Cost of Living inToulouse, France
Image credit: Anicius Olybrius
Purchasing Power vs. United States
Based on GDP per capita (PPP). France: $54,799/capita.
How Far Your Money Goes
Prices are 30% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Income Category
Happiness
6.6 / 10
#26 globally
GDP per Capita
City Population
Monthly Costs
Rent
Food
Transport
Utilities
Education
Child Education
Public-school quality + expat access, alongside international and private school cost — the two paths a relocating family weighs.
Public schools
Public-schooling rules are set nationally for France; Toulouse-specific enrollment notes are still being verified.
Quality
Good public schools
Expat access
Available to residents
conditionalInstruction
French
Language fit is more manageable.
PISA / outcomes
Qualitative only
Using curated quality notes for now.
Why this quality rating
France has a strong national public-school system and a credible public option for families planning real local integration.
Why the expat-access rating looks like this
Resident families can generally use it, but daily schooling is in French and local catchment placement still matters.
⚠️ Homeschooling
Legal but heavily restricted since 2022France tightened homeschooling laws significantly in 2022. Now requires prior authorization (not just declaration). Authorization is granted for limited reasons: health, disability, itinerant family, or specific pedagogical situation. Annual inspections required. Much harder than before for worldschooling families.
Homeschool legality in France — check current regulations before committing.
Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)
International & private schools
Childcare & Domestic Help
Current nanny and household-help pricing snapshot for Toulouse, France.
Full-time nanny (5 days)
$2,375-$2,925
monthly · confidence 0.65
Live-in / 24-7 nanny
$2,800-$3,400
monthly · confidence 0.65
Source: curated family relocation research
Getting Around
The concrete mobility picture for Toulouse: airport access, urban transit, and rideshare practicality.
Airport
International airport plus metro and tram
Toulouse-Blagnac plus the city’s rail position make Toulouse a practical southwest France family gateway for domestic and European travel.
Urban transit
Metro, tram, rail, and bus
Toulouse combines metro, tram, rail, and bus service well enough to keep many practical family neighborhoods workable without a car.
Rideshare
Uber and taxis available
App-hailed rides and taxis are routine fallbacks for airport trips, outer-neighborhood transfers, and first/last-mile gaps beyond the strongest transit corridors.
Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)
Healthcare
System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in France.
Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.
Healthcare system
StrongGood national coverage, strong doctor availability, and deep nursing capacity support this rating.
Public care
StrongBroad public coverage, relatively low patient cost-sharing, and country-level outcomes are comparatively strong support this rating.
Private care
GoodA meaningful tracked hospital and clinic network and a clearly private facility base help, but self-pay pricing transparency is still sparse.
UHC coverage
82/100
2023
Physicians
3.28/1k
2022
Hospital beds
5.65/1k
2022
Out of pocket
9%
2024
Outcome signals
Life expectancy
83.0 yrs
2024
Maternal mortality
7/100k
2023
Neonatal mortality
2.8/1k
2024
International patient readiness
GoodA visible private hospital base and multiple facilities have websites help, but price transparency is still sparse.
Pricing transparency
LimitedMultiple facilities have crawlable websites help, but published self-pay prices are scarce.
Facility coverage
Self-pay pricing visibility
No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in France yet.
This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.
Notable facilities
System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01
Safety & Governance
Street Safety
Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.
Political Stability
World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.
Wages by Sector
| Sector | Median |
|---|---|
| Agriculture & Farming | — |
| Construction | — |
| Finance & Insurance | — |
| Healthcare & Social Work | — |
| Information & Technology | — |
| Manufacturing | — |
| Professional & Scientific Services | — |
| Real Estate | — |
2024 annual wages in Toulouse, France · Source: Eurostat Regional
Price Comparison vs. US
Visa Information (US passport)
Short-stay entry
US passport holders can stay up to 90 days without a visa.
Long-Term Visa Programs
retirement
Visitor Visa France
working holiday
Programme Vacances-Travail (PVT)Quick comparison FAQ
Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.
How far does your money go in Toulouse compared with the US?
Your money goes about 1.5x further in Toulouse than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate.
Is Toulouse cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?
Toulouse is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 30% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for Toulouse.
How does rent in Toulouse compare with New York City?
Rent in Toulouse is about 80% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City).
How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Toulouse?
Groceries in Toulouse are about 22% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 31% cheaper than the same benchmark.
About Toulouse
Toulouse is France's fourth-largest city, an inland southwestern hub of about 512,000 in the commune and roughly 1.5 million in the metro, sitting on the Garonne River about 100 kilometers from the Pyrenees. It is the European capital of aerospace, home to Airbus's main commercial assembly lines and a dense cluster of suppliers, the CNES space agency, and the related research universities. The climate is mild oceanic with strong Mediterranean influence, hot dry summers, and short mild winters. Relocators get a brick-built historic center, a growing metro and tram network, and housing that runs significantly cheaper than Lyon or Paris, balanced against a job market heavily concentrated in aerospace cycles. English usage at Airbus and the university is solid; daily life outside that bubble still expects French.
See the full breakdown — free
No password needed. Takes ~30 seconds.