Living in Meitingen

In Meitingen, rents across existing tenancies average €7.09 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3% (2024).

At the end of 2024, Meitingen had a population of 12,307. The regional median gross salary was €4,250 per month at the end of 2024. The annual PM2.5 concentration measured 8 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2318 sources

Population12,307people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)4,250EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent7.09EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 22% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate3%country median 5.1% — 41% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime2,695incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Pricier rent than 80% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 93% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than any other German city that publishes it.

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Meitingen?

Average net cold rent is 7.09 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): 7.09 EUR/m²/month · Destatis³

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesMeitingen 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)	7.09 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Meitingen a good place to live?

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Remote worker61%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 51–71%

Skilled employee67%strong on work, weak on education · range 58–76%

Student55%strong on cost, weak on education · range 44–66%

Family62%strong on family, weak on education · range 51–73%

Retirement53%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 40–66%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 425 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 7.09 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 Meitingen?

The unemployment rate is 3 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Meitingen is 3.0%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Meitingen 3.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,250 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Meitingen?

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

Left over each month€2,211of €2,735 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.	€2,735
Rent, 60 m²€7.09/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €425
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	€2,211

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Meitingen. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Public employment service

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Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesMeitingen 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	2,695 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Meitingen's nearest airport was MUC, 72 km away and offered 191 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	191 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁷Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	72 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	MUC	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For eligible migrants.

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

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For migrants needing job-related German.

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Climate and air quality

Meitingen's monthly mean temperatures were −0.1°C in January and 18.3°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 45.1 mm in January and 94.3 mm in July. Meitingen's average monthly sunshine was 61.8 hours in January and 243.8 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Meitingen?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 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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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

138

186

212

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244

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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

PM2.58WHO 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 Meitingen is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Meitingen 8.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 3 · Feb 4.8 · Mar 9.5 · Apr 14.5 · May 18.8 · Jun 22.2 · Jul 24.2 · Aug 24.1 · Sep 19.1 · Oct 13.6 · Nov 7.1 · Dec 3.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.2 · Feb -3.2 · Mar -0.3 · Apr 2.8 · May 7.2 · Jun 10.7 · Jul 12.2 · Aug 11.9 · Sep 8 · Oct 4.6 · Nov 0.7 · Dec -2.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.1 · Feb 0.7 · Mar 4.4 · Apr 8.8 · May 13.2 · Jun 16.6 · Jul 18.3 · Aug 18 · Sep 13.4 · Oct 8.9 · Nov 3.9 · Dec 0.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 45.1 · Feb 34.1 · Mar 47.3 · Apr 45.8 · May 84.8 · Jun 92 · Jul 94.3 · Aug 91.8 · Sep 61.9 · Oct 52.9 · Nov 50.2 · Dec 49.7 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 61.8 · Feb 88.1 · Mar 138.3 · Apr 186.4 · May 211.9 · Jun 228 · Jul 243.8 · Aug 230.2 · Sep 162.8 · Oct 106.6 · Nov 55.9 · Dec 54.1 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Pfaffenhofen a. d. Ilm ±0.2 °C. Elsewhere: Bytom (Poland) ±0.7 °C, Chorzów (Poland) ±0.7 °C, Ruda Śląska (Poland) ±0.7 °C, Sosnowiec (Poland) ±0.7 °C, Tychy (Poland) ±0.7 °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 Meitingen?

The published population was 12,307 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	12,307 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²Official

International community in Meitingen

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	11,941	100.0%
Germany	9,896	82.9%
Romania	300	2.5%
Czech Republic	210	1.8%
Poland	208	1.7%
Turkey	150	1.3%
Kazakhstan	108	0.9%
Kosovo	99	0.8%
Russian Federation	84	0.7%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	70	0.6%
Italy	65	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Syrian Arab Republic	56	0.5%
Ukraine	55	0.5%
Croatia	51	0.4%
Austria	49	0.4%
Hungary	41	0.3%
Greece	29	0.2%
Iraq	29	0.2%
Serbia	27	0.2%
United States	24	0.2%
Bulgaria	23	0.2%
United Kingdom	22	0.2%
Albania	17	0.1%
Spain	17	0.1%
Thailand	16	0.1%
Slovakia	13	0.1%
Brazil	12	0.1%
Afghanistan	12	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	12	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	11	0.1%
Nigeria	11	0.1%
Portugal	10	0.1%
India	9	0.1%
France	7	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	7	0.1%
Sweden	7	0.1%
Gambia	7	0.1%
Azerbaijan	7	0.1%
Viet Nam	7	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	7	0.1%
China	7	0.1%
Slovenia	6	0.1%
Ethiopia	6	0.1%
Cuba	6	0.1%
Myanmar	6	0.1%
Pakistan	6	0.1%
Morocco	5	0.0%
Peru	5	0.0%
Philippines	5	0.0%
Uzbekistan	5	0.0%
Latvia	4	0.0%
Montenegro	4	0.0%
Eritrea	4	0.0%
Kenya	4	0.0%
Cameroon	4	0.0%
Tunisia	4	0.0%
Armenia	4	0.0%
Cambodia	4	0.0%
Lebanon	4	0.0%
Tajikistan	4	0.0%
Not stated	4	0.0%
Belgium	3	0.0%
Finland	3	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Netherlands	3	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Libya	3	0.0%
Namibia	3	0.0%
Argentina	3	0.0%
Belize	3	0.0%
Chile	3	0.0%
Colombia	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Uruguay	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Indonesia	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	11,941	100.0%
Germany	10,718	89.8%
Turkey	173	1.4%
Croatia	130	1.1%
Kosovo	108	0.9%
Romania	88	0.7%
Italy	68	0.6%
Syrian Arab Republic	63	0.5%
Poland	56	0.5%
Ukraine	46	0.4%
Austria	43	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Greece	36	0.3%
Hungary	36	0.3%
Bulgaria	25	0.2%
Iraq	24	0.2%
Nigeria	19	0.2%
Albania	18	0.2%
Russian Federation	18	0.2%
United States	17	0.1%
Portugal	16	0.1%
Thailand	16	0.1%
United Kingdom	14	0.1%
Spain	12	0.1%
Afghanistan	12	0.1%
Serbia	10	0.1%
India	10	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	9	0.1%
Ethiopia	9	0.1%
Gambia	7	0.1%
Slovakia	6	0.1%
Sweden	6	0.1%
Pakistan	6	0.1%
France	5	0.0%
Slovenia	5	0.0%
Czech Republic	5	0.0%
Brazil	5	0.0%
Armenia	5	0.0%
Viet Nam	5	0.0%
Lebanon	5	0.0%
Latvia	4	0.0%
Netherlands	4	0.0%
Eritrea	4	0.0%
Morocco	4	0.0%
Cuba	4	0.0%
Azerbaijan	4	0.0%
Myanmar	4	0.0%
Kazakhstan	4	0.0%
China	4	0.0%
Finland	3	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Switzerland	3	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Uzbekistan	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 Meitingen

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Alternative cities in Germany

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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Meitingen 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; Meitingen's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Meitingen part of Augsburg?

Meitingen is in the published commuting zone of Augsburg; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Augsburg city profile

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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 Meitingen?

The published population was 12,307 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Meitingen?

Average net cold rent is 7.09 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 496 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Meitingen?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 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 Meitingen?

The unemployment rate is 3 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Meitingen?

The median gross salary is 4,250 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Meitingen a good place to live?

Meitingen 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.

Is Meitingen part of Augsburg?

Meitingen is in the published commuting zone of Augsburg; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

How many people born in Germany live in Meitingen?

The official country of birth distribution records 9,896 people (82.9%) 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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Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
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GISCO Urban Audit 2021 — Functional Urban Areas (URAU_RG_100K_2021_4326_FUA) GISCO Urban Audit 2021 · gisco-services.ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-09-19
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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Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
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