The 20 Best places to live in Thuringia

Updated: March 02, 2025

Thuringia ranked 12th most liveable and 15th most expensive state in Germany. Below is the list of 20 best cities to live and work for singles and families.

3 best cities to live in Thuringia are Jena, Erfurt, and Weimar. More than 30% population of Thuringia live in cities with quality of life more than 68/100.

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<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/best/germany/th.jpg" alt="Best places to live in Thuringia infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/best/germany/th" target="_blank">The 20 Best places to live in Thuringia</a></p>

Rank	State	Quality of life	Cost of living
1	Hamburg State	94	$2007
2	Brandenburg	91	$1944
3	Bremen State	86	$1568
4	Saxony	83	$1365
5	Bavaria	82	$1745
6	Hesse	81	$1708
7	North Rhine-Westphalia	80	$1500
8	Baden-Wurttemberg	77	$1635
9	Rhineland-Palatinate	77	$1571
10	Schleswig-Holstein	75	$1490
11	Saarland	75	$1356
12	Thuringia	75	$1286
13	Lower Saxony	74	$1481
14	Saxony-Anhalt	73	$1295
15	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	65	$1344

Best cities to live in Thuringia

Jena

Erfurt

Weimar

Gera

Apolda

Ilmenau

Saalfeld

Rudolstadt

Altenburg

Arnstadt

Gotha

Suhl

Nordhausen

Sonneberg

Eisenach

Muhlhausen

Sondershausen

Meiningen

Greiz

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