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Living in Carabacel

Carabacel is one of the cities recorded in France.

Last checked 2026-10-0715 sources

Average gross salary3,422EUR/month31 Dec 2022District figureOfficial source · Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département
Recorded crime6,395incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Base statistique départementale de la délinquance enregistrée, 2025
PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Collected source

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Carabacel?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in FranceNational rates and thresholds that apply in Carabacel.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Carabacel. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Carabacel recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43
Mobile plan, 10 GB€20
Net rent across major citiesCarabacel highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Carabacel highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulon€14.43
Toulouse€13.98
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Bordeaux€15.99
Lille€15.76
Strasbourg€15.57
Montpellier€15.49
Rennes€14.87
Nantes€14.50
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited42.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange Livebox Fibre14Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan13Official · national market

Is Carabacel a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker55%strong on work, weak on housing · range 40–70%
Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on housing · range 43–67%
Student45%strong on cost, weak on housing · range 33–57%
Family38%strong on family, weak on housing · range 27–49%
Retirement55%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 40–70%

Work and income

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings3,422 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département4Official · county

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Carabacel. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information
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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Carabacel. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)5Official
Schools0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)5Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 3 to 16. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: UPE2A (unités pédagogiques pour élèves allophones nouvellement arrivés) + UPE2A-NSA variant. How to enrol a child (education.gouv.fr).

A country-wide rule for France; Carabacel's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesCarabacel highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Carabacel highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Lille13,488
Lyon13,026
Bordeaux12,429
Marseille11,857
Paris10,987
Montpellier9,636
Toulouse8,875
Rennes8,241
Strasbourg7,791
Nantes7,704
Nice7,577
Toulon6,973
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents6,395 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Base statistique départementale de la délinquance enregistrée, 20251Official · county

Mobility and administration

Carabacel's nearest airport was NCE, 7 km away and offered 90 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport90 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights12Official
Distance to the nearest major airport7 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports15Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)NCE3 Aug 2026OurAirports15Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Carabacel. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR) — Integration course

État français and OFII

For eligible non-EU foreign residents.

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DIAN language-training offer finder — Other

Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN

For people seeking French-language training.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 9.5°C in January and 24.1°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 73.5 mm in January and 13.6 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 156 hours in January and 349 hours in July.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in FranceAnnual PM2.5 in Carabacel is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean9 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Collected source2Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 13.3 · Feb 13.5 · Mar 15.4 · Apr 17.4 · May 21 · Jun 24.7 · Jul 27.5 · Aug 27.9 · Sep 24.8 · Oct 21 · Nov 17 · Dec 14.1 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO7Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 5.8 · Feb 6.1 · Mar 8.3 · Apr 10.8 · May 14.5 · Jun 18.1 · Jul 20.8 · Aug 21.1 · Sep 17.7 · Oct 14 · Nov 9.7 · Dec 6.6 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO8Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 9.5 · Feb 9.8 · Mar 11.8 · Apr 14.1 · May 17.7 · Jun 21.4 · Jul 24.1 · Aug 24.5 · Sep 21.2 · Oct 17.5 · Nov 13.3 · Dec 10.3 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO9Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 73.5 · Feb 53.6 · Mar 51 · Apr 68.8 · May 40.3 · Jun 35.7 · Jul 13.6 · Aug 17.2 · Sep 81 · Oct 127.9 · Nov 138.4 · Dec 90.3 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO10Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 156 · Feb 166 · Mar 217 · Apr 229 · May 270 · Jun 309 · Jul 349 · Aug 323 · Sep 249 · Oct 191 · Nov 151 · Dec 145 hours31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO11Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Toulon ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Downey (United States) ±2.6 °C, Latina (Italy) ±2.0 °C, Ventura (United States) ±3.2 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±3.2 °C, Giugliano in Campania (Italy) ±2.1 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)6Official

Alternatives for people set on Carabacel

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Carabacel from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Carabacel when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Is Carabacel part of Nice?

Carabacel is in the published commuting zone of Nice; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Nice city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source3

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

Is the air quality good in Carabacel?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is above the WHO guideline but within the EU limit. This is a supplemental estimate and a nearest-station reading, not an official municipal measurement. Source: Collected source.

How safe is Carabacel?

Police recorded 6,395 incidents per 100,000. This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Base statistique départementale de la délinquance enregistrée, 2025.

Is Carabacel a good place to live?

Carabacel may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Carabacel part of Nice?

Carabacel is in the published commuting zone of Nice; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Carabacel, France: salary, cost of living, safety, climate [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 7584149629d0d52eaa5133a04e2163f2]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/carabacel/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Carabacel, France: salary, cost of living, safety, climate},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {7584149629d0d52eaa5133a04e2163f2},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/carabacel/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

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  1. Base statistique départementale de la délinquance enregistrée, 2025 static.data.gouv.fr · checked 2026-09-23
  2. Collected source air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
  3. GISCO Urban Audit 2021 — Functional Urban Areas (URAU_RG_100K_2021_4326_FUA) GISCO Urban Audit 2021 · gisco-services.ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-09-19
  4. Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département insee.fr · checked 2026-10-07
  5. Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr) data.education.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03
  6. Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr) data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr · checked 2026-08-03
  7. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
  8. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
  9. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
  10. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
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  1. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
  2. OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
  3. Orange 100GB mobile plan boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
  4. Orange Livebox Fibre boutique.orange.fr · checked 2026-09-15
  5. OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03

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