How much does it cost to live in Serre Chevalier?
Typical Month (Mid Range)
$2,748 (€2,382)
Housing, food, transport, mobile, coworking and gym.
Updated September 2026 · Sources cited: hikersbay.com, casamundo.com
- Typical Month (Lower End)
- $1,578 (€1,368)
- Typical Month (Premium)
- $4,882 (€4,232)
Good to know
Good to Know
- Serre Chevalier is fundamentally a ski/outdoor-sports resort, not a remote-work destination — don't expect coworking spaces, nomad meetups, or long-term-rental infrastructure comparable to a city.
- Prices swing enormously by season: winter (December–April) rental and dining prices are geared to ski tourists and can run far higher than the figures here, while summer/shoulder-season (May–June, September–November) rents and restaurant prices are noticeably cheaper and more realistic for a longer stay.
- The individual resort villages (Chantemerle, Villeneuve, Le Monêtier-les-Bains) have only small convenience-style grocery shops; for a full supermarket, plan on going into Briançon or Saint-Chaffrey.
- Because this is a holiday-rental market rather than a long-term rental market, almost all furnished monthly listings are priced and marketed as extended holiday stays rather than as standard leases — expect to book through vacation-rental platforms rather than a local rental agency.
- Serre Chevalier is a ski-resort valley (Briançon, Chantemerle, Villeneuve, Le Monêtier-les-Bains), not a city — remote-work infrastructure is thin and essentially limited to one coliving/coworking house (Cloud Citadel) in Briançon.
- The free SkiBus/Altigo shuttle only becomes genuinely free if you hold a lift pass or hotel 'Carte d'Hôte' — without one, you pay per ride, and there's no ordinary public-transport monthly pass built for non-skiers.
- Prices for gyms, food and entertainment swing noticeably between the busy winter ski season and the quiet shoulder/summer months — costs quoted here reflect standard, non-peak pricing where possible.
Monthly Totals
- Mid-range month
- €2,382
Includes 8 estimated components
- Lean month
- €1,368
Includes 5 estimated components
- Comfortable month
- €4,232
Includes 9 estimated components
Living Costs
- Where nomads live
- Serre Chevalier is not a documented digital-nomad or expat hub — it is a seasonal ski/outdoor-sports resort valley made up of several linked villages (Chantemerle, Villeneuve, Saint-Chaffrey, Le Monêtier-les-Bains) plus the nearby year-round town of Briançon (6-8km away, the valley's main service town). No rental portal, forum, or survey documents any nomad/remote-worker clustering here. Housing figures below are priced for the resort-center villages (Chantemerle/Villeneuve, where most furnished short-term apartment stock is concentrated); grocery and dining figures use Briançon as the closest town with year-round supermarkets and everyday restaurant pricing data.
Housing (per month)
- Mid-range 1-bed
- €1,600
Estimated
Estimated for a 1-2 bedroom apartment near the average 56 sqm size Casamundo reports for the area, scaled from observed nightly rates on booking.com (avg $130/night for apartments) discounted for a monthly off-peak stay rather than nightly ski-season pricing.
- Budget studio / 1-bed
- €900
Off-season or holiday-rate price — not comparable with other cities
Estimated
No single listing states a monthly rate; estimated from Casamundo's stated average apartment size (56 sqm) and typical shoulder/off-peak-season monthly furnished-studio pricing patterns seen across Airbnb/Vrbo/booking.com listings for the valley (which quote nightly rates that fall sharply outside the Dec-Apr ski season). Represents a small studio, off-peak.
- Premium apartment
- €3,200
Estimated
Estimated for a large luxury duplex/chalet-style apartment (e.g. the 72 sqm, 4-bedroom duplex advertised in Villeneuve) rented on a monthly rather than weekly-holiday basis; no site publishes a direct monthly figure for this tier so the number is a derived estimate, not a quoted rate.
Groceries
- Groceries for one (month)
- €280
Estimated
No Briançon/Serre Chevalier-specific grocery basket survey was found; figure is estimated from general French national grocery-spending patterns implied by Numbeo's France-wide single-person cost data, adjusted slightly upward for a small mountain-resort supermarket (limited competition, higher delivery costs to altitude villages).
Sample prices
1L Milk
- 1L Milk
- €1.10
Estimated
Typical French supermarket price; no Serre Chevalier/Briançon-specific listing found for this item.
Baguette (250g)
- Baguette (250g)
- €1.20
Estimated
Typical French bakery/supermarket price; not sourced to a Serre Chevalier-specific listing.
Dozen Eggs
- Dozen Eggs
- €3.60
Estimated
Typical French supermarket price; not sourced to a Serre Chevalier-specific listing.
Chicken Breast, 1kg
- Chicken Breast, 1kg
- €11
Estimated
Typical French supermarket price, adjusted slightly up for mountain-resort supply costs; not sourced to a specific listing.
Bottled Water 1.5L (Supermarket)
- Bottled Water 1.5L (Supermarket)
- €0.60
Estimated
Typical French supermarket price for bottled water; not restaurant pricing.
Eating out
- Cheap meal
- €7.50
Estimated
Hikersbay Briançon price survey states a McMeal-type combo meal at McDonald's/Burger King costs 10.00 EUR. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 10 EUR reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
- High-end meal
- €55
Estimated
No high-end restaurant pricing for the valley was found in the sources we checked; estimated from typical French Alps ski-resort fine-dining pricing for a multi-course meal for one, without wine.
- Mid-range meal
- €17
Estimated
No single-person mid-range restaurant price for Briançon/Serre Chevalier was found in the sources we checked; estimated from general French provincial mid-range bistro pricing knowledge (a main course plus drink at a sit-down restaurant), not from a retrieved page. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 22 EUR reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
Work, Transport & Essentials
Coworking
- Day pass
- €18
Estimated
No published day-pass rate found for Cloud Citadel (the only identified coworking/coliving space in the valley, in Briançon); figure is a judgment estimate based on typical small-town French coworking day rates, since exact pricing is not published online.
- Monthly hot desk
- €180
Estimated
Cloud Citadel in Briançon is confirmed to offer coworking facilities as part of its coliving stays, but no standalone monthly hot-desk price is published; figure is an estimate based on comparable small mountain-town coworking spaces in France.
Transport
- About monthly passes
- No dedicated monthly transit pass could be confirmed for the Serre Chevalier valley. Local movement is mainly via the free winter SkiBus/Altigo shuttle (free for lift-pass or 'Carte d'Hôte' holders) or single tickets bought on board; there is no evidence of a standard resident/nomad monthly pass product for this route.
- Single ride
- €2.50
Operator's own price
Official Serre Chevalier valley SkiBus timetable/tariff sheet states a single onboard ticket ('BILLET UNITAIRE à bord') of 2.50€ for those without a lift pass or guest card.
Mobile & data
- Monthly plan
- €20
Estimated
No France-specific carrier page was retrieved at the time of research; figure reflects a well-known standard mid-tier SIM-only plan tier from a major French carrier (e.g. Free Mobile), used as a reasonable national estimate since no Briançon/Serre Chevalier-specific plan exists (coverage is nationwide, not resort-specific).
Short Stays (per night)
- Seasonal pricing
- Yes
- Why
- Serre Chevalier is a major ski resort with a pronounced winter high season (December–April) driven by reliable snowfall and global ski tourism demand, contrasting sharply with summer low season when most accommodation demand drops significantly.
Low season
- Budget
- €60
Summer Airbnb studios/apartments May–September nightly rate
- Luxury
- €350
5-star chalets low season nightly (summer pricing)
- Premium
- €160
4-star hotels summer season nightly rate (reduced pricing mentioned)
- Standard
- €110
3-star hotels and 1BR Airbnb, May–September off-season nightly average
High season
- Budget
- €150
Airbnb basic studios/budget apartments, ski season nightly rate
- Luxury
- €900
5-star chalets and luxury properties (Chalet Snowbird, Chalet Ibex & Spa) high season nightly
- Premium
- €450
4-star hotels (Rock Noir Hôtel & Spa, Grand Hôtel & Spa Nuxe) winter nightly rate
- Standard
- €280
3-star hotels and 1BR Airbnb apartments, December–April nightly average
Low-season months
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
High-season months
- December
- January
- February
- March
- April
Sources cited for this category
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Data last updated September 2026 · Verify anything important.