At the France-wide average, below every comparable French city. CostLiving’s moderate benchmark for Nantes is $2,050 a month for a single person, matching the France-wide benchmark of $2,050, which covers rural France as well as its cities. Set against other large French cities, Nantes is the cheapest of them: Bordeaux is $2,075, Lyon $2,075 and Marseille $2,075.
Housing accounts for $914 of the moderate tier. The budget tier is $1,230 a month, the comfortable tier $3,180, and the luxury standard $4,920.
Against Paris the gap is around $875 a month, $2,925 against $2,050. Rent accounts for $697 of it: Paris housing is $1,611 at the moderate tier, against $914 for the same line here. That single line is most of the difference between the two cities.
Full tier breakdowns are on our Nantes cost of living page.
