The 68 Best places to live in Bavaria

Updated: October 14, 2025

Bavaria ranked 5th most liveable and 3rd most expensive state in Germany. Below is the list of 68 best cities to live and work for singles and families.

3 best cities to live in Bavaria are Munich, Erlangen, and Nuremberg. More than 30% population of Bavaria live in cities with quality of life more than 74/100.

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<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/best/germany/by.jpg" alt="Best places to live in Bavaria infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/best/germany/by" target="_blank">The 68 Best places to live in Bavaria</a></p>

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

Best cities to live in Bavaria

Munich

Erlangen

Nuremberg

Augsburg

Regensburg

Neu-Ulm

Kempten

Furth

Freising

Dachau

Amberg

Unterschleiheim

Erding

Herzogenaurach

Germering

Olching

Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

Forchheim

Aschaffenburg

Furstenfeldbruck

Ingolstadt

Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz

Schwabach

Lauf an der Pegnitz

Puchheim

Zirndorf

Rosenheim

Wurzburg

Landshut

Roth

Starnberg

Bamberg

Friedberg

Aichach

Konigsbrunn

Geretsried

Neuburg an der Donau

Ansbach

Schweinfurt

Coburg

Gersthofen

Landsberg am Lech

Neusa

Straubing

Schwandorf

Kitzingen

Lichtenfels

Waldkraiburg

Weilheim in Oberbayern

Donauworth

Memmingen

Senden

Gunzburg

Kulmbach

Nordlingen

Bad Kissingen

Muhldorf

Deggendorf

Lindau

Bayreuth

Traunreut

Kaufbeuren

Hof

Traunstein

Weiden in der Oberpfalz

Sonthofen

Passau

Garmisch-Partenkirchen