Cost of Living in
Germany

Cost of living	One person	Family of 4
Total with rent	$1566	$3780
Without rent	$646	$2047
Rent & Utilities	$699.95	$1950.6
Food	$596	$1413
Transport	$131.33	$335.17
Monthly salary after tax	$3673
Human freedom index	6.99
Life expectancy	71.05
English speaking %	54.05%
Population	82.9M

The cost of living in Germany is $1566, which is 1.5 times more expensive than the world average. Germany is ranked 31th out of 208 countries by cost of living .

The average salary after taxes in Germany is $3673, which is enough to cover living expenses for 2.4 months.

Germany

We calculate prices for Germany as a population-weighted mean of 1702 cities. Since large cities tend to have a higher cost of living, it's better to visit specific city pages below for more relevant information.

Cost of living	One person	Rank
Total with rent	$1566	31 / 208
Without rent	$646	52 / 208
Rent & Utilities	$699.95	44 / 208
Food	$596	15 / 208
Transport	$131.33	16 / 208

Rent & Utilities
1 bedroom apartment in city Center, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	719.12$
Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	662.04$
3 bedroom apartment in city Center, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	1705.26$
Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	1226.64$
Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	157.65$
Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	265.03$
Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	47.76$
Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.53$
Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	5052$
House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	5199$

Eating Out
Lunch Menu	12.65$
Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	73.61$
Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	11.7$
Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	4.47$
Cappuccino	3.86$
Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	3.22$

Transportation
Local transport ticket	3.28$
Monthly ticket local transport	47.5$
Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	20.51$
Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	1.74$

Groceries
Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	1.11$
Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	2.47$
Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	3.62$
Eggs, x12	3.01$
Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	13.24$
Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	12.82$
Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	19.88$
Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	3.22$
Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.83$
Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	2.12$
Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	3.85$
Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.56$
Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	1.78$
Water, 1 L or 1 qt	0.68$
Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	1.82$
Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	5.73$
Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	1.11$
Cigarette pack	9.87$
Cold medicince, 1 week	12.15$
Hair Shampoo	3.21$
Toilet paper, 4 rolls	2.05$
Toothpaste, 1 tube	1.66$

Other

Gym Membership, 1 month	32$
Cinema Ticket, 1 person	14.49$
Doctor's visit	60.07$
Haircut, simple	15.77$
Brand Jeans	99.19$
Brand Sneakers	102.94$
Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	550$
International Primary School, 1 year	11504$

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living in Cities by population

States ranked from the most expensive to the cheapest ones

Rank	State	Cost of living
1	Lower Bavaria	$2141
2	Hamburg State	$2121
3	Enkesen	$1985
4	Hesse	$1979
5	Aich	$1976
6	Mettmann	$1975
7	Geldern	$1952
8	Munster (Germany)	$1951
9	Bavaria	$1951
10	Hamburg (Germany)	$1908
11	Holstein	$1882
12	Baden-Wurttemberg	$1862
13	Bielefeld	$1845
14	Dielheim	$1807
15	Diepholz	$1805
16	Upper Bavaria	$1802
17	Bremen	$1790
18	Saarland	$1727
19	Sachsen-Anhalt	$1724
20	Schleswig-Holstein	$1723
21	Epe	$1722
22	North Rhine-Westphalia	$1705
23	Birkenfeld	$1675
24	Tubingen	$1636
25	Bieber	$1634
26	Kleve	$1630
27	Bremen State	$1623
28	Lower Saxony	$1616
29	Perl	$1615
30	Boblingen	$1613
31	Brandenburg	$1598
32	Elsen	$1591
33	Swabia	$1590
34	Prussia	$1578
35	Niedersachsen	$1571
36	Saxony	$1539
37	Limburg (Germany)	$1521
38	Julich	$1497
39	Hohenzollern	$1492
40	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	$1487
41	Apen	$1472
42	Sulzbach	$1453
43	Baden- Wurttemberg	$1443
44	Berlin (Germany)	$1431
45	Mecklenburg-Strelitz	$1422
46	Kempen	$1415
47	Cham	$1407
48	Saxony-Anhalt	$1397
49	Damme	$1393
50	West Pomerania	$1384
51	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	$1373
52	Friesland (Germany)	$1371
53	Hessen	$1356
54	Oldenburg	$1349
55	Lichtenstein	$1349
56	Wurtemberg	$1305
57	Anhalt	$1298
58	Rhineland-Palatinate	$1289
59	Rheinland-Pfalz	$1272
60	Lower Rhine	$1179
61	Nordrhein-Westfalen (North Rhine-Westphalia)	$1167
62	Lippe	$1153
63	Thuringia	$1145
64	Sachsen	$1107
65	Wends	$1014
66	Monaco	$7654
67	Santa Barbara Province	$3469
68	Singapore	$3385
69	Neuchatel	$3164
70	Ile-de-France	$2736
71	Zurich	$2715
72	California	$2710
73	Queretaro	$2187
74	United States	$2149
75	Baden-Wurttemberg	$2044
76	Aland	$2038
77	Ostergotland	$1978
78	Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur	$1921
79	Hoki	$1897
80	Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes	$1891
81	Liege	$1878
82	Plzen	$1831
83	South Pyongan	$1816
84	Hokkaido	$1802
85	Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro	$1703
86	Nampo	$1690
87	Jonkoping	$1661
88	Rikuchu	$1633
89	Sancti Spiritus	$1578
90	Caceres	$1564
91	Holguin	$1508
92	Usti nad Labem	$1462
93	Cadiz	$1459
94	Orebro	$1456
95	Kavala	$1444
96	Limon	$1428
97	Al Bahah	$1394
98	Colon (Panama)	$1391
99	Zlin	$1388
100	Vastmanland	$1381
101	Omi	$1355
102	Tacuarembo	$1343
103	Siauliai County	$1329
104	Ahuachapan	$1327
105	Shimosa	$1324
106	Ciego de Avila	$1316
107	Tokai	$1300
108	Xanthi	$1280
109	Dembeni	$1275
110	Panama	$1271
111	Bayamon	$1269
112	Paysandu	$1264
113	Usulutan	$1259
114	Zilina	$1252
115	Hyuga	$1251
116	Guantanamo	$1238
117	Panama	$1234
118	Ioannina	$1231
119	Igdir	$1230
120	Panama Oeste	$1230
121	San-Pedro	$1203
122	Klaipeda	$1201
123	Tillaberi	$1200
124	Etchu	$1194
125	Vlore	$1194
126	Constanta	$1189
127	Kai	$1170
128	Pinar del Rio	$1161
129	Riga Planning Region	$1154
130	Camaguey	$1149
131	San Pedro de Macoris	$1138
132	Lodz	$1132
133	Chania	$1130
134	Causeni	$1128
135	Presov	$1128
136	Calarasi (Moldova)	$1117
137	Kermanshah	$1116
138	Franche-Comte	$1113
139	Yoro	$1112
140	Tekirdag	$1111
141	Zambezia	$1107
142	Bahia	$1102
143	Setubal	$1097
144	Drama	$1085
145	Kastoria	$1081
146	Suo	$1080
147	Balikesir	$1075
148	Thies	$1074
149	Trencin	$1063
150	Serres	$1060
151	Dubasari	$1050
152	Rethymno	$1045
153	Equateur	$1036
154	Espirito Santo	$1034
155	Suchitepequez	$1030
156	Haut-Uele	$1027
157	Gabu	$1019
158	Straseni	$1015
159	Brasov	$1014
160	Goias	$1013
161	Boke	$1007
162	Mexico	$1007
163	Totomi	$995
164	Siauliai	$994
165	Colon (Cuba)	$992
166	Banska Bystrica	$983
167	Panevezys	$969
168	Iasi	$963
169	Sao Paulo	$961
170	Kozuke	$956
171	Klaipeda County	$952
172	Izmir	$949
173	Osumi	$945
174	Kutahya	$934
175	Quilpue	$930
176	Hradec Kralove	$929
177	Kasai	$920
178	Kasai-Oriental	$919
179	Gueckedou	$918
180	Michoacan	$908
181	Eskisehir	$906
182	Extreme-Nord	$900
183	Solola	$897
184	Timis	$890
185	Bafata	$878
186	Kahramanmaras	$878
187	Usak	$877
188	Guatemala	$876
189	Uige	$872
190	Dien Bien	$871
191	Estado de Mexico	$864
192	Yucatan	$864
193	Durres	$856
194	Guaira	$856
195	Municipality of Chisinau	$854
196	Diyarbakir	$850
197	Cotui	$846
198	Ceara	$845
199	Francisco Morazan	$845
200	Botosani	$841
201	Esteli	$838
202	Buzau	$834
203	Botosani	$829
204	Forecariah	$826
205	Kirikkale	$816
206	Maan	$816
207	San Luis Potosi	$814
208	Boyaca	$812
209	Tucuman	$812
210	Caras-Severin	$810
211	Neuquen	$806
212	Bekes	$799
213	Hoki Province	$787
214	Adiyaman	$779
215	Arges	$779
216	Neamt	$777
217	Raska	$771
218	Atlantico	$768
219	Marijampole	$762
220	Para	$756
221	Gyor-Moson-Sopron	$755
222	Ialomita	$751
223	Veszprem	$751
224	Wasit	$751
225	Huila	$747
226	Sirvan	$747
227	Canakkale	$743
228	Aydin	$733
229	Elazig	$730
230	Chisinau	$726
231	Nuevo Leon	$720
232	Shkoder	$718
233	Korce	$710
234	Khuzestan	$708
235	Copiapo	$705
236	Bazega	$694
237	Curico	$692
238	Hamadan	$689
239	Mures	$683
240	Passore	$680
241	Braila	$675
242	Oueme	$671
243	Bistrita-Nasaud	$669
244	Iasi	$668
245	Djibouti	$666
246	Rezekne	$664
247	Laayoune	$660
248	Nghe An	$657
249	Awash	$655
250	Elazig	$650
251	Leon (Nicaragua)	$648
252	Gilan	$644
253	Meknes	$634
254	Mures	$633
255	Khenifra	$631
256	Tuyen Quang	$628
257	Bacau	$624
258	Paraguari	$622
259	Caras-Severin	$620
260	Piaui	$620
261	Binh Phuoc	$612
262	Osh	$608
263	Chuy Province	$607
264	Vinh Long	$607
265	Anse-a-Veau	$604
266	Dambovita	$604
267	Medias	$602
268	Koulpelogo	$595
269	Anosy	$594
270	Rio San Juan	$590
271	Bac Lieu	$587
272	Ninh Thuan	$585
273	Setif	$582
274	Duzce	$573
275	Ain Beida	$572
276	North Ossetia-Alania	$572
277	Agri	$569
278	Maramures	$569
279	Al Mahwit	$568
280	Hau Giang	$567
281	Dak Lak	$566
282	Al Hoceima	$562
283	Nis	$561
284	Sidi Bel Abbes	$553
285	Cadiz	$542
286	Valcea	$542
287	Kelaat Sraghna	$539
288	Bac Giang	$536
289	Soc Trang	$535
290	Miragoane	$533
291	Bechar	$531
292	Menaka	$525
293	Ba Ria-Vung Tau	$522
294	Karbala	$522
295	Lere	$516
296	Stavropol	$514
297	Yen Bai	$513
298	Kirklareli	$512
299	Hajjah	$507
300	Son La	$502
301	San Andres	$500
302	Inezgane-Ait Melloul	$498
303	Sadah	$495
304	Dhaka	$489
305	Sale	$489
306	Corum	$484
307	Concepcion (Paraguay)	$482
308	Binh Dinh	$480
309	Oulmes	$480
310	Caaguazu	$478
311	Arta	$476
312	Dong Nai	$473
313	Lang Son	$470
314	Salar	$470
315	Kenitra	$467
316	Quang Tri	$466
317	Ayni	$465
318	Dong Thap	$463
319	Narino	$462
320	Maharashtra	$461
321	Quang Ninh	$453
322	Nam Dinh	$448
323	Ain Temouchent	$444
324	Thanh Hoa	$444
325	Sanaa	$443
326	MSila	$441
327	Binh Duong	$438
328	Homs	$436
329	Khemisset	$435
330	Medenine	$433
331	Ca Mau	$431
332	Kebili	$431
333	Thua Thien Hue	$431
334	Beni Mellal-Khenifra	$429
335	Ain Defla	$426
336	Mazandaran	$426
337	Binh Thuan	$424
338	Tamba	$423
339	Jaen (Peru)	$422
340	Tetouan	$414
341	Al Bayda	$412
342	Ysyk-Kol	$411
343	Tebessa	$409
344	Bejaia	$405
345	Misratah	$399
346	Baghlan	$398
347	El Kelaa des Sraghna	$398
348	Daharia	$393
349	Al Bayda	$390
350	San Joaquin	$389
351	Tay Ninh	$389
352	Bordj Bou Arreridj	$384
353	Kien Giang	$381
354	Saida	$381
355	Gabes	$377
356	Kosice	$372
357	Sabha	$365
358	Bihar	$363
359	Kien Giang	$363
360	Quang Nam	$363
361	Samana	$360
362	Medea	$333
363	Ben Tre	$324
364	Naama	$302