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Marseille

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Marseille has a unique identity that stands out even from the rest of southern France. The city offers a variety of attractions including museums, large parks, beautiful churches, and access to nearby natural destinations such as Les Calanques. Beach access and scenic boat trips are additional highlights. It’s also an affordable place to live or visit, with many low-cost options for activities and daily needs. Older residents are generally friendly and laid back, contributing to a welcoming atmosphere in certain areas.

However, Marseille is also a city of contradictions. It’s frequently described as chaotic, with a noticeably dirty and unpleasant city center. Safety is a common concern, with many mentions of street violence and overall insecurity. Reports of incivility, particularly among younger locals, and the presence of disorder in parts of the city mean that some areas are best avoided or approached with caution. While the city has much to offer, it also demands a level of street awareness and local guidance to fully enjoy its better features.

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1 year ago

Ask someone before visiting Marseille or you will end up in chaotic places. There are also some very beautiful places

2 years ago

It's a very cahotic city. The city center is very dirty and stinky and not pleasant at all. Old people are quite friendly and easy going, young people not so much. There is a lot of incivilities as well.

2 years ago

Marseille is a nice big city, with a strong identity (very different from the rest of the country even the south of France). I lived there 6 mounth (being french) there is a lot of things to do, you can find easily cheap things to buy or do, people are relaxed, cool, but it's not safe, a lot of violence in the streets. The beach is really nice, parks are big and beautiful, there are nice museums, beautiful churches to visit too. You can take a little boat to visit other cities. "Les calanques" is a nice place to visit.

3 years ago

✅ Very affordable

✅ Beautiful nature and beaches

✅ Many things to do

✅ Friendly older locals

✅ Fast internet

✅ Warm now

✅ Perfect humidity now

✅ Good air quality on average

✅ Many Nomads.com members have been

✅ Spacious and not crowded

✅ Very easy to do business

✅ High quality of education

✅ Great hospitals

✅ Roads are very safe

✅ Great freedom of speech

✅ Democratic

✅ Very safe for women

✅ Family friendly

✅ Very friendly to LGBTQ+

✅ Not many people smoke tobacco

❌ Not safe

❌ Dirty city center

❌ Chaotic environment

❌ Frequent incivility

❌ Extremely expensive

❌ Not very safe

❌ Not much to do

❌ Gets cold in the winter

❌ Very difficult to make friends

❌ People don't speak English well

❌ High alcohol consumption

❌ Marijuana is illegal

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Humidity

damp
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71%

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77%

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78%

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Rain

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7mm

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9mm

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47mm

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89mm

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91mm

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53mm

Cloud

cloudy
55%

pockets
26%

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47%

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52%

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32%

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pockets
34%

cloudy
58%

pockets
29%

Air quality

clean
28 US AQI

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27 US AQI

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clean
30 US AQI

Sun

safe
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safe
1 UVI

Remote workers

1,080 people

1,029 people

1,400 people

1,560 people

1,586 people

2,186 people

2,143 people

1,967 people

2,727 people

1,200 people

1,575 people

1,333 people

Green is good. Red is bad. Values shown are the medians of all daily highs in a month based on past few years, not necessarily current numbers. Remote worker count is estimated based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members.

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Cannes

France

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Nice

France

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✈️14min

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✈️20min

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Italy

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✈️22min

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Lyon

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✈️25min

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✈️25min

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38 Mbps

Paris

France

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👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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✈️53min

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Berlin

Germany

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👮 Safety good

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✈️2h

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32 Mbps

Barcelona

Spain

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📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

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👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 28° 82° 26° 79° Has AC AQI 34

✈️27min

$7,431 / mo

38 Mbps

London

United Kingdom

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📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

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✈️1h

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23 Mbps

Bangkok

Thailand

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📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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✈️12h

$1,644 / mo

32 Mbps

New York City, NY

United States

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 35

✈️8h

$7,427 / mo

27 Mbps

Amsterdam

Netherlands

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 17° 63° 17° 63° AQI 52 😷

✈️1h

$6,783 / mo

15 Mbps

Lisbon

Portugal

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📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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✈️2h

$5,173 / mo

100 Mbps

Athens

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👍 Liked good

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✈️2h

$3,918 / mo

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Chiang Mai

Thailand

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💵 Cost 😙 Affordable

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety good

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🌥 Feels 35° 95° 29° 83° Has AC AQI 33

✈️12h

$1,326 / mo

25 Mbps

Lyon

France

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 🧐 Very expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 26° 79° 26° 78° Barely AC AQI 22

✈️22min

$4,520 / mo

108 Mbps

Barcelona

Spain

⭐️ OverallAll

💵 Cost 😳 Extremely expensive

📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 28° 82° 26° 79° Has AC AQI 34

✈️27min

$7,431 / mo

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Milan

Italy

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📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 41

✈️31min

$6,057 / mo

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Rome

Italy

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📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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✈️48min

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Paris

France

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📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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✈️53min

$7,541 / mo

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Madrid

Spain

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📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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✈️1h

$6,222 / mo

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London

United Kingdom

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📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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✈️1h

$8,570 / mo

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Amsterdam

Netherlands

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📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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✈️1h

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Austria

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✈️1h

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Prague

Czechia

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✈️1h

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Budapest

Hungary

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👍 Liked good

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✈️2h

$3,752 / mo

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Berlin

Germany

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📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety good

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☀️ Feels 19° 66° 18° 65° AQI 30

✈️2h

$5,908 / mo

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Lisbon

Portugal

⭐️ OverallAll

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📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked bad

👮 Safety mediocre

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☀️ Feels 23° 73° 23° 73° AQI 24

✈️2h

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Istanbul

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👮 Safety mediocre

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✈️3h

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New York City, NY

United States

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📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked good

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 25° 77° 25° 77° AQI 35

✈️8h

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Bangkok

Thailand

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📡 InternetWiFi 🚀 Super fast

👍 Liked mediocre

👮 Safety mediocre

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🌥 Feels 36° 97° 30° 85° Has AC AQI 47

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1,200 remote workers in Marseille now, of which 2+ members checked in (some members are set to private)

Members who have been here

Values shown are estimated visits by traveling remote workers based on the total amount of trips logged by Nomads.com members. Visits to a place are only counted once per year per user, even if they visit more in that year. Visits are also normalized by overall trips added per month on the site, so if site usage goes up or down it does not affect trends. Not all digital nomads are on Nomads.com, and not all Nomads.com members log their trips. So the data is only indicative.

The chart below shows visitors by nationality normalized for population size. This means we take all trips logged on Nomads.com, check which country of origin the user is from, then divide that total visit count by the country of origin's population. If we didn't, it'd just show the big countries like US, Brazil and India always on top. Instead, this shows which nationalities worldwide proportionally visit more or less, which is more useful.

🎒 Nomad Score™	2.81/5 (Rank #1164) 318 reviews
👍 Quality of life score	Good
👶 Family score	Good
🎒 Community score	Okay
🤯 Overcrowding score	0% is nomad here
💵 Cost	😳 Extremely expensive: $5,203 / mo
📡 Internet	🚀 Super fast: 82 Mbps (avg)
😝 Fun	Okay
⛅️ Temperature (now)	🥵 Hot: 27°C80°F (feels 28°C82°F)
💦 Humidity (now)	😊 Comfy: 57%
❄️ % of buildings with AC	😥 Medium: 45%
💨 Air quality (now)	🌱 Great: 20 US AQI
💨 Air quality (annual)	🌱 Great: 33 US AQI
👌 Safety	Bad
👩 Safe for women	Great
🌈 Safe for LGBTQ+	Great
🤮 Food safety*	Great
👮‍♀️ Lack of crime*	Good
🤝 Lack of racism*	Okay
🎓 Education level*	High
⚡️ Power grid	Great
🌊 Resilience to climate change	Good
💰 Income level*	Very high: $3,069 / mo
🙊 English speaking*	Okay
🚶 Walkability	Great
🚦 Traffic safety*	Okay
✈️ Airline scores*	Great
🧳 Lost luggage*	Great
🏥 Hospitals	Great
😄 Happiness*	Bad
🍸 Nightlife	Good
📶 Free WiFi in city	Good
🖥 Places to work from	Great
❄️ A/C or heating	Good
😁 Friendly to foreigners	Great
🗯 Freedom of speech*	Good
🎅 Startup Score	Okay

🌍 Continent	Europe
🚩 Country	France
🗓️ Average trip length	4 days
📡 Internet speed (avg)	82 Mbps
⛅️ Weather (now)	☀️ 27°C 80°F + 😊 Comfy (57%) = feels 28°C 82°F
💨 Air quality (now)	👍 20 US AQI 🍃 OK
💨 Air quality (annual avg)	👍 33 US AQI
🔌 Power	230V 50Hz
🚕 Best taxi app*	Uber
🚑 Travel medical insurance	Safetywing
🏧 Suggested ATM take out:	EUR 100 = USD 117
💸 Tipping	Yes, 5%
💳 Cashless	💳 Yes, cards OK almost everywhere
💻 Best coworking space	Group'Union
💻 Best alt. coworking space	Multiburo
☕️ Best coffee place	Green Bear Coffee
🏪 Best 24/7 coffee place	Mylan's Café
🚰 Tap water	👌 Yes, safe to drink
♻️ Return rate	7% of visitors return
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Population	890,000 people
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 GDP per capita*	$36,826 / year
👫 Gender ratio (population)	👨 44% 👱‍♀️ 56%
👫 Gender ratio (young adults)	👨 52% 👱‍♀️ 48%
👫 Gender ratio (nomads)	👨 82% 👱‍♀️ 18%
🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed	Yes
⛪️ Religious government	Non-religious
💻 Online electronics shop	Amazon
🏠 Apartment listings	Wimdu
✈️ Best short-haul air carrier	RyanAir
✈️ Best int'l air carrier	Air France
🏥 Best hospital	Clairval

💵 Cost of living for nomad	$5,203 / month
💵 Cost of living for expat	$3,220 / month
💵 Cost of living for family	$5,163 / month
💵 Cost of living for local	$1,475 / month
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$2,916 / month
🏡 Airbnb (median price)	$5,064 / month
🏠 1br studio rent in center	$940 / month
🏠 Median home price	$338,706
🏨 Hotel (median price)	$137 / night
🏠 Airbnb (median price)	$166 / night
🏢 Coworking hot desk	$315 / month
🍛 Dinner	$20
🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L)	$4
🍺 Beer in cafe (0.5L)	$7
☕️ Coffee in cafe	$4
👩‍🏫 International school	$10,526 / year
📱 Mobile data (~10GB)	$8 / month
🚕 Taxi price (avg trip ~3km/2mi)	$13 / trip

Marseille

1,200 remote workers in Marseille now, of which 2+ members checked in (some members are set to private)

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