# Best Cities for Families in Europe

Safety, schools, democracy, and affordability — the four-tab spreadsheet every relocating parent actually builds.

## Ranking

| # | City | Country | Livability | Safety | Rent (1-bed, centre) | Monthly cost | English | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Leipzig | Germany | 87/100 | 86/100 | $800 | $2,164 | Very High | /cities/leipzig |
| 2 | Stuttgart | Germany | 85/100 | 88/100 | $1,157 | $2,638 | Very High | /cities/stuttgart |
| 3 | Helsinki | Finland | 85/100 | 89/100 | $1,210 | $2,368 | Very High | /cities/helsinki |
| 4 | Cologne | Germany | 83/100 | 85/100 | $1,171 | $2,657 | Very High | /cities/cologne |
| 5 | Graz | Austria | 80/100 | 87/100 | $772 | $2,309 | Very High | /cities/graz |
| 6 | Lugano | Switzerland | 82/100 | 92/100 | $1,813 | $4,101 | High | /cities/lugano |
| 7 | Gothenburg | Sweden | 80/100 | 85/100 | $1,080 | $2,319 | Very High | /cities/gothenburg |
| 8 | Porto | Portugal | 82/100 | 83/100 | $1,297 | $2,319 | Very High | /cities/porto |
| 9 | Lausanne | Switzerland | 80/100 | 91/100 | $2,058 | $4,091 | High | /cities/lausanne |
| 10 | Tallinn | Estonia | 77/100 | 85/100 | $816 | $2,239 | High | /cities/tallinn |
| 11 | Marseille | France | 77/100 | 75/100 | $902 | $2,277 | Moderate | /cities/marseille |
| 12 | Oslo | Norway | 73/100 | 91/100 | $2,004 | $3,996 | Very High | /cities/oslo |
| 13 | Ljubljana | Slovenia | 77/100 | 86/100 | $1,118 | $2,422 | Very High | /cities/ljubljana |
| 14 | Lucerne | Switzerland | 79/100 | 92/100 | $2,173 | $4,445 | High | /cities/lucerne |
| 15 | Prague | Czech Republic | 78/100 | 83/100 | $1,228 | $2,457 | High | /cities/prague |
| 16 | Lyon | France | 76/100 | 76/100 | $972 | $2,400 | Moderate | /cities/lyon |
| 17 | Malmo | Sweden | 75/100 | 84/100 | $1,092 | $2,397 | Very High | /cities/malmo |
| 18 | Vienna | Austria | 78/100 | 87/100 | $1,303 | $2,865 | Very High | /cities/vienna |
| 19 | Berlin | Germany | 77/100 | 85/100 | $1,550 | $3,055 | Very High | /cities/berlin |
| 20 | Copenhagen | Denmark | 80/100 | 90/100 | $1,970 | $3,504 | Very High | /cities/copenhagen |
| 21 | Tenerife | Spain | 72/100 | 89/100 | $1,217 | $2,443 | Moderate | /cities/tenerife |
| 22 | Lisbon | Portugal | 79/100 | 83/100 | $1,616 | $2,731 | Very High | /cities/lisbon |
| 23 | Bucharest | Romania | 77/100 | 73/100 | $668 | $1,690 | High | /cities/bucharest |
| 24 | Stockholm | Sweden | 77/100 | 85/100 | $1,816 | $3,443 | Very High | /cities/stockholm |
| 25 | Bilbao | Spain | 73/100 | 84/100 | $1,259 | $2,503 | Moderate | /cities/bilbao |

Showing the top 25 of 69. The full list is on the HTML page at the same URL.

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## How this is ranked

Drawn from 132 cities in the Townleap dataset. Scoring methodology: /methodology

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Source: [Townleap](https://www.townleap.com/best/best-for-families-europe) — permanent-relocation data for people picking a country to actually live in, not visit.

Cost figures are Numbeo-derived and in USD unless labelled otherwise. Economics are World Bank. Every number on this page is also on the HTML page at the same URL — this variant exists so you do not have to parse a React app to read a rent figure.