Living in Schwerin
In Schwerin, rents across existing tenancies average €7.40 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 7.6% (2022).
Schwerin is a city in Germany, with a population of 99,721 at the end of 2025. In May 2022, the unemployment rate was 7.64%.
Pricier rent than 84% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 89% of German cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 89% of German cities that publish it.
Which Germany-wide rules apply when you move to Schwerin?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €9.63 per m² per month in May 2026.
How much does it cost to rent in Schwerin?
Average net cold rent is 7.4 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): 7.4 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)4
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 48.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps14Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 49.95 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Telekom MagentaMobil M23Official · national market |
| Monthly transport pass | 54 EUR/month | 13 Sept 2026 | Nahverkehr Schwerin GmbH15Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 7.4 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 | 15 May 2022 | Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)4Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate | 9.63 EUR/m²/month | 1 May 2026 | wohnungsboerse Mietspiegel Schwerin27Commercial estimate · Supplemental context |
Is Schwerin a good place to live?
There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 444 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 7.4 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.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Schwerin?
The unemployment rate is about 7.6 % (May 2022).
- Unemployment rate: 7.64 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities26
Schwerin 7.6%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabit broadband availability | 98.06 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas3Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 3,850 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik1Official |
| Unemployment rate | 7.64 %country median 5.1% | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities26Official |
Unemployment rate fell 28.2% between 2011 and 2022, from 10.6% to 7.6%.
What does a salary buy in Schwerin?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentTransportInternetMobileLeft 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. | €2,521 |
| Rent, 60 m²€9.63/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · wohnungsboerse Mietspiegel Schwerin · 2026-05-01). Official average for existing leases: €7.40/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15). | − €578 |
| Public transport pass€54 · official · Nahverkehr Schwerin GmbH · 2026-09-13 | − €54 |
| Utilities, 85 m²not published for this city | — |
| Internet€49 · official · MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps · 2026-09-30 | − €49 |
| Mobile plan€50 · official · Telekom MagentaMobil M · 2026-09-30 | − €50 |
| Left overbefore the bill this city does not publish | €1,790 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Schwerin. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Schwerin. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 1,201 beds per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2024 | Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)2Official |
Yes — migrants receive medical care in Schwerin 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.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
How safe is Schwerin?
Police recorded 12,335 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: PKS 2024 T01 Grundtabelle - Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl (HZ) - Städte20
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 12,335 incidents per 100,000country median 9,397 | 31 Dec 2024 | PKS 2024 T01 Grundtabelle - Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl (HZ) - Städte20Official |
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residentsAlternative estimate | 9,340 incidents per 100,000 | 2022 | INKAR — Indikatoren und Karten zur Raum- und Stadtentwicklung, district (Kreis) indicator table12Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · district-level figure |
Mobility and administration
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Schwerin. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
BAMF Integrationskurse — Integration course
Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)
For eligible migrants.
BAMF job-related German courses — Job-related language course
Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF)
For migrants needing job-related German.
Climate and air quality
Monthly mean temperatures were 1.2°C in January and 18.4°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 55.6 mm in January and 75.4 mm in July. Annual PM2.5 was 9.17 µg/m³ in 2024.
Is the air quality good in Schwerin?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.2 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
- PM2.5 — annual mean: 9.17 µg/m³ · Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.17
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
hours
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Schwerin 9.2
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 15.45 µg/m³country median 13.7 | 2024 | Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.17Official |
| NO₂ — latest reading | 12 µg/m³ | 15 Jul 2026 | Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.17Official |
| PM10 — annual mean | 14.67 µg/m³country median 13.5 | 2024 | Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.17Official |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 9.17 µg/m³country median 8.0 | 2024 | Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.17Official |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 3.3 · Feb 4.4 · Mar 8.2 · Apr 13.8 · May 18.1 · Jun 21 · Jul 23.3 · Aug 23.1 · Sep 18.8 · Oct 13.2 · Nov 7.5 · Dec 4.2 °C | 1991–2020 | DWD CLIMAT global multi-annual daily maximum/minimum normals 1991-20205Official |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -1.1 · Feb -0.9 · Mar 1.1 · Apr 4.4 · May 8.1 · Jun 11.4 · Jul 13.8 · Aug 13.7 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 6.6 · Nov 2.9 · Dec 0.1 °C | 1991–2020 | DWD CLIMAT global multi-annual daily maximum/minimum normals 1991-20206Official |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 1.2 · Feb 1.8 · Mar 4.4 · Apr 9 · May 13.1 · Jun 16.2 · Jul 18.4 · Aug 18.1 · Sep 14.3 · Oct 9.7 · Nov 5.2 · Dec 2.2 °C | 1991–2020 | DWD CLIMAT global multi-annual station normals 1991-20207Official |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 55.6 · Feb 42.4 · Mar 44 · Apr 35.1 · May 46.7 · Jun 59 · Jul 75.4 · Aug 67.2 · Sep 52.2 · Oct 51 · Nov 48.3 · Dec 56.5 mm | 1991–2020 | DWD CLIMAT global multi-annual station normals 1991-20208Official |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 44.5 · Feb 63.6 · Mar 128.5 · Apr 190.6 · May 236.3 · Jun 229.5 · Jul 227.4 · Aug 207.3 · Sep 157.3 · Oct 106.2 · Nov 49.8 · Dec 35 hours | 1991–2020 | DWD CLIMAT global multi-annual station normals 1991-20209Official |
| Annual mean temperature | 8.8 °C | 31 Dec 2020 | DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)10Official · land |
Annual PM2.5 fell 29.5% between 2016 and 2024, from 13.0 to 9.2.
Similar climate. In Germany: Boizenburg/ Elbe ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Gentofte (Denmark) ±0.5 °C, Lyngby-Taarbæk (Denmark) ±0.5 °C, Rudersdal (Denmark) ±0.5 °C, Gorzów Wielkopolski (Poland) ±0.8 °C, Koszalin (Poland) ±0.6 °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
Population density was 753.2 people per km² in 2024.
How many people live in Schwerin?
The published population was 99,721 people in 2025. Source: Schwerin facts and figures21
By nationality
National passport91.8%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars per 1,000 residents | 455 cars/1000 residents | 1 Jan 2026 | Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality13Official |
| City area | 130.6 km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Schwerin statistical yearbook 202522Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context |
| Foreign-resident share | 9.7 % | 31 Dec 2024 | Eurostat11Official |
| Foreign residents | 8,186 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities25Official |
| Population density | 753.2 people/km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.16Official |
| Population | 99,721 people | 31 Dec 2025 | Schwerin facts and figures21Official |
Population rose 8.2% between 2015 and 2025, from 92,138 to 99,721.
Foreign residents rose 23.1% between 2016 and 2025, from 8,451 to 10,407.
People and communities
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catholic residents | 2,871 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit24Official |
| Catholic share | 3 % | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit24Official |
| No religion or other | 83,676 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit24Official |
| No religion or other, share | 86.8 % | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit24Official |
| Protestant residents | 9,901 people | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit24Official |
| Protestant share | 10.3 % | 15 May 2022 | Zensus 2022 — Anteil Bevölkerung nach Religionszugehörigkeit24Official |
Alternatives for people set on Schwerin
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.
Gütersloh as a Schwerin alternative in the same country
Better on 5 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 7,351 Gütersloh vs 12,335 Schwerin−40%
- Foreign residents: 17.5% Gütersloh vs 9.7% Schwerin+80%
- Rent: €6.47/m² Gütersloh vs €7.40/m² Schwerin−13%
- Median gross pay, region: €3,750 Gütersloh vs €3,850 Schwerinno percentage
- Unemployment: 6.5% Gütersloh vs 7.6% Schwerin−15%
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 843.2 Gütersloh vs 1,201.4 Schwerin−30%
- Nearest airport: 35.8 km Gütersloh vs 49.8 km Schwerin−28%
Valencia as a Schwerin alternative in another country
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.
- Foreign residents: 15.7% Valencia vs 9.7% Schwerin+62%
- Rent: €8.20/m² (2024) Valencia vs €7.40/m² (2022) Schwerinno percentage
- Nearest airport: 9.2 km Valencia vs 49.8 km Schwerin−82%
- Median gross pay, region: €1,888 Valencia vs €3,850 Schwerinno percentage
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Schwerin in rankings
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; Schwerin's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Schwerin?
The published population was 99,721 people in 2025. Source: Schwerin facts and figures.
How much does it cost to rent in Schwerin?
Average net cold rent is 7.4 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 518 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).
Is the air quality good in Schwerin?
The annual PM2.5 mean is about 9.2 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted..
How safe is Schwerin?
Police recorded 12,335 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: PKS 2024 T01 Grundtabelle - Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl (HZ) - Städte.
What is the unemployment rate in Schwerin?
The unemployment rate is about 7.6 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.
What is the typical salary around Schwerin?
The median gross salary is 3,850 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA), Statistik.
Is Schwerin a good place to live?
Schwerin 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.
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