Living in Mering

In Mering, rents across existing tenancies average €8.39 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 2.7% (2024).

Mering numbered 15,164 residents at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, the regional median gross salary stood at €4,300 per month. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 7 µg/m³.

Last checked 2026-09-2317 sources

Population15,164people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

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

Average net rent8.39EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 44% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate2.7%country median 5.1% — 47% belowOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime2,121incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean7µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Pricier rent than 93% of German cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 97% 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 Mering?

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Mering?

Average net cold rent is 8.39 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): 8.39 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 citiesMering 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 Mbps⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M¹²Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	8.39 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Mering a good place to live?

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Remote worker59%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 49–69%

Skilled employee66%strong on work, weak on education · range 57–75%

Student52%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 41–63%

Family61%strong on family, weak on education · range 50–72%

Retirement50%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 37–63%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 503 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.39 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 Mering?

The unemployment rate is 2.7 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Mering is 2.7%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Mering 2.7%

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	2.7 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Mering?

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

Left over each month€2,159of €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€8.39/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €503
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	€2,159

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Mering. 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 citiesMering 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	2,121 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁸Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Mering's nearest airport was MUC, 60 km away and offered 191 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	191 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	60 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	MUC	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Mering. 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.

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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

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. Average monthly sunshine totalled 61.8 hours in January and 243.8 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Mering?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 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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14°3°

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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

228

244

230

163

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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

PM2.57WHO 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 Mering is 7.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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

Mering 7.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7 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 NCEI¹³Official · 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 NCEI¹⁴Official · 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 NCEI¹⁵Official · 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 NCEI¹⁶Official · 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 NCEI¹⁷Official · 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 Mering?

The published population was 15,164 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	15,164 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹Official

International community in Mering

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	14,879	100.0%
Germany	12,522	84.2%
Romania	232	1.6%
Poland	219	1.5%
Turkey	166	1.1%
Czech Republic	138	0.9%
Ukraine	119	0.8%
Croatia	95	0.6%
Syrian Arab Republic	95	0.6%
Russian Federation	94	0.6%
Serbia	90	0.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Kosovo	89	0.6%
Italy	83	0.6%
Austria	78	0.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	63	0.4%
Hungary	62	0.4%
Kazakhstan	48	0.3%
United States	36	0.2%
India	32	0.2%
Nigeria	29	0.2%
Bulgaria	28	0.2%
Moldova, Republic of	27	0.2%
Slovakia	26	0.2%
United Kingdom	25	0.2%
Brazil	23	0.2%
Philippines	23	0.2%
Morocco	21	0.1%
Iraq	21	0.1%
Thailand	20	0.1%
China	20	0.1%
Afghanistan	19	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	18	0.1%
Switzerland	17	0.1%
Greece	16	0.1%
France	15	0.1%
Spain	15	0.1%
Egypt	15	0.1%
Netherlands	10	0.1%
Portugal	10	0.1%
Viet Nam	10	0.1%
Pakistan	10	0.1%
Canada	9	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	8	0.1%
Indonesia	8	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	8	0.1%
Mexico	7	0.0%
Jordan	7	0.0%
Not stated	7	0.0%
Denmark	6	0.0%
Lithuania	6	0.0%
Colombia	6	0.0%
Tajikistan	6	0.0%
Finland	5	0.0%
Libya	5	0.0%
Cameroon	5	0.0%
Argentina	5	0.0%
Chile	5	0.0%
Uzbekistan	5	0.0%
Latvia	4	0.0%
Ethiopia	4	0.0%
Mali	4	0.0%
South Africa	4	0.0%
Senegal	4	0.0%
Israel	4	0.0%
Japan	4	0.0%
Lebanon	4	0.0%
Mongolia	4	0.0%
Estonia	3	0.0%
Slovenia	3	0.0%
Ireland	3	0.0%
Malta	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Angola	3	0.0%
Congo	3	0.0%
Madagascar	3	0.0%
Sudan	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Sri Lanka	3	0.0%
Palestinian territories	3	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	3	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	3	0.0%
Malaysia	3	0.0%
Australia	3	0.0%

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

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	14,879	100.0%
Germany	13,269	89.2%
Turkey	184	1.2%
Croatia	121	0.8%
Ukraine	111	0.7%
Kosovo	110	0.7%
Syrian Arab Republic	106	0.7%
Italy	93	0.6%
Poland	93	0.6%
Romania	86	0.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	64	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Hungary	62	0.4%
Austria	61	0.4%
Serbia	49	0.3%
Russian Federation	45	0.3%
Nigeria	39	0.3%
India	22	0.1%
Spain	20	0.1%
Afghanistan	20	0.1%
China	18	0.1%
Bulgaria	17	0.1%
Greece	17	0.1%
Morocco	17	0.1%
France	16	0.1%
Slovakia	16	0.1%
Egypt	16	0.1%
Netherlands	12	0.1%
Iraq	12	0.1%
Thailand	11	0.1%
Portugal	10	0.1%
United States	10	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	10	0.1%
Pakistan	10	0.1%
United Kingdom	9	0.1%
Philippines	9	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	8	0.1%
Senegal	8	0.1%
Indonesia	8	0.1%
Czech Republic	7	0.0%
Brazil	6	0.0%
Stateless	6	0.0%
Finland	5	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	5	0.0%
Switzerland	5	0.0%
Mali	4	0.0%
Colombia	4	0.0%
Japan	4	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Slovenia	3	0.0%
Latvia	3	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Luxembourg	3	0.0%
Malta	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Sudan	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Viet Nam	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Jordan	3	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	3	0.0%
Palestinian territories	3	0.0%
Australia	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Alternatives for people set on Mering

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Yes — migrants receive medical care in Mering 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; Mering'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 Mering?

The published population was 15,164 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Mering?

Average net cold rent is 8.39 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 587 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Mering?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 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 Mering?

The unemployment rate is 2.7 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Mering?

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

Is Mering a good place to live?

Mering 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 Mering?

The official country of birth distribution records 12,522 people (84.2%) 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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Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-06
Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik statistik.arbeitsagentur.de · checked 2026-08-20
Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.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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Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) destatis.de · checked 2026-08-05
Telekom MagentaMobil M telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
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