The 20 Best places to live in Thuringia

Updated: March 11, 2026

Thuringia ranked 13th 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 73/100.

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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	95	$2194
2	Brandenburg	90	$2198
3	Bremen State	89	$1764
4	Saxony	85	$1520
5	Bavaria	84	$1952
6	Hesse	83	$1879
7	North Rhine-Westphalia	83	$1657
8	Saarland	81	$1500
9	Baden-Wurttemberg	80	$1854
10	Rhineland-Palatinate	78	$1724
11	Lower Saxony	76	$1594
12	Saxony-Anhalt	75	$1457
13	Thuringia	75	$1372
14	Schleswig-Holstein	74	$1633
15	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	73	$1510

Best cities to live in Thuringia

Jena

Erfurt

Weimar

Ilmenau

Apolda

Gotha

Arnstadt

Rudolstadt

Saalfeld

Gera

Eisenach

Suhl

Muhlhausen

Sonneberg

Sondershausen

Altenburg

Nordhausen

Bad Salzungen

Meiningen

Greiz