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Navigo + Paris Museum Pass ROI calculator

Both passes look expensive. They are expensive. Whether they're worth it depends on what you'll do in Paris — and how you'll combine rail and museum costs. This tool takes your stay length and your planned visits and tells you the exact breakeven.

Step 1 — Your trip

Step 2 — Daily mobility

Step 3 — Museums you'll actually visit

Free first Sundays: Louvre, Orsay, Rodin, Picasso, Quai Branly. Add value if you'll catch one.

What this tool actually solves

The two big Paris passes look like they're competing, but they answer different questions. The Navigo (weekly, ~€30 in 2025–26 for zones 1–5) covers every train, bus, RER, Métro within Île-de-France for 7 days. The Paris Museum Pass (€55/2 days, €80/4 days, €100/6 days) covers museum entry and skip-the-line at ~50 sites. If your day is mostly rail + 1 museum, only the Navigo wins. If your day is mostly 3+ museums, only the Museum Pass wins. The combination is the practical answer.

How to read the result

Three verdicts: Navigo, Museum Pass, both. We compute the cost of single tickets for each rail ride and each museum, and the pass breaks even only when the single-ticket total exceeds the pass price.

Limitations

2025–2026 prices. The Navigo weekly fare is set by Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) and usually rises 2–3% annually in February. Museum entry fees change yearly in January. Free-first-Sunday list is based on the published Ministry of Culture calendar — confirm before planning a Sunday around it.

FAQ

What about the Navigo Easy or Navigo Liberté+?
Navigo Easy is a contactless pay-as-you-go card valid for Métro, bus, tram and RER (no airport, no Versailles). For a short stay of 2–3 days with sparse visits, it's often better than a weekly. Navigo Liberté+ is a monthly post-paid subscription with a €0 deposit — better for residents, not for tourists.
Where do I buy the Navigo in 2025–2026?
Any Métro/RER station ticket machine (€5 for the card, then €30 to load a week). You need a passport photo, or the machine can use the photo embedded in your Navigo Easy if you have an account. Alternatively, the Île-de-France Mobilités app lets you load a virtual Navigo on your phone (Android NFC or iPhone ≥ XS).

About

1 of 38 tools in France Trip Toolkit. Independent of RATP / IDFM / Paris tourist office.

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Estimate only. Pass prices change yearly.