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The estimated apartment price was calculated by multiplying the average apartment sale price per m² in each capital by a standardised floor area of 60 m².

The comparison uses Eurostat national median monthly equivalised net income for people aged 18–64. These figures are national household-income benchmarks, not individual salaries or capital-city income estimates.

Main sources:

Income: Eurostat ilc_di03.

Apartment prices per m²: Eurostat urb_clivcon, national statistical sources and housing-market sources. Athens, Bratislava, Bucharest, Budapest, Dublin, Lisbon, Madrid, Nicosia, Paris, Sofia and Valletta use estimates based on property-listing samples collected in July 2026.

Interest rates for the savings account and term deposits: ECB household deposit-rate data.

Prices, incomes, savings rates and interest rates are held constant throughout the calculations. Inflation, transaction costs and future changes in property prices or income are excluded.

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Full methodology, individual sources, city rankings and interactive data: citycostatlas.com

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