The 100 Best places to live in Germany

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Germany is the 26th most expensive and the 12th most liveable country.

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Germany Quality of life Rank
😃 Human freedom index
8.67
18
💵 GDP per capita
$56104
19
🛍️ GDPPC based on purchasing power
$73552
21
❤️ Life expectancy
80.5
40
☠️ Homicide rate
0.9
43
🚧 Road traffic mortality
3.8
20
👮 Corruption perceptions index
77
14
🏙️ Population
83.5M
19
🌐 English speaking %
55.7%
54
😷 Air quality
Excellent
50
✈️ Airport proximity index
84
33
💰 Cost of living
$1764
172
💳 After-tax salary
$3363
17
💸 Salary to expenses ratio
1.9
8
🎓 Higher education index
94
13

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
94
$2189
2 Brandenburg
90
$2250
3 Bremen State
89
$1768
4 Saxony
85
$1497
5 Bavaria
83
$1936
6 Hesse
83
$1885
7 North Rhine-Westphalia
82
$1640
8 Baden-Wurttemberg
80
$1800
9 Lower Saxony
77
$1595
10 Saarland
77
$1448
11 Rhineland-Palatinate
76
$1685
12 Saxony-Anhalt
75
$1425
13 Thuringia
75
$1334
14 Schleswig-Holstein
74
$1597
15 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
73
$1480

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