🇫🇷 France vs 🇵🇱 Poland
Side by side on the data that actually changes your life: prices, taxes, climate, air, safety. Every number has a source and a date.
Climate (capital)
Open-Meteo historical weather
Jan 4° · Jul 21° · Paris
Jan 2° · Jul 20° · Warsaw
Air quality (capital)
WAQI, capital station
AQI 42 · Good
AQI 32 · Good
Prices vs EU average
Eurostat price level index, EU27 = 100
+10% (2025)
−27% (2025)
Big Mac price
The Economist Big Mac index
$7.05
$6.25
Taxes on salary
OECD tax wedge, single average worker
~47% of labour cost (2025)
~35% of labour cost (2025)
Special tax regimes
Official tax authorities, verified 2026-06
Impatriate regime
Return relief & lump-sum option
Avg advertised salary
Adzuna job listings, local currency
€39,685 / yr (2026-06)
zł 146,784 / yr (2026-06)
Inflation
World Bank
0.9% / yr (2025)
3.8% / yr (2025)
Internet (median fixed)
Ookla Speedtest Global Index
~230 Mbps
~130 Mbps
English proficiency
EF English Proficiency Index
moderate
high
Messenger apps
OONI network measurements, 6-month window
All measured apps work
All measured apps work
Safety advisory
U.S. State Department travel advisory
Level 2 · Exercise Increased Caution
Level 1 · Exercise Normal Precautions
Foreign-born residents
World Bank migrant stock
13.8% of population (2024)
4.5% of population (2024)
Life expectancy
WHO
82 yrs
75 yrs
Currency
ISO 4217
EUR
PLN
Timezone (capital)
Open-Meteo
UTC+2
UTC+2
Climate, inflation and life expectancy verified 2026-07-07. Prices, taxes and air quality verified 2026-07-07. Sources shown per row.
Special tax regimes, verified
Regimes change often and many sites still advertise closed ones. We link the official source for each.
🇫🇷 France
Impatriation bonus & part of foreign income tax-exempt · up to 8 years
Verified 2026-06 · impots.gouv.fr
🇵🇱 Poland
PIT exemption up to ~PLN 85k/yr · 4 years (returnees)
Verified 2026-06 · podatki.gov.pl
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