Retire in France
The 4% rule gives a familiar benchmark for how much you'd need invested to retire in France at every lifestyle level. Open any city page to backtest your own plan against market history.
Cheapest City
$1.05M
Nice
Average FIRE Number
$1.14M
2 cities
Most Expensive
$1.23M
Paris
FIRE Numbers for All 2 Cities in France
These FIRE Numbers use the 4% rule benchmark and price a one-person household. City pages backtest your own plan against market history, so the personalized figure there changes with your retirement length, confidence level, and household size.
About Retiring in France
France offers 2 retirement destinations tracked on PortfolioAtlas. The most affordable is Nice at $1.05M, while Paris requires $1.23M. The average FIRE Number across all France cities is $1.14M, calculated using the 4% safe withdrawal rate.
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