ≈ the $1,816 headline. Health is households' out-of-pocket/non-reimbursed only — France's universal Assurance Maladie plus near-universal mutuelles cover most care, so this line is structurally low.

total1814 USD/mes

01Transport283 USD

02Food & non-alcoholic beverages273 USD

03Restaurants & hotels191 USD

04Housing (water, energy, maintenance — excl. rent)185 USD

05Insurance & financial services182 USD

06Recreation, sport & culture158 USD

07Other goods & services (personal care, social protection, misc.)138 USD

08Health (out-of-pocket & non-reimbursed)85 USD

09Furnishings & household equipment84 USD

10Information & communication80 USD

11Alcoholic beverages & tobacco74 USD

12Clothing & footwear65 USD

13Education16 USD

Cesta de gasto de un hogar de una persona en France, sin contar el alquiler. Lo que no es alquiler varía poco entre ciudades; la parte propia de cada ciudad es el alquiler, que aparece más abajo en Vivienda.

01Cost of living (single, excl. rent)a nivel de país1816USD/month, single person, excluding rent4.8

Qué mide esto

Monthly cost of a defined single-person basket (food, transport, utilities, mobile+internet, modest leisure) excluding rent, curated from national statistics office price data and large local retailers' published prices, converted to USD at the ECB rate recorded in fx-rates. The method field of each value itemizes the basket inputs.

Cuanto más bajo, mejorUSD/month, single person, excluding rentse vuelve a verificar cada 365 días

Recopilado por SettleMetric

INSEE — La consommation des ménages en 2024 (Insee Première 2056, dépense de consommation finale par fonction COICOP)

Datos a fecha de: 31 dic 2024
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: INSEE national-accounts household final consumption by COICOP, 2024. Functions sum to €1,543.8B on-territory; subtract housing rentals (actual €77.0B + imputed €220.7B = €297.7B) → €1,246.1B non-rent. Per-capita on the household basis (to match peers): ÷ 31.377M households (Jan 2024) ÷ avg size 2.14 ÷ 12 = €1,546/capita/mo (2024). CPI-uplift mid-2024→mid-2026 ×1.030 = €1,593/mo. ×1.1399 USD/EUR = $1,816/mo. Per-capita basis to match Czechia/Spain/Austria; a lone single-person household spends materially more.

Vivienda

Lo que cuesta alquilar, por tipo de vivienda y zona.

Alquiler de oferta por tipo de vivienda y zona

ANIL / Ministère de la Transition écologique — 'Carte des loyers' 2024 (loyers d'annonce par commune), commune de Nice 06088; center/outside spread from Observatoire des Loyers de la Côte d'Azur (ADIL 06) 2024

Recopilado por SettleMetric

Datos a fecha de: 31 dic 2024
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: Official anchor: Carte des loyers 2024 (asking rents / 'loyers d'annonce', charges comprises) gives Nice apartments 20.43 €/m²/month commune-wide. No official source publishes an intra-Nice center/outside asking grid, so a curated ±~10% split is applied: center (Carré d'Or / centre-ville / Promenade) = 22 €/m², outer districts = 18 €/m² — informed by the Observatoire des Loyers 06 zone spread and SeLoger's Nice asking range (15–28 €/m², avg ~20). Cells = €/m² × typical surface (studio 30, 1br 40, 2br 60, 3br 85 m²) × 1.1399 USD/EUR.
Notas: DERIVED matrix. The directly-sourced input is the commune-wide 20.43 €/m² asking figure (charges comprises); the center/outside split and the per-type cells are curated using typical French apartment surfaces and a documented zone premium/discount. A flat €/m² per location is applied — small units (studios) really command a higher €/m² than large ones, so studio cells are conservative and 3br cells slightly high. Charges-comprises asking rents sit above observatoire observed (net-of-charges) medians.

DERIVED matrix. The directly-sourced input is the commune-wide 20.43 €/m² asking figure (charges comprises); the center/outside split and the per-type cells are curated using typical French apartment surfaces and a documented zone premium/discount. A flat €/m² per location is applied — small units (studios) really command a higher €/m² than large ones, so studio cells are conservative and 3br cells slightly high. Charges-comprises asking rents sit above observatoire observed (net-of-charges) medians.

Vivienda	Centro	Fuera del centro
Estudio	752 USD/mes	616 USD/mes
1 dormitorio	1003 USD/mes	821 USD/mes
2 dormitorios	1505 USD/mes	1231 USD/mes
3 dormitorios	2132 USD/mes	1744 USD/mes

Clima

Temperatura y lluvia a lo largo del año, más la calidad del aire.

Normales mensuales — Nice

NOAA/WMO Climatological Standard Normals 1991–2020 — Nice (WMO 07690)

Datos abiertos

Datos a fecha de: 31 dic 2020
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: WMO 1991–2020 station normals, NCEI accession 0253808 v6.6 (public domain). Station NICE, WMO 07690 (Nice-Côte d'Azur airport, coastal), 43.65N 7.21E, elevation 2 m. tMax/tMin = mean of daily maximum/minimum; precipMm = mean monthly precipitation total. Annual means: tMax 19.8°C, tMin 12.8°C, precipitation 791.3 mm. Classically Mediterranean — mild, wet autumn/winter (Oct–Nov wettest) and hot, dry summers (Jul–Aug precip 14–17 mm).

Máxima diurna °CMínima nocturna °CLluvia mm

Temperatura media de día y de noche (líneas, eje izquierdo) y lluvia total (barras, eje derecho) por mes, con normales de 1991–2020. Pasa el cursor por un mes para ver las cifras exactas.

Mes a mes
	ene	feb	mar	abr	may	jun	jul	ago	sept	oct	nov	dic
Máxima diurna °C	13.3°	13.5°	15.4°	17.4°	21.0°	24.7°	27.5°	27.9°	24.8°	21.0°	17.0°	14.1°
Mínima nocturna °C	5.8°	6.1°	8.3°	10.8°	14.5°	18.1°	20.8°	21.1°	17.7°	14.0°	9.7°	6.6°
Lluvia mm	74	54	51	69	40	36	14	17	81	128	138	90

01Climate comfort9pleasant months/year8.5

Qué mide esto

Number of months whose 1991–2020 climate normals satisfy: mean daily maximum between 15°C and 28°C and monthly precipitation under 150mm. Computed from the city's climate-normals indicator; the raw normals are stored alongside so users can judge by their own taste.

Cuanto más alto, mejorpleasant months/yearse vuelve a verificar cada 3650 días

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SettleMetric computation over climate-normals (NOAA/WMO 1991–2020, WMO 07690)

Datos a fecha de: 31 dic 2020
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: Months with mean daily max 15–28°C and precipitation < 150mm: Mar (15.4), Apr (17.4), May (21.0), Jun (24.7), Jul (27.5), Aug (27.9), Sep (24.8), Oct (21.0), Nov (17.0) = 9. Jan (13.3), Feb (13.5) and Dec (14.1) miss on the 15°C floor; no month exceeds the 28°C ceiling (Aug peaks 27.9) or the 150mm rain cap (wettest Nov 138.4). Nice scores high thanks to a long, maritime-moderated warm season.

02Air quality (PM2.5)sin datos verificados—

Qué mide esto

Annual mean fine-particulate (PM2.5) concentration for the city, latest available year. Anchors follow the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³ → 10) through the EU limit value territory (25 µg/m³ → 2). Preferred source: European Environment Agency city-level air quality data; outside Europe: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database or the national monitoring network.

Cuanto más bajo, mejorµg/m³, annual mean PM2.5se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días

No verifiable numeric annual-mean PM2.5 for a Nice station could be retrieved — AtmoSud (the accredited PACA air-quality body) publishes station data only through interactive dashboards that are not machine-readable, and commercial aggregators expose only real-time spot readings (not annual means), so the value is left null rather than fabricated. Official qualitative bounds from the AtmoSud 2024 bilan: the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³) is exceeded (so > 5); the EU limit (25 µg/m³) has been respected at every station since 2019; in 2024 even the Nice Promenade traffic station meets the stricter 2030 objective of 10 µg/m³, implying the annual mean is roughly 6–9 µg/m³ at urban-background sites. To fill later: query the AtmoSud open-data (DIDON) API or the EEA Air Quality Portal for the Nice Arson urban-background station annual mean.

Seguridad

Cómo de segura es la vida diaria, según estadísticas oficiales de criminalidad.

01Homicide ratea nivel de país1,3intentional homicides per 100,000/year8.4

Qué mide esto

Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 population, latest available year. Country level: UNODC national series. City level: official municipal/police statistics where published; otherwise null (country value shown as country-level).

Cuanto más bajo, mejorintentional homicides per 100,000/yearse vuelve a verificar cada 730 días

Datos abiertos

Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (crim_off_cat, ICCS0101, unit P_HTHAB)

Datos a fecha de: 31 dic 2024
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Notas: Police-recorded intentional homicide, 2024 (value 1.28; 2023 was 1.30). Dataset last updated by Eurostat 2026-04-29; cross-checked against decoding the full crim_off_cat matrix. Moderate by European standards — above the safest EU states (Austria 0.85) but well below the global average.

Delitos por tipoa nivel de paísregistrados por la policía por cada 100 000 · 2024

Eurostat — police-recorded offences by category (crim_off_cat, ICCS, unit P_HTHAB)

Datos abiertos

Datos a fecha de: 31 dic 2024
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Notas: Police-recorded offences per 100,000 inhabitants, 2024 (ICCS categories: theft 0502, serious assault 020111, drug offences 0601, burglary 0501, sexual violence 0301, robbery 0401). France records assault broadly (coups et blessures volontaires), so its serious-assault level here is high on paper — partly a recording-breadth effect. Intentional homicide (1.28, same Eurostat 2024 series) is the scored safety headline shown separately. Recording practices and legal definitions differ between countries, so read the levels as context, not a league table.

01Theft1911por 100 000

02Serious assault613por 100 000

03Drug offences560por 100 000

04Burglary444por 100 000

05Sexual violence141por 100 000

06Robbery82,8por 100 000

Police-recorded offences per 100,000 inhabitants, 2024 (ICCS categories: theft 0502, serious assault 020111, drug offences 0601, burglary 0501, sexual violence 0301, robbery 0401). France records assault broadly (coups et blessures volontaires), so its serious-assault level here is high on paper — partly a recording-breadth effect. Intentional homicide (1.28, same Eurostat 2024 series) is the scored safety headline shown separately. Recording practices and legal definitions differ between countries, so read the levels as context, not a league table.

Delitos de odio (registrados por la policía)a nivel de paísregistrados por la policía · 2024

OSCE ODIHR Hate Crime Reporting — France (official police-recorded)

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de: 31 dic 2024
Verificado: 15 jul 2026
Notas: OSCE ODIHR 2024: 6,096 hate crimes recorded by police (source: SSMSI, the French interior-ministry statistical service); 3,941 racist/xenophobic — here ODIHR’s racist/xenophobic category also includes anti-religious hate crime and is not further disaggregated — plus 2,155 anti-LGBTI, the two summing exactly to the total. High counts reflect thorough recording, not necessarily more hatred; not comparable across countries.

6096

registrados por la policía

3941

racistas o xenófobos

OSCE ODIHR 2024: 6,096 hate crimes recorded by police (source: SSMSI, the French interior-ministry statistical service); 3,941 racist/xenophobic — here ODIHR’s racist/xenophobic category also includes anti-religious hate crime and is not further disaggregated — plus 2,155 anti-LGBTI, the two summing exactly to the total. High counts reflect thorough recording, not necessarily more hatred; not comparable across countries.

Infraestructura

Velocidad de internet y cómo llegan los paquetes a tu puerta.

01Domestic delivery qualitya nivel de paísExcellent10.0

Qué mide esto

Quality of in-country parcel delivery. excellent = nationwide next-day widely available, dense parcel-locker network, real-time tracking standard; good = 1–3 day delivery, lockers in major cities; basic = reliable but slow (3–7 days), mostly to-door or post-office pickup; poor = unreliable delivery, street addresses often unusable, informal workarounds common. Classified from official service/coverage data of the national postal operator and the two largest private carriers; inputs itemized in each value's method field.

Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días

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La Poste / Colissimo (Pickup) and Mondial Relay network figures

Datos a fecha de: 1 ene 2025
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: France has one of Europe's densest out-of-home parcel networks. Colissimo/Pickup: 26,000+ pickup points (≈17,500 relay points + ≈6,500 automatic lockers, incl. ≈4,500 24/7 Pickup Station lockers). Mondial Relay: ≈17,000 points (≈9,000 lockers + ≈8,000 relais). Plus Relais Colis, Chronopost, DPD, and La Poste home delivery ~6 days/week, with nationwide next-day/2-day standard options → 'excellent'.

02International delivery easea nivel de paísMinor friction7.0

Qué mide esto

Ease of receiving goods from abroad. seamless = major international carriers deliver door-to-door, meaningful duty-free de-minimis threshold, customs clearance predictable in days; minor-friction = carriers present but low de-minimis, extra paperwork or routine delays; significant-friction = frequent customs holds, high brokerage fees, some marketplaces refuse to ship; unreliable = parcels regularly lost or blocked, informal import channels dominate. De-minimis thresholds and clearance rules from the national customs authority (official source, cite the regulation); carrier presence from carriers' official pages.

Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días

Fuente oficial

EU single market (free movement of goods) + European Commission removal of the €150 duty-free import threshold (from 1 July 2026)

Datos a fecha de: 1 jul 2026
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Notas: Intra-EU shipping is frictionless (single market — most European cross-border parcels arrive like domestic ones). For non-EU imports the EU removed the €150 duty-free threshold and from 1 July 2026 applies a temporary flat customs duty per item on ≤€150 consignments (VAT already collected at checkout via IOSS since 2021). Predictable but no longer duty-free — the same EU regime as other member states.

03Internet speeda nivel de país51,4Mbps, median fixed download5.1

Qué mide esto

Median fixed-broadband download speed over the trailing 6 months from M-Lab NDT open data (CC0), aggregated at country or city level. Not comparable with Ookla figures (different test methodology) — do not mix sources within this criterion.

Cuanto más alto, mejorMbps, median fixed downloadse vuelve a verificar cada 365 días

Datos abiertos

M-Lab NDT country aggregates for France

Datos a fecha de: 31 dic 2023
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: Median of the 344 daily country-median download values for FR in 2023 (~10.47M download tests; daily medians ranged 24.9–61.1 Mbps). M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads well below Ookla-style or advertised figures (French fibre commonly markets 300–1000+ Mbps) — comparable only within this criterion. 2023 is the latest full year in M-Lab's public stats API.
Notas: France has extensive FTTH fibre coverage; the M-Lab single-stream median understates real-world line speeds and is used only for cross-country comparability on one consistent method.

Sanidad

Lo que cuesta un seguro médico privado completo.

01Private healthcare costa nivel de país821USD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-old9.1

Qué mide esto

Median of at least three publicly quoted annual premiums for comprehensive private medical insurance (outpatient + inpatient, ~$100k coverage, small deductible) for a healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner, from local and international insurers. Method field lists the insurers quoted.

Cuanto más bajo, mejorUSD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-oldse vuelve a verificar cada 365 días

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Curated from French mutuelle comparateur data (goodassur 48,082-quote July 2026 dataset; Selectra tariff study)

Datos a fecha de: 1 jul 2026
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: France has universal public health cover (Assurance Maladie, ~70% reimbursement) topped up by a COMPLEMENTARY private 'mutuelle santé' — supplementary, not full-replacement. Mutuelle pricing is age-banded, not health-rated. Market data (goodassur, 48,082 individual quotes, July 2026): age 25–34 avg €68.98/mo, 35–44 avg €90.68/mo; a mid-market intermediate plan for a healthy 35-year-old ≈ €60/mo = €720/yr → $821/yr at 1.1399. Range ≈ €35/mo ($479/yr) to ≈ €90/mo ($1,231/yr).
Notas: A supplementary top-up on the mandatory public system, not a full private replacement policy (like Austria's Sonderklasse). ~95%+ of residents carry a mutuelle; employees usually get a subsidised group contract (employer pays ≥50%), so this individually-purchased premium is the situation of a freelancer/self-employed person. Mid-market monthly range ≈ €50–70.

Dinero y cripto

Normas sobre cripto y con qué libertad se mueve el dinero personal.

01Crypto regulationa nivel de paísLegal regulated8.0

Qué mide esto

Own classification of the legal status of holding, trading and cashing out cryptocurrency for individuals: legal-friendly (legal with clear, favourable rules or explicit tax exemptions), legal-regulated (legal under standard licensing/AML and taxation), restricted (partial bans: payments or banking access prohibited), banned (holding/trading prohibited). Classified from national regulators' and central banks' official positions.

Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 180 días

Fuente oficial

impots.gouv.fr — Plus-values sur cessions d'actifs numériques (cryptomonnaies); AMF/MiCA CASP regime

Datos a fecha de: 1 ene 2026
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Notas: Legal and regulated. Capital gains on digital assets for private/occasional investors are taxed at the flat PFU — 31.4% from 1 Jan 2026 (12.8% income tax + 18.6% social levies; the social part rose from 17.2% when the 2026 Social Security law lifted CSG on capital income 9.2%→10.6%), with the option to elect the progressive scale instead (since 2023). Total annual disposals ≤ €305 are exempt. Crypto-asset service providers authorise as CASPs under the EU MiCA regulation (the former AMF 'PSAN' regime from the 2019 PACTE law), with the AMF as competent authority.

02Financial control levela nivel de paísLow10.0

Qué mide esto

Own composite of state control over personal money flows: currency/capital controls (IMF AREAER), restrictions on foreign accounts and transfers, mandatory income declaration scope for residents, cash payment limits, banking access for foreigners. Low = free movement of personal funds and easy non-resident banking; very-high = strict capital controls and pervasive reporting. Method field on each value lists the inputs used.

Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días

Fuente oficial

Service-Public / economie.gouv.fr — Paiement en espèces (plafond); Code monétaire et financier art. D112-3

Datos a fecha de: 1 sept 2015
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: Composite: France uses the euro, fully convertible, with EU free movement of capital and NO exchange/capital controls. The main constraint is a cash-payment cap — a French tax resident may pay at most €1,000 in cash to a professional (since Sept 2015; non-resident tourists up to €15,000); cash between private individuals is unlimited (written proof required above €1,500). The EU Anti-Money-Laundering Regulation adds an EU-wide €10,000 cash cap from 2027. Non-resident banking is available with standard KYC. These are ordinary AML measures, not capital controls → 'low'.

Idioma

Hasta dónde llega el inglés en la vida diaria y en los trámites.

01English proficiencya nivel de paísModerate5.0

Qué mide esto

Own banding of how far English gets a resident in daily life (government offices, healthcare, housing, services). Informed by EF EPI band (research source, cited with attribution, not republished) plus official language status and service-sector realities. Values are our bands, not EF scores.

Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días

Estudio

EF EPI 2025 — France (score 539, rank 38/123, Moderate band)

Datos a fecha de: 1 nov 2025
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Notas: Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First): France score 539, global rank 38, 'Moderate' band (EF cutoffs: Moderate 500–549), up 11 places and +15 points vs 2024. English is workable in Paris tech/expat circles and tourism-facing Côte d'Azur, but French is essential for administration, most workplaces, and daily life — France sits below the very-high Northern-European tier.

Educación

Opciones de colegios internacionales para familias.

01International schools3accredited international schools, count4.7

Qué mide esto

Count of international schools in the metro area accredited by or member of IB, CIS, COBIS, or an equivalent national-curriculum-abroad body (verified against the accreditor's public registry, not aggregator sites).

Cuanto más alto, mejoraccredited international schools, countse vuelve a verificar cada 730 días

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Accreditor registries (IB — ibo.org; Cambridge International; COBIS; CIS; MSA) — per-school verification for the Nice / Côte d'Azur area

Datos a fecha de: 14 jul 2026
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: Verified floor of 3, each tied to a named accreditor: (1) International School of Nice (Nice) — IB World School (full continuum), CIS + MSA accredited, the flagship English-medium IB school in Nice itself; (2) ICS Côte d'Azur (Sophia Antipolis / Valbonne, ~20 km SW) — IB World School, PYP since 2018, IB school code 049702; (3) Mougins British International School (Mougins, ~30 km SW) — British curriculum to IGCSE/A-Level via Cambridge International + Pearson Edexcel, COBIS member.
Notas: Conservative accreditor-verified floor. The Antibes/Mougins/Sophia-Antipolis/Valbonne cluster IS included (2 of the 3). Excluded: schools in Monaco (a separate sovereign state) and several Nice-area bilingual FR/EN private schools whose international accreditation could not be confirmed. Counting those would push the total well above 3.

Demografía

Quién más vive aquí: el porcentaje de residentes extranjeros y las mayores comunidades nacionales, según estadísticas oficiales.

Openness to foreignersa nivel de paísAbiertaGallup MAI 6,46/9 · 2016 · WVS w7 · KCL 10% rechazan tener vecinos extranjeros

Qué mide esto

How accepting the resident population is of migrants and foreigners — the inverse of xenophobia, a real concern for someone relocating. Our own five-band reading (very-open / open / moderate / reserved / low) informed primarily by the Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index (0–9 scale: three questions on migrants living in the country, becoming neighbours, and marrying into the family; 2019 wave), cross-checked where available with the World Values Survey wave 7 / European Values Study 2017 question on whether people would not want immigrants or foreign workers as neighbours (a higher share = more hostile). Banding guide against the Gallup 0–9 score: ≥7.0 very-open, 5.5–7.0 open, 4.0–5.5 moderate, 2.5–4.0 reserved, below 2.5 low (the 2019 global average of 5.21 sits in 'moderate'). Country level only: no credible city-level survey of attitudes to foreigners exists, so on city pages the country reading is shown as country context. Gallup is a research source cited with attribution, not republished in bulk; the raw index score/year and any cross-check figure are carried inside each value. Value shape: { band, gallupMai?, gallupYear?, unwantedNeighborPct?, unwantedNeighborSource? }. Display-only: attitudinal, survey-based and ~2019 vintage, so it is shown as honest context and never folded into the composite score.

Datos de referencia—se vuelve a verificar cada 1825 días

Estudio

Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index, first wave (2016–2017 Gallup World Poll) — full 139-country table (research, attribution)

Datos a fecha de: 23 ago 2017
Verificado: 15 jul 2026
Notas: Gallup MAI 6.46/9 (2016/2017 wave) — above the global average. Cross-check — World Values Survey wave 7 (via King’s College London’s cross-country analysis): 10% said they would not want immigrants or foreign workers as neighbours. Band: open.

Quién vive allía nivel de paísresidentes extranjeros 9,1%

INSEE — L'essentiel sur… les immigrés et les étrangers (population étrangère)

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Datos a fecha de: 1 ene 2025
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Notas: INSEE: 6.3 million foreign nationals (étrangers) = 9.1% of the population (2025, provisional). Distinct from immigrés (foreign-born, 8.0M / 11.6%) — many immigrés have since acquired French nationality, and some foreign nationals were born in France. The nationality breakdown below is published on the foreign-born (immigrés) basis, INSEE's cleanly-tabulated series.

Mayores comunidades de los nacidos en el extranjero7.970.000 total

INSEE — L'essentiel sur… les immigrés et les étrangers (immigrés par pays de naissance)

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Datos a fecha de: 1 ene 2025
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: Shares taken directly from INSEE (immigrés by country of birth, 2025); counts derived = share × 7,970,000 immigrés (rounded to nearest 1,000). These seven countries account for 46.3% of all immigrés.
Notas: Shown on the immigrés (foreign-born) basis — INSEE's cleanly-published country breakdown — which is the 8.0M foreign-born population, not the 6.3M foreign nationals of the headline share (many immigrés have naturalised). Italy and Turkey are tied at 3.5%; the historic Maghreb and Iberian communities dominate.

01Algeria12,6%1.004.000

02Morocco11,7%932.000

03Portugal7,2%574.000

04Tunisia4,9%391.000

05Italy3,5%279.000

06Turkey3,5%279.000

07Spain3%239.000

Shown on the immigrés (foreign-born) basis — INSEE's cleanly-published country breakdown — which is the 8.0M foreign-born population, not the 6.3M foreign nationals of the headline share (many immigrés have naturalised). Italy and Turkey are tied at 3.5%; the historic Maghreb and Iberian communities dominate.

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1 Micro-entrepreneur (micro-BNC) — 34% allowance + progressive income tax
39.536 EURneto/año
34.1 % de carga
2 SASU — 15%/25% corporate tax + 31.4% PFU on dividends
33.786 EURneto/año
43.7 % de carga
3 Micro-entrepreneur (micro-BNC) — versement libératoire (2.2% flat income tax)supera el límite de ingresos
43.200 EURneto/año
28.0 % de carga

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Domestic delivery qualityExcellent

La Poste / Colissimo (Pickup) and Mondial Relay network figures

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Datos a fecha de: 1 ene 2025
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: France has one of Europe's densest out-of-home parcel networks. Colissimo/Pickup: 26,000+ pickup points (≈17,500 relay points + ≈6,500 automatic lockers, incl. ≈4,500 24/7 Pickup Station lockers). Mondial Relay: ≈17,000 points (≈9,000 lockers + ≈8,000 relais). Plus Relais Colis, Chronopost, DPD, and La Poste home delivery ~6 days/week, with nationwide next-day/2-day standard options → 'excellent'.

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Freelancer tax burden34,1%

SettleMetric tax engine over official 2026 rules (URSSAF micro-social, impots.gouv.fr barème, Service-Public)

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Datos a fecha de: 1 ene 2026
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: Best eligible scheme at €60,000 turnover, single (1 part) = micro-entrepreneur (micro-BNC, scheme fr-micro-bnc): micro-social 25.6% = 15,360; CFP 0.2% = 120; income tax on 66% of turnover (34% allowance) = 39,600 → 11%/30% bands = 4,984. Levies 20,464 → 34.1%. The versement libératoire (28% flat) is blocked at €60k by the RFR cap; a SASU all-dividend chain runs ≈43.7%.

Internet speed51 Mbps

M-Lab NDT country aggregates for France

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Datos a fecha de: 31 dic 2023
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: Median of the 344 daily country-median download values for FR in 2023 (~10.47M download tests; daily medians ranged 24.9–61.1 Mbps). M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads well below Ookla-style or advertised figures (French fibre commonly markets 300–1000+ Mbps) — comparable only within this criterion. 2023 is the latest full year in M-Lab's public stats API.
Notas: France has extensive FTTH fibre coverage; the M-Lab single-stream median understates real-world line speeds and is used only for cross-country comparability on one consistent method.

English proficiencyModerate

EF EPI 2025 — France (score 539, rank 38/123, Moderate band)

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Datos a fecha de: 1 nov 2025
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Notas: Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First): France score 539, global rank 38, 'Moderate' band (EF cutoffs: Moderate 500–549), up 11 places and +15 points vs 2024. English is workable in Paris tech/expat circles and tourism-facing Côte d'Azur, but French is essential for administration, most workplaces, and daily life — France sits below the very-high Northern-European tier.

Cost of living (single, excl. rent)$1816/mo

INSEE — La consommation des ménages en 2024 (Insee Première 2056, dépense de consommation finale par fonction COICOP)

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Datos a fecha de: 31 dic 2024
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: INSEE national-accounts household final consumption by COICOP, 2024. Functions sum to €1,543.8B on-territory; subtract housing rentals (actual €77.0B + imputed €220.7B = €297.7B) → €1,246.1B non-rent. Per-capita on the household basis (to match peers): ÷ 31.377M households (Jan 2024) ÷ avg size 2.14 ÷ 12 = €1,546/capita/mo (2024). CPI-uplift mid-2024→mid-2026 ×1.030 = €1,593/mo. ×1.1399 USD/EUR = $1,816/mo. Per-capita basis to match Czechia/Spain/Austria; a lone single-person household spends materially more.

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Homicide rate1,28/100k

Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (crim_off_cat, ICCS0101, unit P_HTHAB)

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Datos a fecha de: 31 dic 2024
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Notas: Police-recorded intentional homicide, 2024 (value 1.28; 2023 was 1.30). Dataset last updated by Eurostat 2026-04-29; cross-checked against decoding the full crim_off_cat matrix. Moderate by European standards — above the safest EU states (Austria 0.85) but well below the global average.

Private healthcare cost$821/yr

Curated from French mutuelle comparateur data (goodassur 48,082-quote July 2026 dataset; Selectra tariff study)

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Datos a fecha de: 1 jul 2026
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: France has universal public health cover (Assurance Maladie, ~70% reimbursement) topped up by a COMPLEMENTARY private 'mutuelle santé' — supplementary, not full-replacement. Mutuelle pricing is age-banded, not health-rated. Market data (goodassur, 48,082 individual quotes, July 2026): age 25–34 avg €68.98/mo, 35–44 avg €90.68/mo; a mid-market intermediate plan for a healthy 35-year-old ≈ €60/mo = €720/yr → $821/yr at 1.1399. Range ≈ €35/mo ($479/yr) to ≈ €90/mo ($1,231/yr).
Notas: A supplementary top-up on the mandatory public system, not a full private replacement policy (like Austria's Sonderklasse). ~95%+ of residents carry a mutuelle; employees usually get a subsidised group contract (employer pays ≥50%), so this individually-purchased premium is the situation of a freelancer/self-employed person. Mid-market monthly range ≈ €50–70.

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International schools3

Accreditor registries (IB — ibo.org; Cambridge International; COBIS; CIS; MSA) — per-school verification for the Nice / Côte d'Azur area

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Datos a fecha de: 14 jul 2026
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: Verified floor of 3, each tied to a named accreditor: (1) International School of Nice (Nice) — IB World School (full continuum), CIS + MSA accredited, the flagship English-medium IB school in Nice itself; (2) ICS Côte d'Azur (Sophia Antipolis / Valbonne, ~20 km SW) — IB World School, PYP since 2018, IB school code 049702; (3) Mougins British International School (Mougins, ~30 km SW) — British curriculum to IGCSE/A-Level via Cambridge International + Pearson Edexcel, COBIS member.
Notas: Conservative accreditor-verified floor. The Antibes/Mougins/Sophia-Antipolis/Valbonne cluster IS included (2 of the 3). Excluded: schools in Monaco (a separate sovereign state) and several Nice-area bilingual FR/EN private schools whose international accreditation could not be confirmed. Counting those would push the total well above 3.

Air quality (PM2.5)sin datos verificados

AtmoSud — Bilan de la qualité de l'air 2024, particules PM2.5 (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de: 31 dic 2024
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Notas: No verifiable numeric annual-mean PM2.5 for a Nice station could be retrieved — AtmoSud (the accredited PACA air-quality body) publishes station data only through interactive dashboards that are not machine-readable, and commercial aggregators expose only real-time spot readings (not annual means), so the value is left null rather than fabricated. Official qualitative bounds from the AtmoSud 2024 bilan: the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³) is exceeded (so > 5); the EU limit (25 µg/m³) has been respected at every station since 2019; in 2024 even the Nice Promenade traffic station meets the stricter 2030 objective of 10 µg/m³, implying the annual mean is roughly 6–9 µg/m³ at urban-background sites. To fill later: query the AtmoSud open-data (DIDON) API or the EEA Air Quality Portal for the Nice Arson urban-background station annual mean.

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Crypto regulationLegal regulated

impots.gouv.fr — Plus-values sur cessions d'actifs numériques (cryptomonnaies); AMF/MiCA CASP regime

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de: 1 ene 2026
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Notas: Legal and regulated. Capital gains on digital assets for private/occasional investors are taxed at the flat PFU — 31.4% from 1 Jan 2026 (12.8% income tax + 18.6% social levies; the social part rose from 17.2% when the 2026 Social Security law lifted CSG on capital income 9.2%→10.6%), with the option to elect the progressive scale instead (since 2023). Total annual disposals ≤ €305 are exempt. Crypto-asset service providers authorise as CASPs under the EU MiCA regulation (the former AMF 'PSAN' regime from the 2019 PACTE law), with the AMF as competent authority.

Financial control levelLow

Service-Public / economie.gouv.fr — Paiement en espèces (plafond); Code monétaire et financier art. D112-3

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Datos a fecha de: 1 sept 2015
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: Composite: France uses the euro, fully convertible, with EU free movement of capital and NO exchange/capital controls. The main constraint is a cash-payment cap — a French tax resident may pay at most €1,000 in cash to a professional (since Sept 2015; non-resident tourists up to €15,000); cash between private individuals is unlimited (written proof required above €1,500). The EU Anti-Money-Laundering Regulation adds an EU-wide €10,000 cash cap from 2027. Non-resident banking is available with standard KYC. These are ordinary AML measures, not capital controls → 'low'.

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Freelancer tax burden34,1%

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Datos a fecha de: 1 ene 2026
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: Best eligible scheme at €60,000 turnover, single (1 part) = micro-entrepreneur (micro-BNC, scheme fr-micro-bnc): micro-social 25.6% = 15,360; CFP 0.2% = 120; income tax on 66% of turnover (34% allowance) = 39,600 → 11%/30% bands = 4,984. Levies 20,464 → 34.1%. The versement libératoire (28% flat) is blocked at €60k by the RFR cap; a SASU all-dividend chain runs ≈43.7%.

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Homicide rate1,28/100k

Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (crim_off_cat, ICCS0101, unit P_HTHAB)

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Datos a fecha de: 31 dic 2024
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Notas: Police-recorded intentional homicide, 2024 (value 1.28; 2023 was 1.30). Dataset last updated by Eurostat 2026-04-29; cross-checked against decoding the full crim_off_cat matrix. Moderate by European standards — above the safest EU states (Austria 0.85) but well below the global average.

Climate comfort9/12 mo

SettleMetric computation over climate-normals (NOAA/WMO 1991–2020, WMO 07690)

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Datos a fecha de: 31 dic 2020
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: Months with mean daily max 15–28°C and precipitation < 150mm: Mar (15.4), Apr (17.4), May (21.0), Jun (24.7), Jul (27.5), Aug (27.9), Sep (24.8), Oct (21.0), Nov (17.0) = 9. Jan (13.3), Feb (13.5) and Dec (14.1) miss on the 15°C floor; no month exceeds the 28°C ceiling (Aug peaks 27.9) or the 150mm rain cap (wettest Nov 138.4). Nice scores high thanks to a long, maritime-moderated warm season.

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Cost of living (single, excl. rent)$1816/mo

INSEE — La consommation des ménages en 2024 (Insee Première 2056, dépense de consommation finale par fonction COICOP)

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Datos a fecha de: 31 dic 2024
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Método: INSEE national-accounts household final consumption by COICOP, 2024. Functions sum to €1,543.8B on-territory; subtract housing rentals (actual €77.0B + imputed €220.7B = €297.7B) → €1,246.1B non-rent. Per-capita on the household basis (to match peers): ÷ 31.377M households (Jan 2024) ÷ avg size 2.14 ÷ 12 = €1,546/capita/mo (2024). CPI-uplift mid-2024→mid-2026 ×1.030 = €1,593/mo. ×1.1399 USD/EUR = $1,816/mo. Per-capita basis to match Czechia/Spain/Austria; a lone single-person household spends materially more.

Air quality (PM2.5)sin datos verificados

AtmoSud — Bilan de la qualité de l'air 2024, particules PM2.5 (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur)

Fuente oficial

Datos a fecha de: 31 dic 2024
Verificado: 14 jul 2026
Notas: No verifiable numeric annual-mean PM2.5 for a Nice station could be retrieved — AtmoSud (the accredited PACA air-quality body) publishes station data only through interactive dashboards that are not machine-readable, and commercial aggregators expose only real-time spot readings (not annual means), so the value is left null rather than fabricated. Official qualitative bounds from the AtmoSud 2024 bilan: the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³) is exceeded (so > 5); the EU limit (25 µg/m³) has been respected at every station since 2019; in 2024 even the Nice Promenade traffic station meets the stricter 2030 objective of 10 µg/m³, implying the annual mean is roughly 6–9 µg/m³ at urban-background sites. To fill later: query the AtmoSud open-data (DIDON) API or the EEA Air Quality Portal for the Nice Arson urban-background station annual mean.

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