Living in Jersey
What it costs, how you get off the island, what the weather does and what is actually here — from published data rather than from anybody's brochure. 2,179 properties are on the market as we write this.
£715ktypical asking price
£3ktypical rent a month
9/31most expensive of the islands here
0h46flying from London
22places you can fly to non-stop
2/12months above 20°C
What it costs
Half the homes for sale in Jersey are asking more than £715,000 — about £715k — and half less. That is 82% above the middle of the 31 islands on this site.
Renting, the middle of the market is £2,600 a month (£3k).
Put together, that is a gross yield of about 3.7% — before any of the costs that make a real return smaller.
Cheaper, if the number above is the problem: Antigua & Barbuda (£575k), Gibraltar (£529k), Cayman Islands (£461k), Seychelles (£436k). Search every island by budget.
Costs about the same: Andorra, Guernsey, Liechtenstein — worth a look if you have not fixed on a place.
Getting off the island
Getting there
Jersey Airport (JER)≈ 0h46 flying from London · 0h27 from Guernsey
Direct from JER — 22 destinations, 7 airlines
Brest0h38 Finist'air
Southampton0h40 Loganair
Bristol0h43 Jet2.com, Loganair
London–Gatwick0h44 British Airways, EasyJet
London–Heathrow0h44 British Airways
London–Luton0h44 EasyJet
London–Southend0h44 EasyJet
Paris–Charles de Gaulle0h50 Loganair
Liverpool0h59 EasyJet
Edinburgh1h22 EasyJet
Glasgow1h22 EasyJet
Sønderborg1h44 Alsie Express
Palma de Mallorca1h52 British Airways
Málaga2h12 British Airways
+ 8 more: Manchester · Birmingham · Guernsey · East Midlands · Leeds/Bradford · Newcastle upon Tyne · Exeter · Norwich
Airlines: Alsie Express · Aurigny · British Airways · EasyJet · Finist'air · Jet2.com · Loganair
Flight times are great-circle estimates; routes change seasonally — confirm with the airline.
Within an hour's flight
08/12La Route du Rock - Collection Ete
07/30Jumping International de Dinard 5*
06/30Les Tombees de la Nuit
08/01Cowes Week (200th anniversary)
The weather, month by month
Climate · Saint Helier
9°J
9°F
11°M
13°A
16°M
19°J
21°J
21°A
19°S
16°O
12°N
10°D
Average daily high per month; 894 mm rain a year. Most comfortable: Jun, Jul, Aug.
2 months of the year are above 20°C in the day. Recorded averages from the nearest long-running weather station, not a forecast.
What is actually here
58 schools · 35 doctors & pharmacies · 59 food shops · 79 restaurants · 37 beaches · 7 golf · 11 sailing & marinas · 3 theatres & cinemas
On the island 609 places
⛳ Golf 7La Moye Golf Club golf club in JerseySt. Clement's Golf Course customersRoyal Jersey Golf CourseLes OrmesLa Moye 🚲 Cycling routes 23Jersey Cycle Route 2 ncnCycle Route 3 ncnJersey Cycle Route 3a ncnJersey Cycle Route 1 ncnJersey Cycle Route 1b ncn
⛵ Sailing & marinas 11Saint Helier MarinaVictoria HarbourElizabeth MarinaFrench HarbourEnglish Harbour
🏖 Beaches 37Saint Ouen's Bay sand · surfingGreen Island BeachPetit PorteletL'ÉcliavillonSaint Aubin's Bay sand · swimming
🍺 Bars & pubs 80The Goose pubForesters Arms pubSoleil Levant coffee shopBlue Note Bar barThe Peirson pub
☕ Cafés 72The Daily Grind coffee shopBean Around The World coffee shopLeblon cafeCocorico cafeThe Bar & Canteen seafood · Liberation Group 🎓 Schools 58Highlands CollegeSt Mary's School primaryPlat Douet School primarySt Saviour's School primarySt Martin's School
⚕ Doctors & pharmacies 35Lloyds Pharmacy pharmacyIsland Pharmacy pharmacyLloyds Pharmacy pharmacyRoseville Pharmacy pharmacyLe Quesne's pharmacy 🏋 Gyms & pools 25Trinity FC sports centre · soccerSkydive Jersey sports centre · parachutingSkydive Jersey Landing Zone sports centre · parachutingMerton Leisure Club Gym Merton Resort · fitness centre · fitnessCarrefour Metro fitness centre
🎾 Tennis & padel 1Grainville Tennis Club tennis
🌳 Parks & nature 50Botanical garden at Samarès Manor gardenHoward Davis Park Government of JerseyThe ParadeParade GardensVictoria Park ⛴ Ferry terminals 1Elizabeth Terminal Jersey Harbours · ferry terminal
What is for sale right now
Browse 1,848 homes for sale 331 to rent
Also in Channel Islands: Guernsey.
What this page does not tell you
Nothing here is tax, residency or immigration advice, and we do not publish rules we cannot source — those change, they differ by nationality, and getting them wrong costs you far more than a search does. Take them from the island's own government. Prices are asking prices from agents' own sites, not achieved prices, and where a public sold-price register exists we show that too — see sold prices. Flight times are estimates and routes change with the season.
Compiled 2026-08-22 from 6 agent sites plus published climate, airport and mapping data. How this works · Compare every island side by side