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Compare rent, prices and local incomes in 27 European capitals using official statistics, with the source and date on every figure. Built for people planning to move, study or work abroad.

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LondonUnited Kingdom
Rent burden 66%About 5% above Brussels
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ParisFrance
Rent burden 63%About 14% above Brussels
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BerlinGermany
Rent burden 61%About 3% above Brussels
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MadridSpain
Rent burden 69%About 8% below Brussels
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ViennaAustria
Rent burden 53%About 7% above Brussels
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CopenhagenDenmark
Rent burden 71%About 31% above Brussels

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LondonUnited Kingdom
1-bedroom rent
£2,000/mo
Price level
104.5
Rent burden
65.8%
Avg. temperature
12.4°C
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ParisFrance
1-bedroom rent
€1,550/mo
Price level
113.6
Rent burden
62.8%
Avg. temperature
12.8°C

Visa income vs real rents

Digital nomad visa minimums, checked on official government sites, next to capital-city rents.

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Estonia · minimum €4,500 a month
Tallinn 1-bed rent = 16%
Croatia · minimum €3,622.50 a month
Zagreb 1-bed rent = 29%
Hungary · minimum €3,000 net a month
Budapest 1-bed rent = 30%
Greece · minimum €3,500 a month
Athens 1-bed rent = 33%
Italy · minimum about €2,125 a month
Rome 1-bed rent = 61%

Share of the monthly visa minimum that a good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital would take (Eurostat 2025 rents). Checked 11 October 2026.

City Rankings

Top 5 European capitals on cost, safety and jobs, from official data and residents’ own answers.

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Official data

Lowest rent burden

Yearly rent of a 1-bedroom flat as % of local income per person

  1. 1NicosiaCyprus44.8%
  2. 2HelsinkiFinland47.8%
  3. 3ViennaAustria53.2%
  4. 4BrusselsBelgium54.3%
  5. 5LuxembourgLuxembourg55.3%
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Residents say, 2023

Safest at night

Feel safe walking alone at night (% of residents)

  1. 1CopenhagenDenmark87%
  2. 2LjubljanaSlovenia85%
  3. 3LuxembourgLuxembourg82%
  4. 4StockholmSweden81%
  5. 5OsloNorway80%
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Residents say, 2023

Easiest to find a job

Say it is easy to find a good job (% of residents)

  1. 1PragueCzechia75%
  2. 2BratislavaSlovakia67%
  3. 3OsloNorway62%
  4. 3SofiaBulgaria62%
  5. 5WarsawPoland61%
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Residents’ views: European Commission and Eurostat survey on quality of life in European cities, 2023. Rent burden: Eurostat rents and regional incomes.

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