France: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 511
- Consulates
- 337
- missions abroad
- 353
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 93
Live & travel in France
Monthly budget
$3,700/mo
Prices vs USA: 83%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 0.897 EUR
Internet access
89%
of people online
Air quality
8.2
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
French
Emergency
112 · 114 · 18
Plug types
Europlug, Type E
Calling code
+33
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Oct 20, 2026
3.6
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost2.1
- Safety4.3
- Internet access4.5
- Air quality4.5
- Climate2.8
SOS · France112
Government consensus
Increased caution· 2 of 3 governmentsSources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Upcoming public holidays
- Nov 11, 2026 · Armistice Day
- Dec 25, 2026 · Christmas Day
- Jan 1, 2027 · New Year’s Day
- Mar 29, 2027 · Easter Monday
- May 1, 2027 · Labour Day
- May 6, 2027 · Ascension Day
- May 8, 2027 · Victory Day
- May 17, 2027 · Whit Monday
Cities in France
3.6 / 5France
Paris
$3,700/mo · 7°C
3.7 / 5France
6th arrondissement of Lyon
$3,700/mo · 7°C
3.7 / 5France
Strasbourg
$3,700/mo · 5°C
3.8 / 5France
Marseille
$3,700/mo · 10°C
3.8 / 5France
Bordeaux
$3,700/mo · 10°C
3.7 / 5France
Nantes
$3,700/mo · 9°C
3.8 / 5France
Toulouse
$3,700/mo · 9°C
3.7 / 5France
3rd arrondissement of Lyon
$3,700/mo · 7°C
Traveller essentials · France
- Emergency
- 112 · 114 · 18 · 15
- Calling code
- +33
- Currency
- EUR, XPF
- Plug types
- Europlug, E
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- Paris
Foreign missions in France
AfghanistanParis1AlbaniaParis, Toulouse, 6th arrondissement of Lyon4AlgeriaParis, Marseille, Strasbourg17AndorraParis1AngolaParis2ArgentinaParis1ArmeniaParis, 3rd arrondissement of Lyon, Marseille3AustraliaParis, Nouméa2AustriaParis, Strasbourg, 6th arrondissement of Lyon4AzerbaijanParis1BahrainParis1BangladeshParis2BelarusParis, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon2BelgiumParis, Strasbourg, Marseille11BeninParis, Marseille, 3rd arrondissement of Lyon4BoliviaParis1Bosnia and HerzegovinaParis1BotswanaParis1BrazilParis, Cayenne, Lille7BruneiParis1BulgariaParis, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, Strasbourg3Burkina FasoParis, Bordeaux, 6th arrondissement of Lyon4BurundiParis1CambodiaParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2CameroonParis, Marseille2CanadaParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon, Saint-Pierre4Cape VerdeParis1Central African RepublicParis1ChadParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2ChileParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon, Strasbourg3ChinaParis, Saint-Denis, Marseille7ColombiaParis2ComorosParis, Marseille2Costa RicaParis1Côte d’IvoireParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon, Rennes7CroatiaParis1CubaParis1CyprusParis, Strasbourg, Bordeaux3CzechiaParis, Marseille, Bordeaux8DenmarkStrasbourg, Paris, Bordeaux4DjiboutiParis2Dominican RepublicParis, Marseille, Pointe-à-Pitre6DR CongoParis1EcuadorParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2EgyptParis, Marseille3El SalvadorParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2Equatorial GuineaParis1EritreaParis1EstoniaParis1EthiopiaParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2FinlandParis, Strasbourg, Bordeaux7French PolynesiaParis1GabonParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2GambiaParis1GeorgiaParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2GermanyParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon, Strasbourg13GhanaParis1GreeceParis, Marseille, 6th arrondissement of Lyon4GuatemalaParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2GuineaParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2Guinea-BissauParis1GuyanaCayenne1HaitiParis, Cayenne, Pointe-à-Pitre4HondurasParis1HungaryParis, Nantes5IcelandParis, Strasbourg, 6th arrondissement of Lyon3IndiaParis, Saint-Denis2IndonesiaParis, Marseille, Nouméa3IranParis1IraqParis1IrelandParis, Strasbourg, 6th arrondissement of Lyon7IsraelParis, Marseille, Strasbourg3ItalyParis, Strasbourg, Marseille8JapanParis, Strasbourg, Marseille6JordanParis1KazakhstanParis, Strasbourg, 3rd arrondissement of Lyon3KenyaParis1KosovoParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2KuwaitParis1KyrgyzstanParis1LaosParis1LatviaParis, Marseille, Strasbourg7LebanonParis, Marseille2LiberiaParis1LibyaParis, Marseille3LithuaniaParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2LuxembourgParis, Strasbourg, Bordeaux5MadagascarParis, Marseille, Saint-Denis5MalaysiaParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2MaliParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon, Bordeaux4MaltaParis, Strasbourg, 6th arrondissement of Lyon4MauritaniaParis1MauritiusParis1MexicoParis, Marseille, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon7MoldovaParis, Saint-Étienne2MonacoParis, Lille, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon4MongoliaParis2MontenegroParis1MoroccoParis, 3rd arrondissement of Lyon, Strasbourg17MozambiqueParis1MyanmarParis1NamibiaParis1NepalParis1NetherlandsParis, Strasbourg, 6th arrondissement of Lyon19New ZealandParis, Nouméa2NicaraguaParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2NigerParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon, Metz3NigeriaParis1North KoreaParis1North MacedoniaParis1NorwayParis, Strasbourg, Rouen4OmanParis1PakistanParis1PalestineParis1PanamaParis, Marseille2ParaguayParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2PeruParis, Strasbourg, Cayenne5PhilippinesParis, Bordeaux, 6th arrondissement of Lyon3PolandParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon, Strasbourg7PortugalParis, Bordeaux, 6th arrondissement of Lyon9QatarParis1Republic of the CongoParis1RomaniaParis, 3rd arrondissement of Lyon, Strasbourg5RussiaParis, Strasbourg, Marseille6RwandaParis1San MarinoParis, Grenoble2São Tomé & PríncipeMarseille1Saudi ArabiaParis2SenegalParis, Bordeaux, 6th arrondissement of Lyon7SerbiaParis, Strasbourg2SeychellesParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2SingaporeParis1SlovakiaParis, Strasbourg, 6th arrondissement of Lyon3SloveniaParis, Strasbourg, Saint-Étienne5SomaliaParis1South AfricaParis1South KoreaParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon, Nantes5South SudanParis1SpainParis, Strasbourg, Toulouse12Sri LankaParis1St. LuciaFort-de-France1SudanParis1SurinameParis, Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, Cayenne3SwedenParis, Strasbourg, Lille8SwitzerlandParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon, Marseille6SyriaParis1TaiwanParis, Marseille2TajikistanParis1TanzaniaParis1ThailandParis, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon2TogoParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2TunisiaParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon, Nice9TürkiyeStrasbourg, Paris, Marseille8TurkmenistanParis1UgandaParis1UkraineParis, Strasbourg, Bordeaux4United Arab EmiratesParis2United KingdomParis, Bordeaux, Marseille5United StatesParis, Marseille, Strasbourg7UruguayParis1UzbekistanParis1VanuatuNouméa1Vatican Cityhôtel de la nonciature apostolique en France1VenezuelaParis, Fort-de-France2VietnamParis1YemenParis1ZambiaParis1ZimbabweParis1
France missions abroad
AfghanistanKabul1AlbaniaTirana1AlgeriaAlgiers, Oran, Annaba5AndorraAndorra la Vella1AngolaLuanda1ArgentinaBuenos Aires, Rosario, Córdoba7ArmeniaYerevan1AustraliaCanberra, New South Wales, Melbourne4AustriaVienna4AzerbaijanBaku1BahrainManama1BangladeshDhaka1BelarusMinsk, Brest2BelgiumBrussels, Antwerp, Liège4BeninCotonou, Porto-Novo2BoliviaLa Paz1Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo1BotswanaGaborone1BrazilBrasília, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo5BruneiBandar Seri Begawan1BulgariaSofia1Burkina FasoOuagadougou2BurundiBujumbura1CambodiaPhnom Penh1CameroonYaoundé, Douala3CanadaOttawa, Vancouver, Duke of Kent House6Cape VerdePraia2Central African RepublicBangui1ChadN'Djamena1ChileSantiago1ChinaBeijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong7ColombiaBogotá2ComorosMoroni2Costa RicaSan José, Nacascolo2Côte d’IvoireAbidjan2CroatiaZagreb, Split, Dubrovnik3CubaHavana1CyprusNicosia1CzechiaPrague1DenmarkCopenhagen2DjiboutiDjibouti2Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo1DR CongoKinshasa2EcuadorQuito1EgyptCairo, Alexandria3El SalvadorSan Salvador2Equatorial GuineaMalabo1EritreaAsmara1EstoniaTallinn1EthiopiaAddis Ababa1FijiSuva1FinlandHelsinki, Tampere2GabonLibreville3GeorgiaTbilisi1GermanyBerlin, Saarbrücken, Munich10GhanaGreater Accra Region1GreeceAthens, Πάτρα, Thessaloniki5GreenlandSermersooq1GuatemalaGuatemala City1GuineaConakry1Guinea-BissauBissau1GuyanaGeorgetown2HaitiPort-au-Prince2HondurasTegucigalpa1HungaryBudapest2IcelandReykjavík2IndiaNew Delhi, Pondicherry, Bengaluru4IndonesiaJakarta, Surabaya2IranTehran1IraqBaghdad, Erbil2IrelandDublin1IsraelTel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa4ItalyRome, Milan, Naples8JamaicaKingston1JapanTokyo, Sakyō-ku3JordanAmman1KazakhstanAstana, Almaty2KenyaNairobi1KosovoPristina1KuwaitKuwait City1KyrgyzstanBishkek1LaosVientiane1LatviaRiga1LebanonBeirut2LesothoMaseru1LiberiaMonrovia1LibyaTripoli1LithuaniaVilnius1LuxembourgLuxembourg1MadagascarAntananarivo, Antsiranana5MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1MaliBamako2MaltaValletta1MauritaniaNouakchott1MauritiusPort Louis1MexicoMexico City, Oaxaca de Juárez3MoldovaChișinău1MonacoMonaco1MongoliaUlaanbaatar1MontenegroPodgorica1MoroccoRabat, Casablanca, Agadir9MozambiqueMaputo1MyanmarYangon1NamibiaWindhoek1NepalKathmandu1Netherlands's-Gravenhage, Amsterdam2New ZealandWellington1NicaraguaManagua1NigerNiamey1NigeriaAbuja, Lagos3North KoreaPyongyang1North MacedoniaSkopje, Bitola2NorwayOslo2OmanMuscat1PakistanIslamabad, Karachi2Palestine2PanamaPanama City1Papua New GuineaPort Moresby1ParaguayAsunción1PeruLima, Arequipa2Philippinesماكاتي1PolandWarsaw, Kraków, Poznań5PortugalLisbon, Caniço2Puerto RicoSan Juan1QatarDoha1Republic of the CongoBrazzaville, Pointe-Noire2RomaniaBucharest, Timișoara3RussiaMoscow, Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg6RwandaKigali1São Tomé & PríncipeSão Tomé1Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Jeddah2SenegalDakar3SerbiaBelgrade1SeychellesVictoria1Sierra LeoneFreetown1SingaporeSingapore1Sint MaartenPhilipsburg1SlovakiaBratislava, Košice2SloveniaLjubljana1South AfricaPretoria, Cape Town, Johannesburg3South KoreaSeoul1South SudanJuba1SpainMadrid, Barcelona, Bilbao11Sri LankaColombo1St. HelenaJamestown1St. LuciaCastries1SudanKhartoum1SurinameParamaribo1SwedenStockholm3SwitzerlandBern, Geneva, Zurich5SyriaDamascus1TaiwanTaipei2TajikistanDushanbe1TanzaniaDar es Salaam1ThailandBangkok1TogoLomé2Trinidad & TobagoPort of Spain1TunisiaTunis, صفاقس3TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul, İzmir7TurkmenistanAshgabat1UgandaKampala1UkraineKyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv4United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai2United KingdomLondon, Edinburgh, Aberdeen5United StatesWashington, D.C., New York City, Houston13UruguayMontevideo1UzbekistanTashkent, Samarkand2VanuatuPort Vila1VenezuelaCaracas1VietnamHanoi, Ho Chi Minh City2ZambiaLusaka1ZimbabweHarare1
Who can enter France without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in France?
511 missions, 168 countries.
Emergency: France?
112, 114 (deaf community), 18 (fire department), 15 (emergency medical services), 17 (police)
Who can enter France without a visa?
93: Albania, Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, and Brunei…