The 100 Best places to live in Germany

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Germany is the 24th most expensive and the 12th most liveable country.

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Germany Quality of life Rank
😃 Human freedom index
8.67
15
💵 GDP per capita
$55800
18
🛍️ GDPPC based on purchasing power
$72300
19
❤️ Life expectancy
80.5
40
☠️ Homicide rate
0.8
39
🚧 Road traffic mortality
3.8
20
👮 Corruption perceptions index
75
20
🏙️ Population
83.5M
19
🌐 English speaking %
56.3%
58
😷 Air quality
Excellent
50
✈️ Airport proximity index
87
28
💰 Cost of living
$1755
174
💳 After-tax salary
$3290
18
💸 Salary to expenses ratio
1.9
11
🎓 Higher education index
94
14

Below is the list of 662 best cities & 15 states to live and work in Germany for singles and families ranked by quality & cost of living.

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Best cities to live in Germany

Best states

Rank State Quality of life Cost of living
1 Hamburg State
95
$2172
2 Brandenburg
91
$2128
3 Bremen State
88
$1787
4 Saxony
85
$1512
5 Bavaria
84
$1920
6 Hesse
83
$1847
7 North Rhine-Westphalia
82
$1640
8 Baden-Wurttemberg
80
$1842
9 Saarland
77
$1475
10 Saxony-Anhalt
77
$1415
11 Schleswig-Holstein
77
$1636
12 Lower Saxony
76
$1599
13 Rhineland-Palatinate
76
$1705
14 Thuringia
74
$1357
15 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
74
$1460

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