Germany and France: what it takes to live in each
To live the same
≈ €1,600
With ≈ €1,870 a month in Germany, in France you would need ≈ €1,600 to live the same.
Questions
Is it cheaper to live in Germany or in France?
In France: an average month in Germany costs about 1.2 times as much, housing included.
How much would I need in France to live as in Germany?
With ≈ €1,870 a month in Germany, in France you would need ≈ €1,600 to live the same.
How much does it cost to live in Germany a month?
An average person in Germany lives on ≈ €1,870 a month, housing included, at 2024 prices. It is a national average: a big city usually costs more.
How much does it cost to live in France a month?
An average person in France lives on ≈ €1,600 a month, housing included, at 2024 prices. It is a national average: a big city usually costs more.
Where do the figures come from?
From the World Bank's household surveys (2010–2025), brought to 2024 prices with the World Bank's price levels, licence CC BY 4.0.
What this figure measures
- What an average person in the country spends a month, housing included (or earns, in some countries). From the World Bank's household surveys.
- The surveys give it in dollars that buy the same in every country (purchasing power parity). With the country's price level, it becomes what that costs there, at 2024 prices.
- It is a national average, not a given city: a big city usually costs more, a village less.
- Your way of living may not be the average one.
Where the numbers come from
- What an average person lives on in each country, housing included: the World Bank's household surveys (2010–2025, each country its latest).
- Brought to 2024 prices with US inflation, then to each country's prices with the World Bank's price levels. Data of 9 Oct 2026, licence CC BY 4.0.
- Each country in its own currency, at the World Bank's official rate for 2024 (a yearly average, never a live rate). Without a rate for that year, in US dollars.
- One person, a month. Rounded to 1 under 95, to 10 under 10,000, and to three figures above. Only countries with official data are listed: no figure is invented.
- Provisional: read from a public copy of the World Bank's data, until the yearly download.
- A national average: cities differ a lot. Some countries measure spending, others income.