Paris neighbourhoods and prices per square metre

What does an apartment in Paris cost per square metre?

The average signed price of an existing apartment in Paris was €9,560 per square metre in the second quarter of 2026, up 0.6 percent over one year, according to the Notaires du Grand Paris. By arrondissement the range runs from €7,690 in the 19th to €13,980 in the 6th. Prime apartments sell well above those averages.

The notaries, who record every sale, expected about €9,620 per square metre at the end of September 2026 on the basis of preliminary contracts already signed (press file of 8 September 2026).

Why does every source quote a different price?

Because they measure three different things. Notarial prices are averages of every signed sale, from studios to mansions. Portal prices are asking prices, before negotiation. Broker "luxury" prices describe only the top of the market. A €13,980 notarial average in the 6th and a €25,000 quote for a prime apartment on the same street are both correct.

What moves an apartment from the average to the top of the range is specific and checkable: floor and lift, ceiling height, an open view or a monument view, outside space, original period features, the state of the building and its common parts, and whether it sits on the étage noble.

How much of the market is foreign buyers?

Less than headlines suggest across the whole city, and much more in a few neighbourhoods. Non-resident foreigners made about 3 percent of all Paris purchases in 2022, but 11 percent in the 6th arrondissement and 13 percent in the 7th. Americans are the largest group, at around one in four foreign non-resident buyers.

Those figures come from the notaries (Notaires du Grand Paris, nationalities study; Notaires de France). Prime agencies report far higher shares of international clients — commonly a third of their buyers, and more at the very top — but each describes its own clientele, with its own definition, so the numbers cannot be compared with one another.

The Left Bank: 6th and 7th

6th arrondissement — Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Luxembourg

The most expensive arrondissement in Paris and the one rising fastest. Literary cafés, galleries, the Luxembourg Gardens, excellent schools. Supply is thin: buildings are older than Haussmann in many streets, apartments are smaller, lifts are not a given. It suits buyers who want to walk everywhere and will trade square metres for address. For a pied-à-terre it is the most liquid market in the city.

7th arrondissement — Invalides, Champ-de-Mars, Faubourg Saint-Germain

Quiet, residential and institutional: ministries, embassies, the Rodin Museum, the Eiffel Tower. This is where Eiffel Tower views and hôtels particuliers are found, and where the share of international buyers is highest. It suits families and buyers who want calm, large classical apartments and a view. Evenings are quieter than visitors expect.

The Right Bank: 8th, 16th and 17th

8th arrondissement — Golden Triangle, Parc Monceau

The Golden Triangle (avenues Montaigne, George V and the Champs-Élysées) is the address of couture houses and palace hotels, with large Haussmann apartments and serviced buildings; many clients from the Gulf and Asia ask for it by name. Around Parc Monceau the mood is residential and the buildings are among the finest of the Second Empire. Check carefully how much of a building is offices: it changes the life of the place after 7 pm.

16th arrondissement — Trocadéro, Passy, Auteuil

The family arrondissement of the west: large apartments, green avenues, the Bois de Boulogne, international and bilingual schools nearby. Per square metre it is markedly cheaper than the 6th or 7th, so budgets go further: this is where to look for 200 m² and more, a terrace, a parking space. North (Trocadéro, Victor Hugo) is grander; south (Auteuil) is more village-like.

17th arrondissement — Plaine Monceau

The streets bordering Parc Monceau and running up to Ternes hold some of the best-built Haussmann blocks in Paris at prices below the 8th next door. Often overlooked by international buyers, and good value for that reason.

The historic centre: the Marais, the islands, Palais-Royal

The 1st to 4th arrondissements are pre-Haussmann Paris: 17th- and 18th-century buildings, beams rather than mouldings, courtyards, irregular floor plans. The Marais mixes hôtels particuliers, galleries and nightlife. Île Saint-Louis and the quays of Île de la Cité are a market of their own, with river views that almost never come up for sale; the Notre-Dame quarter was the most expensive micro-neighbourhood in the notaries' Q4 2025 figures. Palais-Royal and the streets towards Place Vendôme suit buyers who want a central, elegant pied-à-terre. Expect charm, and expect compromises on lifts, light and parking.

Montmartre and Neuilly

Montmartre (18th) offers village streets, artists' studios and the widest views over Paris, at far lower prices than the centre; quality varies street by street. Neuilly-sur-Seine, just outside the city limit beside the 16th and 17th, is where families go for houses, gardens and schools while staying ten minutes from the Champs-Élysées.

How to choose

• A pied-à-terre used a few weeks a year: 6th, 7th, 1st, 4th. Liquidity and walkability matter more than space.
• A family home with international schools: 16th, 7th, 17th, Neuilly.
• A classic Haussmann apartment with volume: 8th (Monceau), 16th (north), 17th (Plaine Monceau), 9th.
• A view of the Eiffel Tower: 7th, 16th (Trocadéro, Passy), and high floors in the 8th and 15th.
• History first: the Marais, Île Saint-Louis, Saint-Germain.

Tell us how you will use the home and we will tell you, candidly, which two or three neighbourhoods to concentrate on. Start the conversation.

Prices are those published by the Notaires du Grand Paris on the dates indicated; we update this page after each quarterly release. Neighbourhood descriptions are our own opinion. Nothing here is investment advice.