Cost of living on the Riviera, town by town

The rows are a long-term home, not a holiday let. Rent means an unfurnished lease, the rent itself, with building charges kept separate until I know they are included. A one-bedroom and a two-bedroom are not the same search in Nice as they are in Menton, so each town has its own lines.

When I fill a cell, it will be a range I have actually seen, written so you can tell the period and what is included. Until then the italic line is a placeholder. It is not a hint, and it is not zero.

If you are deciding whether to move at all, start with Moving to the French Riviera from the US and Canada. The towns, in words rather than prices, are on Neighborhoods. What landlords ask for is in Renting an apartment in Nice as a foreigner. I would rather you read those than treat an empty cell as a budget.

The figures have to come from me, not from a national average that flattens Cannes into "France". The list under each heading is exactly what I am collecting. Utilities are monthly unless the label says otherwise. Food is the ordinary version: a café lunch, a coffee, a baguette, a weekly shop, dinner for two somewhere pleasant that is not a special occasion. Transport is the ticket and the pass people actually buy, plus the train between Nice and the next towns, and a taxi from the airport when the bags are too many.

Google is set to ignore this page while the cells are empty. It is not in the sitemap, and it is not in the menu at the top of the site. You can still read it from the moving guide. When the figures are in, I will turn that switch off.