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Germany
German · EUR · Central European Time
How it scores for living there
- 80%Cost of livingRated 2 of 5 for living there, poor
- 45%Income taxRated 1 of 5 for living there, bad
- AppliesCapital gainsRated 3 of 5 for living there, workable
- 46MbpsInternetRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 4.53Doctors /1,000Rated 5 of 5 for living there, ideal
- 9PM2.5 ug/m3Rated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 0.9Homicide /100kRated 5 of 5 for living there, ideal
- 80.8Life expectancyRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 94%People onlineRated 4 of 5 for living there, good
- 75Corruption indexRated 5 of 5 for living there, ideal
- 4of 12Mild monthsRated 2 of 5 for living there, poor
Facts, not judgements
- UTC+1Time zone
- EURCurrency
- GermanLanguage
- C, FPower plug
- 39.6mVisitors in 2019
Colour says whether a figure is good for someone moving in, not whether it is high: cheap is green and expensive is red. Every coloured box carries the reason for its colour, the bar under it repeats the score as a width, and boxes with no data are not drawn.
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Climate and cost by city
Average monthly temperature and rainfall from Open-Meteo ERA5 (2019-2023 mean, CC BY 4.0). Sea surface temperature from Open-Meteo Marine. Price level from the World Bank ICP survey, same-year pairing, omitted where the survey does not cover the country.
Cost of living and lifestyle
Day to day, Germany costs about 80% of the US level, on a World Bank income of $78k per person (PPP, 2025).
That percentage is measured against your country, not against ours. It follows the country picker in the header, or your account if you are signed in. With neither, it falls back to the United States, which is the 100 of the World Bank index, and the sentence says so.
World Bank ICP price level (US=100) and GNI per capita PPP, CC BY 4.0. It is a national average: a capital runs above it and a small town below it.
Getting to Germany
| From | Routing | Flight time | Cheapest fare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfurt | Non-stop | 1h 05m | €117 |
| Amsterdam | Non-stop | 1h 15m | €134 |
| Paris | Non-stop | 1h 45m | €80 |
| Milano | Non-stop | 1h 45m | €65 |
| London | Non-stop | 1h 55m | €118 |
| London | Non-stop | 1h 55m | €77 |
| Manchester | Non-stop | 1h 55m | €50 |
| Dublin | Non-stop | 2h 15m | €77 |
| Barcelona | Non-stop | 2h 45m | €58 |
| Madrid | Non-stop | 3h 05m | €125 |
| Dubai | Non-stop | 7h 00m | €366 |
| New York | Non-stop | 8h 00m | €1047 |
| Newark | Non-stop | 8h 05m | €798 |
Airports and non-stop routes from OpenFlights (Open Database License). Fares and flight times are cached one-way economy prices from Travelpayouts, the cheapest seen recently rather than a live quote or an average. They move; treat them as an order of magnitude.
The practical basics
- Local time…Central European Time, Europe/Berlin
- CurrencyEURISO 4217
- LanguagesGerman
- PlugsC, F230/400 V 50 Hz
- Safe tap water100%of people on a safely managed supply, World Bank 2024
- UK travel adviceNo blanket warningFCDO, reviewed 2026-08-11
- Population83.5mWorld Bank
Currency codes ISO 4217; plugs and voltage from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); time zone and flag from the countries-states-cities database (ODbL 1.0); travel advice from the UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3).
How many people visit
Germany logged 12.4 million international arrivals in 2020, the last year the World Bank series covers. That is a pandemic year and it is not what a normal year looks like: in 2019 the same series counted 39.6 million.
World Bank indicator ST.INT.ARVL, international tourism arrivals, CC BY 4.0. Arrivals count trips, not people: the same visitor twice in a year counts twice.
Tax in Germany, in one line
Personal income tax runs up to 45 per cent. Capital gains: 25% flat withholding (Abgeltungsteuer) + 5.5% soli (=26.375%) + church tax on private investment income; real-estate gains taxed as ordinary income if sold within 10 years.
Tax figures are compiled by us and are being re-verified against primary sources. General information, not tax advice.
Data: World Bank, Open-Meteo, M-Lab, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, under open licences. General information, not tax or legal advice.