Cost of Living in Berlin
Summary about cost of living in Berlin, Germany:
- Family of four estimated monthly costs are 2,513.64£ (2,960.77€) without rent (using our estimator).
- A single person estimated monthly costs are 743.56£ (875.82€) without rent.
- Berlin is 35.06% less expensive than New York (without rent, see our cost of living index).
- Rent in Berlin is, on average, 64.25% lower than in New York.
Restaurants |  Edit |
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| Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 8.70 £ | |
| Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 42.45 £ | |
| McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 7.22 £ | |
| Domestic Beer (1 pint draught) | 3.40 £ | |
| Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 3.40 £ | |
| Cappuccino (regular) | 2.65 £ | |
| Coke/Pepsi (12 oz small bottle) | 1.87 £ | |
| Water (12 oz small bottle) | 1.60 £ | |
Markets | Edit |
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| Milk (regular), (1 gallon) | 3.23 £ | |
| Loaf of Fresh White Bread (1 lb) | 1.07 £ | |
| Rice (white), (1 lb) | 0.79 £ | |
| Eggs (regular) (12) | 2.24 £ | |
| Local Cheese (1 lb) | 4.99 £ | |
| Chicken Fillets (1 lb) | 2.75 £ | |
| Beef Round (1 lb) (or Equivalent Back Leg Red Meat) | 4.97 £ | |
| Apples (1 lb) | 0.91 £ | |
| Banana (1 lb) | 0.64 £ | |
| Oranges (1 lb) | 0.89 £ | |
| Tomato (1 lb) | 1.18 £ | |
| Potato (1 lb) | 0.61 £ | |
| Onion (1 lb) | 0.47 £ | |
| Lettuce (1 head) | 1.03 £ | |
| Water (1.5 liter bottle) | 0.57 £ | |
| Bottle of Wine (Mid-Range) | 4.75 £ | |
| Domestic Beer (0.5 liter bottle) | 0.78 £ | |
| Imported Beer (12 oz small bottle) | 1.34 £ | |
| Cigarettes 20 Pack (Marlboro) | 6.11 £ | |
Transportation | Edit |
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| One-way Ticket (Local Transport) | 2.55 £ | |
| Monthly Pass (Regular Price) | 73.01 £ | |
| Taxi Start (Normal Tariff) | 3.40 £ | |
| Taxi 1 mile (Normal Tariff) | 2.94 £ | |
| Taxi 1hour Waiting (Normal Tariff) | 28.02 £ | |
| Gasoline (1 gallon) | 6.85 £ | |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (Or Equivalent New Car) | 22,073.57 £ | |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW Comfort (Or Equivalent New Car) | 22,941.55 £ | |
Utilities (Monthly) | Edit |
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| Basic (Electricity, Heating, Cooling, Water, Garbage) for 915 sq ft Apartment | 246.71 £ | |
| 1 min. of Prepaid Mobile Tariff Local (No Discounts or Plans) | 0.09 £ | |
| Internet (60 Mbps or More, Unlimited Data, Cable/ADSL) | 31.69 £ | |
Sports And Leisure | Edit |
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| Fitness Club, Monthly Fee for 1 Adult | 26.66 £ | |
| Tennis Court Rent (1 Hour on Weekend) | 15.09 £ | |
| Cinema, International Release, 1 Seat | 9.34 £ | |
Childcare | Edit |
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| Preschool (or Kindergarten), Full Day, Private, Monthly for 1 Child | 143.08 £ | |
| International Primary School, Yearly for 1 Child | 7,598.40 £ | |
Clothing And Shoes | Edit |
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| 1 Pair of Jeans (Levis 501 Or Similar) | 67.24 £ | |
| 1 Summer Dress in a Chain Store (Zara, H&M, ...) | 32.30 £ | |
| 1 Pair of Nike Running Shoes (Mid-Range) | 71.92 £ | |
| 1 Pair of Men Leather Business Shoes | 83.77 £ | |
Rent Per Month | Edit |
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| Apartment (1 bedroom) in City Centre | 980.47 £ | |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) Outside of Centre | 667.81 £ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in City Centre | 1,800.60 £ | |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) Outside of Centre | 1,261.78 £ | |
Buy Apartment Price | Edit |
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| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment in City Centre | 628.34 £ | |
| Price per Square Feet to Buy Apartment Outside of Centre | 421.04 £ | |
Salaries And Financing | Edit |
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| Average Monthly Net Salary (After Tax) | 2,557.48 £ | |
| Mortgage Interest Rate in Percentages (%), Yearly, for 20 Years Fixed-Rate | 1.92 |
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Afghanistan is gone and inflation is out of control now.
And Russia is heading Europe for invasion starting with Ukraine but European countries are quiet like chicken because the most foolish Joe Biden said to do so.
Very soon, European countries would regret listening the most foolish Joe Biden but then Ukraine would be gone and Russia would approach Poland again.
Before it's too late, European countries should enter into Ukraine war immediately just like China entered into Korean war before in order to liberate not only Ukraine but also to liberate energy price permanently from being mercilessly manipulated by Russia.
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
The central bank is undeniably accountable to the current suffering of all people regarding the house price skyrocketing.
So the government in Europe have to bring lawsuit against the traitor central bank immediately for its unethical treason of violating the people's trust unacceptably.
Jerome Powell and Janet Yellen from US are also highly suspected of misleading the central bank in Europe since March last year to end up the central bank in Europe betraying its own people's trust with the current skyrocketing house price in Europe so the government in Europe have to request the US government to immediately extradite the criminals Jerome Powell and Janet Yellen from US to face the unpardonable criminal charge in Europe.
If the US government lawlessly deny to extradite both criminals Jerome Powell and Janet Yellen to Europe to face the unpardonable criminal charge, the government in Europe have to stop using US dollar on the international trading immediately.
The parasite Russia simply survives by selling its natural resource to the international markets but the problem is that this parasite Russia is extremely greedy now and even dares to attack the whole world shamelessly by skyrocketing the price of its natural resource relentlessly now.
Germany is also to be blamed for helping Russia with a gas pipeline to hack into Europe so the Russia's gas pipeline should be suspended immediately until the normal price of gas is restored and everyone has to work together for this common interest even if needed for sacrifice because it's a worthy cause or else Europe might not be able to escape from the trap of Russia forever and this is not acceptable and shouldn't happen in Europe.
If Russia were imposed sanction earlier, the problem of resources being skyrocketed wouldn't happen right now.
So the world should remember to stay away from the parasite Russia as well as from Russia's manipulated OPEC to be safe so all natural resources from the parasite Russia should be banned immediately in order to restore the normal price of the natural resources and if needed, the parasite Russia must be imposed sanctioned once and for all through the support of worldwide cooperation.
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.
Also the Germans are definitely not the warmest bunch, that's true, but if you at least make some effort to learn German and interact with them it'd be totally fine. Also the European youths in big cities are generally very open.
"Asians in US are also smarter and better than germans at everything" no idea why you seem to hold such a grudge against the Germans. IMO Asians are relatively new and still a minority in Germany so people don't usually have strong preconceptions about them as the English-speaking countries might have. There are also quite some Asian Germans and they're getting on just fine. Just try to appreciate and break into their culture also a bit OK? If you plan to act aloof and only speak English why even bother coming here in the first place. Go to an English speaking country.
"if someone is poor is not a problem for the society, just his problem and is all his fault, and nobody should help him "
What is wrong with this statement? It is 100% correct, if you work hard - you get accepted to good Uni and then have a good job. If you are lazy, why should the country help you?
International communities have been treating India with due respect not because India is worthy but because of being human being.
Since the scumbag India is treating Rohingya refugees unlike human being, international communities should also treat India according to its worthiness which is less than human being and also weak women are bullied and raped daily in New Delhi city, India, unlike any other cities all over the world.
US and Europe should consider the mistakes that they have done with inhumane India, especially in the matter of recent military equipment sale because sooner or later those weapons would be used to target back to human being which is not what the human societies would like to see.
They threatened to kill us if we didn't leave India: Rohingya
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/threatened-kill-didn-leave-india-rohingya-190123061742432.html
firstly,I am from india and want to take degree education frm deutschland can anybody help me only making guidance?
one bedroom apartment is 2000 dollars in the center city on the out skirts of washington DC is 1300 not including utilities
You have to make at least 84,000 to live ok
You are crazy to even think about Germany. Go to eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Romania). A senior Java dev makes 3000+ Euro net and has 50% lower cost of living. Tax rates there are 10% vs. 50% in Germany where 45k gross will lead to 2300 EURO NET only and you'll pay 1000 Euro for the rent. Not to mention all the refugees and other strange creatures moving around, who have more rights than you and are fed by the tax payer.
By the way, 45k is faaar to low expectation for an exp. Java dev in Germany. I'd shoot for 65k if I was you (even then, you'll not be happy when you see your tax).
Any help will be appreciated.
If you live alone is 250 euro/month for groceries and going out considered frugal in Berlin?
If not how much does a berliner spend in groceries per month if they cook their meals?
Thanks in advance