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Marseille 08 is a city in France.

Last checked 2026-10-0228 sources

Population84,683people31 Dec 2023Official source · INSEE — Populations de référence 2023 (Recensement de la population; DS_POPULATIONS_REFERENCE_2023)
Average gross salary3,526EUR/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
Median rent658EUR/month31 Dec 2024Municipality figureOfficial source · Observatoire local des loyers du parc privé — Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence 2024
Recorded crime8,651incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Base statistique départementale de la délinquance enregistrée, 2025
PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Collected source

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Marseille 08?

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 Marseille 08.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month3 published recurring costs, € per month
Marseille 08 recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Transport pass€50
Internet, 60 Mbps€43
Mobile plan, 10 GB€20
Net rent across major citiesMarseille 08 highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Marseille 08 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 Fibre16Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan15Official · national market
Monthly transport pass49.5 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Tarifs - Regie des Transports Metropolitains (RTM)19Official
Median monthly rent658 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Observatoire local des loyers du parc privé — Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence 202413Official · parent municipality

Is Marseille 08 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 safety · range 40–70%
Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on safety · range 43–67%
Student27%strong on cost, weak on safety · range 15–39%
Family38%strong on housing, weak on education · range 27–49%
Retirement55%strong on housing, weak on admin · range 40–70%

Work and income

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings3,526 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 département5Official · county

What does a salary buy in Marseille 08?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

France median gross pay: €2,531 (2022-12-31).
Left over each month€1,163of €1,934 take-home
  • Rent
  • Transport
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.€1,934
Rentmedian rent of a whole dwelling · official · Observatoire local des loyers du parc privé · 2024-12-31− €658
Public transport pass€50 · official · Tarifs - Regie des Transports Metropolitains (RTM) · 2026-09-30− €50
Utilities, 85 m²not published for this city—
Internet€43 · official · Orange Livebox Fibre · 2026-09-30− €43
Mobile plan€20 · official · Orange 100GB mobile plan · 2026-09-30− €20
Left overbefore the bill this city does not publish€1,163
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Marseille 08 Salary needed to live in Marseille 08

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Marseille 08. 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 Marseille 08. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)6Official
Schools0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)6Official

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; Marseille 08's school authority applies it locally.

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

Safety

How safe is Marseille 08?

Police recorded about 8,651 incidents per 100,000 (2025). 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, 20251

Recorded crime across major citiesMarseille 08 highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Marseille 08 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 residents8,651 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Base statistique départementale de la délinquance enregistrée, 20251Official · county

Mobility and administration

Marseille 08's nearest airport was MRS, 23 km away and offered 86 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport86 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights14Official
Distance to the nearest major airport23 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports17Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)MRS3 Aug 2026OurAirports17Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Marseille 08. 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.

FrenchIn Person
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DIAN language-training offer finder — Other

Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN

For people seeking French-language training.

FrenchIn Person, Online
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Marseille 08.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 7.7°C in January to 25.2°C in July. Marseille 08's monthly precipitation totalled 47.1 mm in January and 10.8 mm in July. Marseille 08's average monthly sunshine was 147 hours in January and 372 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Marseille 08?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Collected source2

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

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 Marseille 08 is 10.0 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 mean10 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Collected source2Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 11.8 · Feb 12.8 · Mar 16.4 · Apr 19.3 · May 23.5 · Jun 27.9 · Jul 30.7 · Aug 30.5 · Sep 25.9 · Oct 21.3 · Nov 15.7 · Dec 12.4 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO8Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 3.6 · Feb 3.7 · Mar 6.5 · Apr 9.4 · May 13.3 · Jun 17.2 · Jul 19.7 · Aug 19.4 · Sep 15.9 · Oct 12.6 · Nov 7.7 · Dec 4.4 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO9Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 7.7 · Feb 8.3 · Mar 11.4 · Apr 14.3 · May 18.4 · Jun 22.5 · Jul 25.2 · Aug 24.9 · Sep 20.9 · Oct 17 · Nov 11.7 · Dec 8.4 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO10Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 47.1 · Feb 29.8 · Mar 29.5 · Apr 51.6 · May 37.7 · Jun 27.9 · Jul 10.8 · Aug 25.8 · Sep 82 · Oct 73.3 · Nov 75.9 · Dec 40.9 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO11Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 147 · Feb 173 · Mar 234 · Apr 250 · May 298 · Jun 337 · Jul 372 · Aug 333 · Sep 263 · Oct 196 · Nov 150 · Dec 138 hours31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO12Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Nîmes ±0.6 °C. Elsewhere: Bari (Italy) ±0.6 °C, Tarragona (Spain) ±1.0 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±2.2 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.2 °C, Foggia (Italy) ±1.1 °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.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Marseille 08?

The published population was 84,683 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations de référence 2023 (Recensement de la population; DS_POPULATIONS_REFERENCE_2023)4

MetricValuePeriodSource
Population84,683 people31 Dec 2023INSEE — Populations de référence 2023 (Recensement de la population; DS_POPULATIONS_REFERENCE_2023)4Official

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)7Official

Alternatives for people set on Marseille 08

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Cities near Marseille 08

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Marseille Commuting Zone · 2.9 km away
Rent
16.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-09-30

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Marseille 08, nearest in population first.

All France cities
Versailles84,095 residentsParis 10 Entrepôt83,873 residentsDunkerque86,263 residentsDunkirk86,263 residentsCourbevoie82,902 residentsRueil-Malmaison82,874 residents

How does Marseille 08 compare?

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Marseille 08 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 Marseille 08 part of Marseille?

Marseille 08 is in the published commuting zone of Marseille; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Marseille 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.

How many people live in Marseille 08?

The published population was 84,683 people in 2023. Source: INSEE — Populations de référence 2023 (Recensement de la population; DS_POPULATIONS_REFERENCE_2023).

Is the air quality good in Marseille 08?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Collected source.

How safe is Marseille 08?

Police recorded about 8,651 incidents per 100,000 (2025). 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.

How much is public transport in Marseille 08?

A monthly transport pass is 49.5 EUR/month. Source: Tarifs - Regie des Transports Metropolitains (RTM).

Is Marseille 08 a good place to live?

Marseille 08 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 Marseille 08 part of Marseille?

Marseille 08 is in the published commuting zone of Marseille; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Marseille 08?

Marseille, Marseille 06, Marseille 07, Marseille 05, Marseille 01 are near Marseille 08. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Marseille 08, France: population, rent, salary, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 50796548ef4dbb88ab974832bb9e91bc]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/marseille-08/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_marseille-08-france-population-rent-salary-safety_a2c5a9673773,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Marseille 08, France: population, rent, salary, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {50796548ef4dbb88ab974832bb9e91bc},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/marseille-08/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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