Living in Fürth

In Fürth, rents across existing tenancies average €6.02 per m² a month (2022).

The population of Fürth totalled 10,810 at the end of 2024. For Fürth, the regional median gross salary was €4,300 per month at the end of 2024. An unemployment rate of 4.11% was measured at the end of 2020.

Last checked 2026-09-2318 sources

Population10,810people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)4,300EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent6.02EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 4% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate4.11%country median 5.1% — 19% belowOfficial source · Eurostat

Recorded crime2,766incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean9µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Lower unemployment than 70% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it and dirtier air than 70% of German cities that publish it.

Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Fürth?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Fürth?

Average net cold rent is 6.02 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 6.02 EUR/m²/month · Destatis²

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesFürth highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Augsburg€9.10

Leipzig€6.27

Dortmund€6.00

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Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

Brunswick€6.79

Bielefeld€6.72

Duisburg€6.66

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	48.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps⁶Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹³Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6.02 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis²Official

Is Fürth a good place to live?

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Remote worker60%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 50–70%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 55–73%

Student59%strong on cost, weak on education · range 48–70%

Family60%strong on family, weak on education · range 49–71%

Retirement56%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 43–69%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 361 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.02 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: May 2022

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Fürth?

The unemployment rate is about 4.1 % (2020).

Unemployment rate: 4.11 % · Eurostat⁵

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Fürth is 4.1%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Fürth 4.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,300 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.11 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2020	Eurostat⁵Official

Unemployment rate over time18 published observations, 2001–2020

3.1%

6.1%

9.2%

12.2%

4.1%20012007201120172020

Unemployment rate fell 36.6% between 2001 and 2020, from 6.5% to 4.1%.

What does a salary buy in Fürth?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€2,302of €2,762 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions.	€2,762
Rent, 60 m²€6.02/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €361
Internet€49 · official · MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps · 2026-09-30	− €49
Mobile plan€50 · official · Telekom MagentaMobil M · 2026-09-30	− €50
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€2,302

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Public employment offices in Fürth

Exact offices linked to this city from official sources. Check the office page before visiting because hours and appointment rules can change.

Verified locally

Fürth — Verified local office

Ludwig-Quellen-Straße 20, 90762 Fürth, 90762

+49-911-2024-0

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Only exact city-linked public offices are listed; this is not a complete directory of private recruiters or every employment provider. Sources checked through 11 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesFürth highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Bremen15,424

Frankfurt14,600

Berlin13,900

Hanover13,192

Cologne12,343

Dortmund12,283

Dusseldorf12,172

Leipzig11,129

Essen9,619

Dresden8,853

Stuttgart8,552

Munich6,214

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,766 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Fürth's nearest airport was MHG, 28 km away and offered 1 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	1 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁷Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	28 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	MHG	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Fürth. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

BAMF Integrationskurse — Integration course

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For eligible migrants.

GermanIn Person

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BAMF job-related German courses — Job-related language course

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For migrants needing job-related German.

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Climate and air quality

Fürth recorded annual PM2.5 of 9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Monthly mean temperature moved from 2.4°C in January to 20.7°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 41.9 mm in January and 71.2 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Fürth?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁴

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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5°-1°

7°0°

12°2°

17°5°

21°9°

24°13°

27°15°

26°14°

22°11°

16°7°

9°3°

6°0°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

136

191

217

226

236

224

170

108

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.59WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in GermanyAnnual PM2.5 in Fürth is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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101

3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–14

Fürth 9.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	9 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 5.3 · Feb 7.3 · Mar 12.2 · Apr 17.2 · May 21 · Jun 24.5 · Jul 26.7 · Aug 26.5 · Sep 21.6 · Oct 15.5 · Nov 9.3 · Dec 5.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -0.7 · Feb -0.5 · Mar 2.1 · Apr 5.1 · May 9.2 · Jun 12.7 · Jul 14.6 · Aug 14.4 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 6.7 · Nov 2.8 · Dec 0.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 2.4 · Feb 3.3 · Mar 7.1 · Apr 11.3 · May 15.3 · Jun 18.8 · Jul 20.7 · Aug 20.3 · Sep 15.8 · Oct 10.9 · Nov 6.2 · Dec 3.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 41.9 · Feb 40.6 · Mar 42.3 · Apr 40.5 · May 67.6 · Jun 63.8 · Jul 71.2 · Aug 61.7 · Sep 50 · Oct 53 · Nov 52.9 · Dec 55 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 56 · Feb 82.1 · Mar 135.9 · Apr 190.8 · May 216.9 · Jun 225.6 · Jul 235.6 · Aug 224.2 · Sep 169.7 · Oct 108.1 · Nov 56.1 · Dec 44.1 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature	8.4 °C	31 Dec 2020	DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)³Official · land

Similar climate. In Germany: Ginsheim-Gustavsburg ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Reims (France) ±1.1 °C, Mulhouse (France) ±0.3 °C, Metz (France) ±0.7 °C, Nancy (France) ±0.5 °C, Petržalka (Slovakia) ±1.2 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Fürth?

The published population was 10,810 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	10,810 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²Official

International community in Fürth

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	10,843	100.0%
Germany	8,939	82.4%
Turkey	236	2.2%
Poland	224	2.1%
Ukraine	186	1.7%
Kazakhstan	149	1.4%
Romania	132	1.2%
Syrian Arab Republic	126	1.2%
Russian Federation	84	0.8%
Czech Republic	78	0.7%
Iraq	48	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Not stated	43	0.4%
Italy	42	0.4%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	40	0.4%
Afghanistan	40	0.4%
Bulgaria	34	0.3%
Greece	24	0.2%
Austria	24	0.2%
Hungary	22	0.2%
Lebanon	22	0.2%
Norway	20	0.2%
Croatia	18	0.2%
Kosovo	18	0.2%
Serbia	17	0.2%
Slovakia	15	0.1%
United States	15	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	13	0.1%
Viet Nam	12	0.1%
Philippines	12	0.1%
Lithuania	11	0.1%
Uzbekistan	11	0.1%
France	10	0.1%
Switzerland	10	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	9	0.1%
Netherlands	9	0.1%
Eritrea	9	0.1%
Albania	8	0.1%
Thailand	8	0.1%
Spain	7	0.1%
United Kingdom	7	0.1%
Morocco	7	0.1%
Georgia	7	0.1%
Brazil	6	0.1%
Slovenia	5	0.0%
Armenia	5	0.0%
Pakistan	5	0.0%
Tajikistan	5	0.0%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	4	0.0%
Portugal	4	0.0%
Tunisia	4	0.0%
Argentina	4	0.0%
Guatemala	4	0.0%
Mexico	4	0.0%
Peru	4	0.0%
India	4	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
Finland	3	0.0%
Nigeria	3	0.0%
Cameroon	3	0.0%
Swaziland	3	0.0%
Dominican Republic	3	0.0%
Haiti	3	0.0%
Paraguay	3	0.0%
Sri Lanka	3	0.0%
Jordan	3	0.0%
Qatar	3	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	3	0.0%
Turkmenistan	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	10,843	100.0%
Germany	9,408	86.8%
Turkey	279	2.6%
Ukraine	169	1.6%
Poland	154	1.4%
Syrian Arab Republic	150	1.4%
Romania	143	1.3%
Italy	58	0.5%
Afghanistan	48	0.4%
Iraq	45	0.4%
Bulgaria	41	0.4%

Show 48 more groups

Published group	People	Share
Bosnia and Herzegovina	33	0.3%
Greece	29	0.3%
Croatia	21	0.2%
Norway	21	0.2%
Austria	14	0.1%
Slovakia	14	0.1%
Russian Federation	13	0.1%
Hungary	12	0.1%
Kosovo	10	0.1%
Netherlands	9	0.1%
Eritrea	9	0.1%
Armenia	8	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	8	0.1%
Lebanon	8	0.1%
Albania	7	0.1%
Lithuania	7	0.1%
United States	7	0.1%
Georgia	7	0.1%
Philippines	7	0.1%
Serbia	6	0.1%
Brazil	6	0.1%
Uncertain	6	0.1%
France	5	0.0%
Switzerland	5	0.0%
Stateless	5	0.0%
Congo	4	0.0%
Morocco	4	0.0%
Tunisia	4	0.0%
Mexico	4	0.0%
Viet Nam	4	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Finland	3	0.0%
Slovenia	3	0.0%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	3	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	3	0.0%
Portugal	3	0.0%
Spain	3	0.0%
United Kingdom	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Nigeria	3	0.0%
Senegal	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Peru	3	0.0%
Azerbaijan	3	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
Kazakhstan	3	0.0%
Pakistan	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Alternatives for people set on Fürth

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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Fürth through valid health insurance.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 15, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Länder Sprachförderung (e.g. Sprachlernklassen BW/Berlin; vorklassen); Starting Opportunities Programme. How to enrol a child (kmk.org).

A country-wide rule for Germany; Fürth's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Fürth?

The published population was 10,810 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Fürth?

Average net cold rent is 6.02 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 421 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Fürth?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 9 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

What is the unemployment rate in Fürth?

The unemployment rate is about 4.1 % (2020). Source: Eurostat.

What is the typical salary around Fürth?

The median gross salary is 4,300 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Fürth a good place to live?

Fürth may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people born in Germany live in Fürth?

The official country of birth distribution records 8,939 people (82.4%) in the source-defined population for 2022-05-15. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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Sources

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Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-06
Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster) DWD Climate Data Center · opendata.dwd.de · checked 2026-06-05
European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
Eurostat ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise bka.de · checked 2026-09-23
Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany citizenship distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28

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Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany country of birth distribution ergebnisse.zensus2022.de · checked 2026-08-28
Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
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