Living in Ruppichteroth

In Ruppichteroth, rents across existing tenancies average €5.93 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 5.6% (2024).

Ruppichteroth's population was 10,887 at the end of 2024. Regional median gross salary figures for Ruppichteroth showed €4,200 per month at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2317 sources

Population10,887people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)

Median gross salary (region)4,200EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent5.93EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 2% aboveOfficial source · Destatis

Unemployment rate5.6%country median 5.1% — 10% aboveOfficial source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik

Recorded crime5,004incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

Higher unemployment than 62% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 98% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 Ruppichteroth.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Ruppichteroth?

Average net cold rent is 5.93 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): 5.93 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 citiesRuppichteroth 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)	5.93 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis³Official

Is Ruppichteroth a good place to live?

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–66%

Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on education · range 50–68%

Student60%strong on cost, weak on education · range 49–71%

Family55%strong on family, weak on education · range 44–66%

Retirement57%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 44–70%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 356 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.93 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 Ruppichteroth?

The unemployment rate is 5.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Ruppichteroth is 5.6%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Ruppichteroth 5.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	4,200 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	5.6 %country median 5.1%	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik²Official

What does a salary buy in Ruppichteroth?

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

Left over each month€2,254of €2,709 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.	€2,709
Rent, 60 m²€5.93/m² · official · Destatis · 2022-05-15	− €356
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	€2,254

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ruppichteroth. 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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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Ruppichteroth. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesRuppichteroth 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	5,004 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise⁸Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Ruppichteroth's nearest airport was CGN, 24 km away and offered 92 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	92 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	24 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	CGN	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

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

Monthly mean temperatures were 3°C in January and 19°C in July. Ruppichteroth's monthly precipitation totalled 61.7 mm in January and 87.4 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 54.3 hours in January and 207.2 hours in July.

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

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6°0°

7°0°

11°2°

16°5°

20°8°

23°11°

25°13°

24°13°

20°10°

15°7°

10°3°

6°1°

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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

125

173

199

201

207

197

150

105

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 5.9 · Feb 7.2 · Mar 11.4 · Apr 16.1 · May 19.7 · Jun 22.7 · Jul 24.9 · Aug 24.5 · Sep 20.4 · Oct 15.2 · Nov 9.8 · Dec 6.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 0 · Feb 0.1 · Mar 2 · Apr 4.5 · May 8.1 · Jun 11.2 · Jul 13.3 · Aug 12.8 · Sep 9.7 · Oct 6.8 · Nov 3.5 · Dec 1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 3 · Feb 3.6 · Mar 6.7 · Apr 10.4 · May 14.1 · Jun 17.1 · Jul 19 · Aug 18.5 · Sep 14.8 · Oct 10.8 · Nov 6.7 · Dec 3.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 61.7 · Feb 53.8 · Mar 55 · Apr 48.2 · May 62.1 · Jun 86.3 · Jul 87.4 · Aug 83.3 · Sep 66.9 · Oct 64.7 · Nov 63.5 · Dec 69.2 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 54.3 · Feb 74.8 · Mar 124.8 · Apr 172.6 · May 198.7 · Jun 201.3 · Jul 207.2 · Aug 196.6 · Sep 149.5 · Oct 104.6 · Nov 58.9 · Dec 45.3 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Germany: Werl ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Reims (France) ±0.4 °C, Nancy (France) ±0.4 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±1.4 °C, Leuven (Belgium) ±0.7 °C, Antwerp (Belgium) ±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 Ruppichteroth?

The published population was 10,887 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	10,887 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis)¹¹Official

International community in Ruppichteroth

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	10,878	100.0%
Germany	8,720	80.2%
Romania	455	4.2%
Poland	320	2.9%
Kazakhstan	305	2.8%
Russian Federation	209	1.9%
Ukraine	130	1.2%
Syrian Arab Republic	69	0.6%
Moldova, Republic of	45	0.4%
Turkey	36	0.3%
Not stated	34	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Switzerland	32	0.3%
Iraq	31	0.3%
Afghanistan	30	0.3%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	29	0.3%
Italy	27	0.2%
Kyrgyzstan	27	0.2%
Austria	26	0.2%
France	25	0.2%
United States	22	0.2%
Kosovo	17	0.2%
United Kingdom	17	0.2%
Czech Republic	16	0.1%
Greece	14	0.1%
China	12	0.1%
Croatia	11	0.1%
Belgium	10	0.1%
Spain	10	0.1%
Nigeria	10	0.1%
Georgia	10	0.1%
Estonia	9	0.1%
Philippines	9	0.1%
Latvia	8	0.1%
Lithuania	8	0.1%
Eritrea	8	0.1%
Albania	7	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	0.1%
Bulgaria	7	0.1%
Netherlands	7	0.1%
Hungary	7	0.1%
Guinea	7	0.1%
Brazil	7	0.1%
Uzbekistan	7	0.1%
Serbia	6	0.1%
Ecuador	6	0.1%
Mongolia	6	0.1%
Tajikistan	6	0.1%
Portugal	5	0.0%
Libya	5	0.0%
Egypt	5	0.0%
Cuba	5	0.0%
India	5	0.0%
Denmark	4	0.0%
Tunisia	4	0.0%
Colombia	4	0.0%
Thailand	4	0.0%
Belarus	3	0.0%
Ghana	3	0.0%
Morocco	3	0.0%
Mozambique	3	0.0%
Zambia	3	0.0%
Uganda	3	0.0%
Bolivia, Plurinational State of	3	0.0%
Honduras	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Sri Lanka	3	0.0%
Viet Nam	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Pakistan	3	0.0%
Turkmenistan	3	0.0%
Singapore	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	10,878	100.0%
Germany	9,560	87.9%
Romania	474	4.4%
Poland	157	1.4%
Ukraine	118	1.1%
Syrian Arab Republic	79	0.7%
Italy	32	0.3%
Turkey	32	0.3%
Afghanistan	32	0.3%
Switzerland	27	0.2%
Russian Federation	22	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Iraq	20	0.2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	20	0.2%
Austria	19	0.2%
Moldova, Republic of	18	0.2%
France	16	0.1%
Greece	16	0.1%
Kosovo	16	0.1%
United Kingdom	15	0.1%
Nigeria	15	0.1%
United States	12	0.1%
Kazakhstan	12	0.1%
Croatia	11	0.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	0.1%
Mongolia	10	0.1%
Belgium	9	0.1%
Netherlands	9	0.1%
Albania	8	0.1%
Guinea	7	0.1%
Georgia	7	0.1%
China	7	0.1%
Czech Republic	6	0.1%
Eritrea	6	0.1%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	5	0.0%
Libya	5	0.0%
Spain	4	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Portugal	3	0.0%
Hungary	3	0.0%
Ghana	3	0.0%
Morocco	3	0.0%
Tunisia	3	0.0%
Brazil	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Sri Lanka	3	0.0%
India	3	0.0%
Indonesia	3	0.0%
Pakistan	3	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	3	0.0%
Uzbekistan	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 Ruppichteroth

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.

Böblingen as a Ruppichteroth alternative in the same country

Better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €9.69/m² Böblingen vs €5.93/m² Ruppichterothno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,793 Böblingen vs 5,004 Ruppichteroth−24%
Median gross pay, region: €4,900 Böblingen vs €4,200 Ruppichteroth+17%

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Alternative cities in Germany

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

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

Is Ruppichteroth part of Leverkusen?

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

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁴

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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 Ruppichteroth?

The published population was 10,887 people in 2024. Source: Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis).

How much does it cost to rent in Ruppichteroth?

Average net cold rent is 5.93 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 415 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis.

What is the unemployment rate in Ruppichteroth?

The unemployment rate is 5.6 % (2024). Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.

What is the typical salary around Ruppichteroth?

The median gross salary is 4,200 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Ruppichteroth a good place to live?

Ruppichteroth 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 Ruppichteroth part of Leverkusen?

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

How many people born in Germany live in Ruppichteroth?

The official country of birth distribution records 8,720 people (80.2%) 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
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Destatis destatis.de · checked 2026-08-10
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
Statistical Offices of the Federation and the Länder, Germany country of birth 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
World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
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