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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

City Lean FIRE FIRE Fat FIRE
🇫🇷Nice $526K $1.05M $3.85M
🇫🇷Paris $660K $1.23M $4.85M

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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