The 100 Best places to live in Germany

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Germany is the 27th most expensive and the 12th most liveable country.

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Germany Quality of life Rank
😃 Human freedom index
8.37
24
💵 GDP per capita
$48718
24
🛍️ GDPPC based on purchasing power
$63522
20
❤️ Life expectancy
80.9
30
☠️ Homicide rate
0.8
28
🚧 Road traffic mortality
3.8
20
👮 Corruption perceptions index
78
13
🏙️ Population
83.1M
19
🌐 English speaking %
56.3%
57
😷 Air quality
Good
59
✈️ Airport proximity index
89
24
💰 Cost of living
$1581
171
💳 After-tax salary
$2943
20
💸 Salary to expenses ratio
1.9
13
🎓 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
94
$1909
2 Brandenburg
91
$1923
3 Bremen State
86
$1683
4 Bavaria
81
$1764
5 Saxony
80
$1302
6 Hesse
80
$1671
7 North Rhine-Westphalia
79
$1468
8 Rhineland-Palatinate
79
$1490
9 Baden-Wurttemberg
78
$1658
10 Saarland
76
$1397
11 Saxony-Anhalt
76
$1265
12 Thuringia
74
$1268
13 Lower Saxony
74
$1485
14 Schleswig-Holstein
71
$1448
15 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
71
$1370

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