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Limoges vs Saint-Étienne

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Under balanced weights Saint-Étienne edges it, 64 to 62, winning 1 of the 9 factors. Limoges is stronger on nothing outright; Saint-Étienne on getting there & around. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Cost of living: 3.4 of 62 points (scores 31/100)Safety: 7.6 of 62 points (scores 68/100)Healthcare: 9.7 of 62 points (scores 87/100)Internet: 9.1 of 62 points (scores 82/100)Visa ease: 6.7 of 62 points (scores 61/100)Getting there & around: 2.5 of 62 points (scores 22/100)Climate: 3.7 of 62 points (scores 33/100)Air quality: 10.7 of 62 points (scores 96/100)Quality of life: 9.0 of 62 points (scores 81/100)62
Limoges
out of 100

Quiet porcelain city with some of France's lowest rents

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Cost of living: 3.4 of 64 points (scores 31/100)Safety: 7.6 of 64 points (scores 68/100)Healthcare: 9.7 of 64 points (scores 87/100)Internet: 9.0 of 64 points (scores 81/100)Visa ease: 6.7 of 64 points (scores 61/100)Getting there & around: 4.5 of 64 points (scores 40/100)Climate: 3.7 of 64 points (scores 33/100)Air quality: 10.3 of 64 points (scores 93/100)Quality of life: 9.0 of 64 points (scores 81/100)64
Saint-Étienne
out of 100

Former coal and design city under an hour from Lyon, with low rents

Full Saint-Étienne profile →Plan a trip to Saint-Étienne →

Where they differ

  • Getting there & around. Saint-Étienne leads on getting there & around, 40 to 22, against Limoges. Non-stop airport destinations: 15 vs 142.

Where they are close. Within five points on air quality, internet, cost of living, safety, healthcare, visa ease, climate, quality of life.

Pick Limoges if you want

  • no clear edge over Saint-Étienne in the data

Pick Saint-Étienne if you want

  • more flights and easier getting around

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

MetricLimogesSaint-Étienne
Cost of living3131
Safety6868
Healthcare8787
Internet82 ✓81
Visa ease6161
Getting there & around2240 ✓
Climate3333
Air quality96 ✓93
Quality of life8181

Cost

MetricLimogesSaint-Étienne
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city$2,450$2,450
Central one-bedroom rentno datano data

Safety and health (country-level)

MetricLimogesSaint-Étienne
Homicides per 100k1.331.33
Political stability (0–100)6464
UHC service coverage (0–100)8282
Life expectancy82.5 yrs82.5 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

MetricLimogesSaint-Étienne
Download57.3 Mbps61 Mbps ✓
Upload71.1 Mbps ✓42.8 Mbps

Visa

MetricLimogesSaint-Étienne
Nomad visanone listednone listed
Minimum income for the visano datano data
Entry, US passport90 days90 days
Entry, EU passportunlimitedunlimited
Entry, UK passport90 days90 days

Getting there and around

MetricLimogesSaint-Étienne
Non-stop airport destinations15142 ✓
Walkability (1–5, editorial)33
Transit (1–5, editorial)33

Climate and air

MetricLimogesSaint-Étienne
Comfortable months per year44
Annual mean PM2.56.7 µg/m³ ✓8.1 µg/m³

✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Limoges or Saint-Étienne?
Limoges and Saint-Étienne cost about the same: roughly $2,450 per month for one person.
Is Limoges or Saint-Étienne safer?
Limoges and Saint-Étienne score the same on safety (68), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Limoges or Saint-Étienne?
Saint-Étienne: a measured median of 61 Mbps versus 57.3 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

More comparisons

Sources: Cost of Living Global 2026 (city rows); 2026 Cost of Living Index (country level); Digital Nomad Visas 2026; Worldwide Governance Indicators — Political Stability and Absence of Violence (score 0–100); Victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population (national data, latest year); UHC service coverage index; Life expectancy at birth (years), both sexes; M-Lab NDT statistics (city aggregates, 2024); Airport destinations (Wikipedia airline and destination tables); NASA POWER climatology (2001–2020 monthly means); WHO Ambient Air Quality Database, June 2026 update (V8); Human Development Index (HDR 2025, HDI 2023); EF English Proficiency Index 2024 (band); Walkability and transit ratings (editorial); Passport Index dataset (visa requirements, 199 passports × 199 destinations); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.11.2. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.