Cost of Living in Berlin
Summary of cost of living in Berlin, Germany:
- A family of four estimated monthly costs are 3,728.9$ (3,389.3€) without rent (using our estimator).
- A single person estimated monthly costs are 1,117.3$ (1,015.5€) without rent.
- Berlin is 30.4% less expensive than New York (without rent, see our cost of living index).
- Rent in Berlin is, on average, 63.0% lower than in New York.
Restaurants |  Edit |
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| Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 12.50 € | |
| Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 62.50 € | |
| McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 10.00 € | |
| Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) | 4.50 € | |
| Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 4.00 € | |
| Cappuccino (regular) | 3.50 € | |
| Coke/Pepsi (12 oz small bottle) | 2.96 € | |
| Water (12 oz small bottle) | 2.56 € | |
Markets | Edit |
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| Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 4.71 € | |
| Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 1.76 € | |
| Rice (white), (1 lb) | 1.27 € | |
| Eggs (regular) (12) | 3.24 € | |
| Local Cheese (1 lb) | 5.78 € | |
| Chicken Fillets (1 lb) | 5.74 € | |
| Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 6.88 € | |
| Apples (1 lb) | 1.18 € | |
| Banana (1 lb) | 0.75 € | |
| Oranges (1 lb) | 1.08 € | |
| Tomato (1 lb) | 1.34 € | |
| Potato (1 lb) | 0.74 € | |
| Onion (1 lb) | 0.81 € | |
| Lettuce (1 head) | 1.50 € | |
| Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 0.79 € | |
| Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) | 5.00 € | |
| Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 0.97 € | |
| Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 1.63 € | |
| Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro) | 8.20 € | |
Transportation | Edit |
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| One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 3.20 € | |
| Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 49.99 € | |
| Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 4.30 € | |
| Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 3.22 € | |
| Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 33.00 € | |
| Gasoline (1 gallon) | 6.93 € | |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 30,000.00 € | |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 28,197.78 € | |
Utilities (Monthly) | Edit |
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| Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 358.97 € | |
| Mobile Phone Monthly Plan with Calls and 10GB+ Data | 24.07 € | |
| Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 40.13 € | |
Sports And Leisure | Edit |
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| Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 36.46 € | |
| Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 20.45 € | |
| Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 13.00 € | |
Childcare | Edit |
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| Preschool (or Kindergarten), Full Day, Private, Monthly for 1 Child | 256.00 € | |
| International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child | 7,972.22 € | |
Clothing And Shoes | Edit |
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| 1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 89.79 € | |
| 1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 37.79 € | |
| 1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 92.16 € | |
| 1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 117.74 € | |
Rent Per Month | Edit |
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| Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 1,317.19 € | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 899.23 € | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 2,448.07 € | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 1,723.40 € | |
Buy Apartment Price | Edit |
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| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 768.79 € | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 539.73 € | |
Salaries And Financing | Edit |
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| Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) | 3,061.70 € | |
| Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate | 4.08 |
Prices in Berlin
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Last update: November 2023
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| Cost of Living in Hildesheim | 177.04 miles |
| Cost of Living in Hamburg | 179.41 miles |
| Cost of Living in Hanover | 179.95 miles |
| Cost of Living in Kiel | 219.98 miles |
| Cost of Living in Kassel | 237.61 miles |
| Cost of Living in Bielefeld | 244.27 miles |
| Cost of Living in Bremen | 245.49 miles |
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It's time to build Nuclear power plant as much as necessary in order to provide sufficient power for Europe as well as to provide the free city transportation including bus and train powered by electricity in order to discourage the public from using the oil fueled cars as the first step to permanently remove oil dependence from Russia and Russia's manipulated OPEC.
can you please disaggregate reported data points by zip code and allow for longitude and latitude / exact address?
Once that is done you can use different aggregation levels (city boundaries, metro area vs. zip-Code oder perimeters/polygons)
In a larger city you have subdistricts where e.g. a certain drink costs EUR 3.00 and another district (500m or 10 km away) where the cost ist EUR 12.00. Seeing an average does not help all that much.
The point is: Variability within a city can be much higher and also much more relevatn within one city as compared to between different cities.
Maybe someone can share how this thought may be incorporated within numbeo already or how people typically go about augmenting data in this regard.
Thank you and best regards
D.Feuerbach
So Germany should lead Europe to demand the greedy Myanmar to immediately reciprocate import/export tax/duty rate from Europe for all items including car, liquor, etc so that the Germany car should be cheap in Myanmar as much as in UK.
In the meantime, Europe should immediately impose the current high tax/duty rate from Myanmar for all items imported into Europe immediately or else it's the weakness of Germany allowing the shameless, greedy fake-democracy Myanmar to harm the interest of Europe businesses unfairly in Myanmar.
You want to talk to someone who will give you a realistic picture of the city NOT what the media praise says, and not what the brainwashed people say praising the city. Unless you like living poor and scraping by so you are stuck to your city I would reccomend elsewhere
Most of them are used to giving away so much of their income to the state and making peanuts and repeating “this is the best place on earth!!!!”
Ps it’s really really not...
You see all these “artist” in Berlin?
They either are leaching off the welfare system (aka your taxes) OR they come from rich families
Please suggest ! Can i survive there in this low budget salary ? Your help would be appreciated.
If I lived let's say 20-30 minutes from downtown in a 40m2 apartment close to the subway, how much would I pay for this per month? Is it easy to find an available apartment? What website should I use to find a long term rental?
The city is famous for its cultural life, it's educational facilities and the it's social life. Generally speaking, Berlin is a city where you can have a good live even with a modest income. That's why the city attracts so many young people.