Orléans vs Tours
for digital nomads
Under balanced weights Orléans edges it, 69 to 68, winning 1 of the 9 factors. Neither leads on any factor by 10 points or more. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.
Loire city of Joan of Arc, about an hour from Paris by train
Full Orléans profile →Plan a trip to Orléans →Loire Valley base with a TGV to Paris in about an hour
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- Getting there & around. Orléans leads on getting there & around, 78 to 70, against Tours. Non-stop airport destinations: 332 vs 278.
Where they are close. Within five points on internet, air quality, cost of living, safety, healthcare, visa ease, climate, quality of life.
Pick Orléans if you want
- no clear edge over Tours in the data
Pick Tours if you want
- no clear edge over Orléans in the data
Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)
| Metric | Orléans | Tours |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of living | 31 | 31 |
| Safety | 68 | 68 |
| Healthcare | 87 | 87 |
| Internet | 84 | 85 ✓ |
| Visa ease | 61 | 61 |
| Getting there & around | 78 ✓ | 70 |
| Climate | 33 | 33 |
| Air quality | 94 | 94 ✓ |
| Quality of life | 81 | 81 |
Cost
| Metric | Orléans | Tours |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city | $2,450 | $2,450 |
| Central one-bedroom rent | no data | no data |
Safety and health (country-level)
| Metric | Orléans | Tours |
|---|---|---|
| Homicides per 100k | 1.33 | 1.33 |
| Political stability (0–100) | 64 | 64 |
| UHC service coverage (0–100) | 82 | 82 |
| Life expectancy | 82.5 yrs | 82.5 yrs |
Internet (M-Lab measured medians)
| Metric | Orléans | Tours |
|---|---|---|
| Download | 66.7 Mbps | 73.2 Mbps ✓ |
| Upload | 77.2 Mbps ✓ | 65.7 Mbps |
Visa
| Metric | Orléans | Tours |
|---|---|---|
| Nomad visa | none listed | none listed |
| Minimum income for the visa | no data | no data |
| Entry, US passport | 90 days | 90 days |
| Entry, EU passport | unlimited | unlimited |
| Entry, UK passport | 90 days | 90 days |
Getting there and around
| Metric | Orléans | Tours |
|---|---|---|
| Non-stop airport destinations | 332 ✓ | 278 |
| Walkability (1–5, editorial) | 4 | 4 |
| Transit (1–5, editorial) | 4 | 4 |
Climate and air
| Metric | Orléans | Tours |
|---|---|---|
| Comfortable months per year | 4 | 4 |
| Annual mean PM2.5 | 7.8 µg/m³ | 7.5 µg/m³ ✓ |
✓ marks the better value in each row; ties and missing data are left unmarked.
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, Orléans or Tours?
- Orléans and Tours cost about the same: roughly $2,450 per month for one person.
- Is Orléans or Tours safer?
- Orléans and Tours score the same on safety (68), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
- Where is the internet faster, Orléans or Tours?
- Tours: a measured median of 73.2 Mbps versus 66.7 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).
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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.