Living in Regenstauf

In Regenstauf, rents across existing tenancies average €6.87 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 2.7% (2024).

Regenstauf's population was 16,318 at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, the regional median gross salary stood at €4,300 per month. The annual PM2.5 concentration measured 8 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2318 sources

Population16,318people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

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

Average net rent6.87EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 18% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

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

Recorded crime1,977incidents 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 76% 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 Regenstauf?

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 Regenstauf?

Average net cold rent is 6.87 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): 6.87 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 citiesRegenstauf 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)	6.87 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Regenstauf a good place to live?

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Remote worker62%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 52–72%

Skilled employee68%strong on work, weak on education · range 59–77%

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

Family63%strong on family, weak on education · range 52–74%

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

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 412 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.87 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 Regenstauf?

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

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

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Regenstauf 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 Regenstauf?

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

Left over each month€2,251of €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€6.87/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €412
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	€2,251

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Regenstauf. 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 citiesRegenstauf 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	1,977 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Regenstauf's nearest airport was NUE, 87 km away and offered 32 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	32 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁷Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	87 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	NUE	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

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

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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 temperature moved from −0.4°C in January to 19.3°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 48.3 mm in January and 76.9 mm in July. Regenstauf's average monthly sunshine was 47.6 hours in January and 234.4 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Regenstauf?

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

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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 Regenstauf 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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Regenstauf 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 2.3 · Feb 4.7 · Mar 10.3 · Apr 16.5 · May 20.7 · Jun 24.2 · Jul 26.1 · Aug 25.8 · Sep 20.3 · Oct 13.9 · Nov 6.9 · Dec 2.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -2.9 · Feb -2.5 · Mar 0.5 · Apr 3.8 · May 8.1 · Jun 11.7 · Jul 13.4 · Aug 13.2 · Sep 9.2 · Oct 5.3 · Nov 1.5 · Dec -1.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.4 · Feb 0.7 · Mar 4.9 · Apr 9.7 · May 14.2 · Jun 17.6 · Jul 19.3 · Aug 18.9 · Sep 14.1 · Oct 9 · Nov 4 · Dec 0.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 48.3 · Feb 37.1 · Mar 43.6 · Apr 35.9 · May 60.2 · Jun 80 · Jul 76.9 · Aug 73.3 · Sep 49.9 · Oct 49 · Nov 48.1 · Dec 54.3 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 47.6 · Feb 80.1 · Mar 131.2 · Apr 186.5 · May 215.7 · Jun 225.6 · Jul 234.4 · Aug 221.2 · Sep 158.6 · Oct 97.5 · Nov 45 · Dec 37.8 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Cottbus ±0.5 °C. Elsewhere: Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland) ±0.8 °C, Bytom (Poland) ±0.8 °C, Chorzów (Poland) ±0.8 °C, Ruda Śląska (Poland) ±0.8 °C, Sosnowiec (Poland) ±0.8 °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 Regenstauf?

The published population was 16,318 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	16,318 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹²Official

International community in Regenstauf

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	15,623	100.0%
Germany	13,216	84.6%
Kazakhstan	320	2.0%
Poland	286	1.8%
Romania	242	1.5%
Czech Republic	164	1.0%
Russian Federation	147	0.9%
Bulgaria	143	0.9%
Kosovo	124	0.8%
Ukraine	86	0.6%
Syrian Arab Republic	78	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Hungary	60	0.4%
Iraq	58	0.4%
Turkey	56	0.4%
Austria	52	0.3%
Croatia	51	0.3%
Italy	43	0.3%
Eritrea	35	0.2%
Albania	31	0.2%
Slovakia	29	0.2%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	28	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	26	0.2%
Kyrgyzstan	26	0.2%
United States	22	0.1%
France	21	0.1%
Serbia	21	0.1%
Greece	20	0.1%
Mali	14	0.1%
Ethiopia	13	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	12	0.1%
Spain	12	0.1%
China	10	0.1%
Slovenia	9	0.1%
India	9	0.1%
Thailand	9	0.1%
Switzerland	8	0.1%
United Kingdom	8	0.1%
Tunisia	8	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	8	0.1%
Pakistan	8	0.1%
Brazil	7	0.0%
Morocco	6	0.0%
Ireland	5	0.0%
Colombia	5	0.0%
Armenia	5	0.0%
Georgia	5	0.0%
Philippines	5	0.0%
Not stated	5	0.0%
Estonia	4	0.0%
Netherlands	4	0.0%
Sweden	4	0.0%
Togo	4	0.0%
Mexico	4	0.0%
Afghanistan	4	0.0%
Tajikistan	4	0.0%
Uzbekistan	4	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Algeria	3	0.0%
Nigeria	3	0.0%
Libya	3	0.0%
Mozambique	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of	3	0.0%
Egypt	3	0.0%
Argentina	3	0.0%
Chile	3	0.0%
Guatemala	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Azerbaijan	3	0.0%
Viet Nam	3	0.0%
Jordan	3	0.0%
Lebanon	3	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	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	15,623	100.0%
Germany	14,169	90.7%
Bulgaria	174	1.1%
Kosovo	156	1.0%
Romania	130	0.8%
Poland	102	0.7%
Syrian Arab Republic	70	0.4%
Ukraine	61	0.4%
Turkey	58	0.4%
Croatia	57	0.4%
Eritrea	56	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Iraq	56	0.4%
Hungary	55	0.4%
Czech Republic	52	0.3%
Austria	40	0.3%
Italy	36	0.2%
Albania	35	0.2%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	30	0.2%
Russian Federation	28	0.2%
Slovakia	24	0.2%
United States	22	0.1%
Serbia	17	0.1%
Ethiopia	16	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	14	0.1%
Mali	14	0.1%
France	11	0.1%
Greece	11	0.1%
India	9	0.1%
Slovenia	6	0.0%
Ghana	6	0.0%
Kazakhstan	6	0.0%
Thailand	6	0.0%
Spain	5	0.0%
Tunisia	5	0.0%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	5	0.0%
Australia	5	0.0%
Morocco	4	0.0%
Afghanistan	4	0.0%
Viet Nam	4	0.0%
Pakistan	4	0.0%
Stateless	4	0.0%
Lithuania	3	0.0%
Sweden	3	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Kenya	3	0.0%
Mozambique	3	0.0%
Sierra Leone	3	0.0%
Somalia	3	0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of	3	0.0%
Togo	3	0.0%
Brazil	3	0.0%
Colombia	3	0.0%
Azerbaijan	3	0.0%
Georgia	3	0.0%
Korea, Democratic People'S Republic of	3	0.0%
Philippines	3	0.0%
Tajikistan	3	0.0%
China	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 Regenstauf

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

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

Is Regenstauf part of Regensburg?

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

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁵

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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 Regenstauf?

The published population was 16,318 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Regenstauf?

Average net cold rent is 6.87 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 481 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

Is the air quality good in Regenstauf?

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 Regenstauf?

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

What is the typical salary around Regenstauf?

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

Is Regenstauf a good place to live?

Regenstauf 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 Regenstauf part of Regensburg?

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

How many people born in Germany live in Regenstauf?

The official country of birth distribution records 13,216 people (84.6%) 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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  title = {Regenstauf, Germany: population, rent, salary, jobs, safety},
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  date = {2026-10-16},
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Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
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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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
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