Which is cheaper, Paris or Tours?

Tours is cheaper: about $2,450 per month versus $2,953 for one person.

Is Paris or Tours safer?

Paris scores higher on safety (68 vs 68), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.

Where is the internet faster, Paris or Tours?

Tours: a measured median of 73.2 Mbps versus 64.2 Mbps (M-Lab, 2024).

Paris vs Tours

for digital nomads

Under balanced weights Tours edges it, 69 to 68, winning 3 of the 9 factors. Paris is stronger on getting there & around; Tours on nothing outright. Change the weights in the ranker to see which one wins for you.

Paris

out of 100

The capital of everything, at a capital's price

Full Paris profile →Where to stay in Paris →

Tours

out of 100

Loire Valley base with a TGV to Paris in about an hour

Full Tours profile →Where to stay in Tours →

Factor scores (0–100, balanced weights)

Metric	Paris	Tours
Cost of living	18	25 ✓
Safety	68	68
Healthcare	85	85
Internet	77	85 ✓
Visa ease	61	61
Getting there & around	98 ✓	86
Climate	33	33
Air quality	90	94 ✓
Quality of life	81	81

Cost

Metric	Paris	Tours
Monthly cost, one personcountry-level estimate for at least one city	$2,953	$2,450 ✓
Central one-bedroom rent	$2,278	no data

Safety and health (country-level)

Metric	Paris	Tours
Homicides per 100k	1.33	1.33
Political stability (0–100)	64	64
UHC service coverage (0–100)	82	82
Life expectancy	81.9 yrs	81.9 yrs

Internet (M-Lab measured medians)

Metric	Paris	Tours
Download	64.2 Mbps	73.2 Mbps ✓
Upload	12.2 Mbps	65.7 Mbps ✓

Visa

Metric	Paris	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	Paris	Tours
Non-stop airport destinations	333 ✓	279
Walkability (1–5, editorial)	5 ✓	4
Transit (1–5, editorial)	5 ✓	4

Climate and air

Metric	Paris	Tours
Comfortable months per year	4	4
Annual mean PM2.5	9.3 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, Paris or Tours?: Tours is cheaper: about $2,450 per month versus $2,953 for one person.
Is Paris or Tours safer?: Paris scores higher on safety (68 vs 68), based on national homicide rates and World Bank political-stability scores.
Where is the internet faster, Paris or Tours?: Tours: a measured median of 73.2 Mbps versus 64.2 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); WhereNext city cost estimates 2026 (city pages); OpenStreetMap restaurants (Overpass API); Starlink availability map. Dataset 2026.10.7. See each city page for per-metric footnotes and the methodology.