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Living in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn

In Ostseebad Kühlungsborn, unemployment is 6% (2024).

For Ostseebad Kühlungsborn, the regional median gross salary was €3,450 per month at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 levels for Ostseebad Kühlungsborn stood at 9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2422 sources

Population8,100people31 Dec 2025Official source · GV100AD annual edition at 31 December 2025
Median gross salary (region)3,450EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)
Average net rent9EUR/m²/month2024Municipality figureOfficial source · INKAR — Indikatoren und Karten zur Raum- und Stadtentwicklung, district (Kreis) indicator table
Unemployment rate6%country median 5.1% — 18% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik
Recorded crime4,434incidents 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 (EEA)

Higher 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 Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?

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

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in GermanyNational rates and thresholds that apply in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?

Average net cold rent is 9 EUR/m² per month (2024), 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): 9 EUR/m²/month · INKAR — Indikatoren und Karten zur Raum- und Stadtentwicklung, district (Kreis) indicator table6
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Ostseebad Kühlungsborn recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50
Internet, 60 Mbps€49
Net rent across major citiesOstseebad Kühlungsborn highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Ostseebad Kühlungsborn highlighted

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited48.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps7Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB49.95 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telekom MagentaMobil M16Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)9 EUR/m²/month2024BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113)6Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · parent municipality

Is Ostseebad Kühlungsborn a good place to live?

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Remote worker53%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 42–64%
Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on education · range 46–66%
Student58%strong on cost, weak on education · range 46–70%
Family53%strong on family, weak on education · range 41–65%
Retirement56%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 42–70%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 540 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 9 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: 2024

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?

The unemployment rate is 6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn is 6.0%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)3,450 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)1Official · parent municipality
Unemployment rate6 %country median 5.1%31 Dec 2024Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik2Official

What does a salary buy in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?

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

regional median gross pay: €3,450 (Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), 2024-12-31).
Left over each month€1,664of €2,303 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.€2,303
Rent, 60 m²€9.00/m² · market price · INKAR · 2024− €540
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€1,664
Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn Salary needed to live in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ostseebad Kühlungsborn. 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

Bundesagentur für Arbeit

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Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesOstseebad Kühlungsborn highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Ostseebad Kühlungsborn highlighted

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
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents4,434 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise15Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Ostseebad Kühlungsborn's nearest airport was RLG, 43 km away and offered 5 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport5 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights13Official
Distance to the nearest major airport43 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)RLG3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official

Language courses and integration

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

Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)

For migrants needing job-related German.

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Climate and air quality

Ostseebad Kühlungsborn's monthly mean temperatures were 1.9°C in January and 18.4°C in July. Ostseebad Kühlungsborn's monthly precipitation totalled 46.2 mm in January and 69.8 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 49.2 hours in January and 252.1 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?

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 (EEA)4

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
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

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 Ostseebad Kühlungsborn is 9.0 µg/m³. Of 477 cities with data, 164 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean9 µg/m³31 Dec 2024European Environment Agency (EEA)4Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 3.8 · Feb 4.4 · Mar 7.3 · Apr 12.2 · May 16.4 · Jun 19.7 · Jul 22 · Aug 22.2 · Sep 18.5 · Oct 13.3 · Nov 8 · Dec 4.9 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO8Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -0.2 · Feb 0.1 · Mar 1.8 · Apr 5.2 · May 9 · Jun 12.6 · Jul 15 · Aug 15 · Sep 12 · Oct 7.9 · Nov 4 · Dec 1.1 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO9Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 1.9 · Feb 2.2 · Mar 4.4 · Apr 8.4 · May 12.5 · Jun 16 · Jul 18.4 · Aug 18.4 · Sep 15 · Oct 10.5 · Nov 6 · Dec 3 °C31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO10Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 46.2 · Feb 38.2 · Mar 39.2 · Apr 34.2 · May 49.7 · Jun 67.8 · Jul 69.8 · Aug 68.5 · Sep 56.1 · Oct 48.1 · Nov 45.7 · Dec 50.9 mm31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO11Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 49.2 · Feb 67.7 · Mar 133.3 · Apr 207.8 · May 260.3 · Jun 250.4 · Jul 252.1 · Aug 224.8 · Sep 168.7 · Oct 109.1 · Nov 53.6 · Dec 37.1 hours31 Dec 1991NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO12Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Bremerhaven ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±0.8 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±0.8 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±0.8 °C, Gdynia (Poland) ±0.9 °C, Lincoln (United Kingdom) ±1.4 °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 Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?

The published population was 8,100 people in 2025. Source: GV100AD annual edition at 31 December 20255

MetricValuePeriodSource
Population8,100 people31 Dec 2025GV100AD annual edition at 31 December 20255Official

Alternatives for people set on Ostseebad Kühlungsborn

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Gummersbach as an Ostseebad Kühlungsborn alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 447 km, better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

  • Rent: €5.93/m² (2022) Gummersbach vs €9.00/m² (2024) Ostseebad Kühlungsbornno percentage
  • Median gross pay, region: €3,950 Gummersbach vs €3,450 Ostseebad Kühlungsbornno percentage
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,977 Gummersbach vs 4,434 Ostseebad Kühlungsborn−10%
  • Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Gummersbach vs 9.0 µg/m³ Ostseebad Kühlungsborn−11%
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Cities near Ostseebad Kühlungsborn

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Kühlungsborn 2.0 km away
Rent
7.57 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Kröpelin 9.4 km away
Rent
5.61 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Bad Doberan 10.6 km away
Rent
6.46 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Rerik 10.9 km away
Rent
6.52 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15
Neubukow 14.4 km away
Rent
5.37 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

Other cities in Germany to compare with Ostseebad Kühlungsborn, nearest in population first.

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Wahn-Heide8,099 residentsSchieder-Schwalenberg8,098 residentsBudenheim8,104 residentsMansfeld8,096 residentsNeunburg vorm Wald8,093 residentsAhrensbök8,092 residents

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

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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 Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?

The published population was 8,100 people in 2025. Source: GV100AD annual edition at 31 December 2025.

How much does it cost to rent in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?

Average net cold rent is 9 EUR/m² per month (2024), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 630 EUR a month before utilities. Source: BBSR INKAR — advertised asking rent for re-let flats (indicator 2113).

Is the air quality good in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?

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 (EEA).

What is the unemployment rate in Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?

The unemployment rate is 6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?

The median gross salary is 3,450 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Ostseebad Kühlungsborn a good place to live?

Ostseebad Kühlungsborn 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.

Which cities are near Ostseebad Kühlungsborn?

Kühlungsborn, Kröpelin, Bad Doberan, Rerik, Neubukow are near Ostseebad Kühlungsborn. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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  4. European Environment Agency (EEA) air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-06
  5. GV100AD annual edition at 31 December 2025 destatis.de · checked 2026-09-24
  6. INKAR — Indikatoren und Karten zur Raum- und Stadtentwicklung, district (Kreis) indicator table INKAR · inkar.de · checked 2026-07-16
  7. MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps telekom.de · checked 2026-09-15
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