Paris stay for a month

Your budget sounds really low to me for a month in Paris...only rent authorized / licensed apartments in Paris, too, lots of illegal apartments offered for rent there...

This is the busiest time of year for hotels and apartments and the budget is low. The good new is that it matters not a lot where you are when you have a month. It is nice to be near a metro station or two but you don't need to be in the center and you may find something. more reasonable on the fringes -- but that is very low for a holiday apartment for a month in Paris -- you may find an efficiency for that.

It is late for next fall. I am also traveling then and my favorite place has a booking right in the middle of my 6 weeks, so we are scrambling to adjust the trip. When I inquired of another favorite agency they were also mostly booked up. WE book one bedroom apartments and most of them start at about 3500E and are often in the 4-6,000E range for a month.

Looking on vrbo, your budget for that time is doable, with many locations and they do list which arrondissement the locations are in. Maybe someone can help and give you an idea of the safer locations.

We stayed in a small, but adequate apartment in the southern 5th ARR, bordered the 13th, for 2 weeks and it was $3,100. This was last October to November. That was about as far out as we wanted to be, so unless you go a lot further out and I’m thinking beyond the 20 arrondissement of Paris, you may want to up your budget. I looked a lot on the apt booking sites in Paris, airbnb, vrbo and anything else I could find. We felt very fortunate to find the apt we did for the price as everything we had seen up to that point was much further out as to make travel in :30 or longer. Those closer in were much more expensive and not as nice.
A thirty minute commute into Paris may not seem like much, but then there is the travel time within the city.
I sure hope you find something as Paris is quite the city.

Personally, I would look in the 13th and 14th because I have looked at places there and that generally I’ve seen places that would fit your budget. It’s a great neighborhood and you’d be living with Parisians

I’ve rented from Pascal at www.ParisNiceHome.com. His rates are reasonable, and his small array of apts are well located. He’s got a nice studio near Montorgeuil that’s 2900/mo.

Thank you all for all the info. Looks like I have to up my budget a bit.

Finding a rental for a month is very tough to do, too. A week long rental, with a little flexibility on start/end dates, within a longer trip is much easier to accomplish than finding an apartment available for an entire month at this relatively short notice.

Good luck.

I spent a month in Paris in November 2021 in an apt in the 20th almost at the end of Metro line #1 and it was in a fabulous area and was $2500 total. I just came back from a month in Paris in November in the 3rd near the metros of Republique and Temple as well as Oberkampf and quite a few bus lines. $2700. I need to add I plan my trips about 9-12 months in advance and books then so rates seem to be good. I always use booking.com and very very particular about my apt: nicely decorated, 2-3 blocks max to metro, washing machine, large studio or 1 bedroom, need a couch, hand held shower, windows and lots of light, elevator or no more than 4 flights. I try never to prepay or pay more than $30 for a cleaning fee. No sofa beds, I can't do stairs in the apt itself, needs to be 7+, over 300sf with a microwave.

There are apts for monthly rentals, its the challenge to meet all my criteria. I was actually looking and you might need to stretch it a bit but list what is important to you and for instance a sofa bed may be acceptable but always read the reviews. Or maybe you live in a New York walkup and 5 flights is nothing! No reviews, no go as pictures can be deceiving.

I know this is late and I'm not sure if you have booked a place yet. I am thinking of staying in Paris around the same time as well and have been doing a lot of research.

I think your budget is doable for a studio or 1 bedroom place, even in central Paris.

Do a search for "Paris short-term rentals", but some great sites to check out are:
Spotahome
Blueground
Ukio

Minimum stay is usually 30-31 days for these sites.

We find good deals in Levallois Perret, just outside the city limits but still on the metro line. It's a wonderful, upper middle class neighborhood.

I found a place on Vbro on Rue du Dr Finlay, 75015 Paris, close to metro Dupleix for about $2,500. Looks relatively central. A small apartment on the ground floor but should be ok for the two of us. Hopefully it will work out.

From the map that looks like a good location in the 15th, with good Metro service. I wouldn't worry about safety there. Hope it works for you.

If it's too hard to find a good place for a whole month, it might be possible to split your stay between two places and experience two neighborhoods. That's probably what I'd do even if availability weren't an issue.

I have stayed in a variety of apartments from Perfectly Paris for almost 20 years, and have always had a great experience. You can view a list of apartments available on a monthly basis here: https://www.perfectlyparis.com/monthly/. Several are indeed in your price range.

Paris is a pretty safe city, so I wouldn't worry about which areas are safer than others. You should try to figure out which area would best suit your particular needs, ie. be close to museums, architecture, music venues, etc. And I would second the idea that you should get a place fairly close to a metro stop. Be sure and get a map of the metro lines to be able to figure out which lines go where, and how many transfers you might have to make to get to your desired destination. Also do not forget about bus lines in Paris - they go pretty much everywhere. Altho they may not be as fast as the metro, you do get to see some sights as you travel around the city in the bus. Peter