Living in Wesel

In Wesel, rents across existing tenancies average €5.98 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 7.4% (2022).

The city covered 122.6 km² in 2024. Population density was 496 people per km² in 2024. Wesel had a population of 60,785 at the end of 2024. In May 2022, the foreign population was 6,241.

Last checked 2026-09-2333 sources

Population60,785people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis

Median gross salary (region)4,150EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)

Average net rent5.98EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 3% aboveOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)

Unemployment rate7.38%country median 5.1% — 45% aboveOfficial source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities

Recorded crime5,628incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise

PM2.5, annual mean8.68µg/m³country median 8.0 — 8% aboveOfficial source · Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.

Higher unemployment than 88% of German cities that publish it, less recorded crime than 98% of German cities that publish it and dirtier air than 66% of German cities that publish it.

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

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

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Housing and cost

A city-level estimate placed average net cold rent at €9.1 per m² per month in June 2026.

How much does it cost to rent in Wesel?

Average net cold rent is 5.98 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): 5.98 EUR/m²/month · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)⁶

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€50

Internet, 60 Mbps€49

Net rent across major citiesWesel highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Augsburg€9.10

Dortmund€6.00

Wesel€5.98

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Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

Bielefeld€6.72

Duisburg€6.66

Leipzig€6.27

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	48.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps¹⁰Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M²⁰Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	5.98 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81	15 May 2022	Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)⁶Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)Alternative estimate	9.1 EUR/m²/month	4 Jun 2026	miet-check Mietspiegel Wesel³³Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Is Wesel 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.

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 48–66%

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

Student61%strong on cost, weak on education · range 51–71%

Family54%strong on family, weak on education · range 44–64%

Retirement61%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 51–71%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 359 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.98 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

The unemployment rate was 7.38% in May 2022.

What is the unemployment rate in Wesel?

The unemployment rate is about 7.4 % (May 2022).

Unemployment rate: 7.38 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²³

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Wesel is 7.4%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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1,332

658

239

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1414–16

Wesel 7.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	59.5 %	31 Dec 2025	data.bundesnetzagentur.de⁴Official
Gigabit broadband availability	95.24 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	4,150 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA)¹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	7.38 %country median 5.1%	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²³Official

What does a salary buy in Wesel?

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

Left over each month€2,037of €2,682 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.	€2,682
Rent, 60 m²€9.10/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · miet-check Mietspiegel Wesel · 2026-06-04). Official average for existing leases: €5.98/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).	− €546
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	€2,037

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Wesel Salary needed to live in Wesel

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Wesel. 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

Job Search

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Wesel. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	1,187 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)²Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Wesel 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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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents1,187 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesWesel 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	5,628 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise¹⁷Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	38 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁵Official
Nearest airport	NRN	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁶Official
Distance to nearest airport	33.5 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁶Official

Language courses and integration

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

GermanIn Person

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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.

GermanIn Person

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Wesel.

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 8.68 µg/m³ in 2024. Annual NO₂ was 10.2 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Wesel?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.7 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: 8.68 µg/m³ · Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.¹⁴

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

PM2.58.7WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1013.2WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂10.2WHO 10 · EU 40

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 Wesel is 8.7 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

Wesel 8.7

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	10.23 µg/m³country median 13.7	2024	Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.¹⁴Official
NO₂ — latest reading	7.27 µg/m³	15 Jul 2026	Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.¹⁴Official
PM10 — annual mean	13.18 µg/m³country median 13.5	2024	Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.¹⁴Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	8.68 µg/m³country median 8.0	2024	Official UBA station observation retained; station lies outside the exact target municipality and is not promoted.¹⁴Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 12.92 · Feb 17.94 · Mar 21.62 · Apr 26.28 · May 30.52 · Jun 34.07 · Jul 38.82 · Aug 34.42 · Sep 32.1 · Oct 26.79 · Nov 20.05 · Dec 14.49 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -14.15 · Feb -16.75 · Mar -8.66 · Apr -5.09 · May -0.11 · Jun 4.15 · Jul 7.07 · Aug 5.96 · Sep 3.3 · Oct -4.62 · Nov -6.61 · Dec -13.76 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 1.58 · Feb 2.28 · Mar 5.29 · Apr 9.59 · May 13.41 · Jun 16.83 · Jul 18.77 · Aug 18.33 · Sep 14.76 · Oct 10.47 · Nov 6.01 · Dec 2.56 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official
Annual mean temperature	9.8 °C	31 Dec 2020	DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)⁸Official · land

Annual PM2.5 over time9 published observations, 2014–2024

8.0

11.2

14.4

17.7

8.720142017201920222024

Annual PM2.5 fell 49.0% between 2014 and 2024, from 17.0 to 8.7.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Wesel?

The published population was 60,785 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport89.7%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	620 cars/1000 residents	1 Jan 2026	Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality⁹Official
City area	122.6 km²	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷Official
Foreign residents	6,241 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²²Official
Population density	496 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.¹³Official
Population	60,785 people	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Catholic residents	20,319 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official
Catholic share	33.9 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official
No religion or other	23,456 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official
No religion or other, share	39.1 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official
Protestant residents	16,214 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official
Protestant share	27 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁵Official

International community in Wesel

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	59,988	100.0%
Germany	50,056	83.4%
Poland	1,976	3.3%
Turkey	1,389	2.3%
Russian Federation	716	1.2%
Syrian Arab Republic	639	1.1%
Kazakhstan	523	0.9%
Iraq	395	0.7%
Romania	312	0.5%
Serbia	296	0.5%
Ukraine	289	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Kosovo	199	0.3%
Netherlands	181	0.3%
Afghanistan	179	0.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	155	0.3%
Greece	154	0.3%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	115	0.2%
Croatia	111	0.2%
Italy	105	0.2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	104	0.2%
Bulgaria	100	0.2%
Not stated	99	0.2%
Austria	98	0.2%
Lebanon	87	0.1%
Czech Republic	82	0.1%
Albania	81	0.1%
Pakistan	67	0.1%
Brazil	63	0.1%
India	57	0.1%
France	53	0.1%
Hungary	53	0.1%
Morocco	53	0.1%
Azerbaijan	51	0.1%
Egypt	42	0.1%
Nigeria	41	0.1%
Thailand	39	0.1%
Spain	37	0.1%
Kyrgyzstan	36	0.1%
United Kingdom	34	0.1%
China	34	0.1%
Sri Lanka	33	0.1%
Uzbekistan	33	0.1%
Georgia	31	0.1%
United States	30	0.1%
Philippines	30	0.1%
Belgium	29	0.0%
Portugal	29	0.0%
Viet Nam	28	0.0%
Bangladesh	28	0.0%
Eritrea	27	0.0%
Lithuania	26	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	26	0.0%
Armenia	25	0.0%
Latvia	22	0.0%
Slovakia	22	0.0%
Somalia	22	0.0%
Switzerland	21	0.0%
Guinea	21	0.0%
Tunisia	19	0.0%
Slovenia	18	0.0%
Algeria	17	0.0%
Belarus	16	0.0%
Indonesia	14	0.0%
Tajikistan	14	0.0%
Cameroon	13	0.0%
Togo	13	0.0%
Estonia	12	0.0%
Montenegro	12	0.0%
Ghana	12	0.0%
Jordan	12	0.0%
Sweden	10	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	10	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	10	0.0%
Denmark	9	0.0%
Libya	8	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	8	0.0%
South Africa	7	0.0%
Chile	7	0.0%
Colombia	7	0.0%
Israel	7	0.0%
Mongolia	7	0.0%
Australia	7	0.0%
Angola	6	0.0%
Cuba	6	0.0%
Peru	6	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	6	0.0%
Luxembourg	5	0.0%
Norway	5	0.0%
Burkina Faso	5	0.0%
Dominican Republic	5	0.0%
Ecuador	5	0.0%
Guatemala	5	0.0%
Canada	5	0.0%
Mexico	5	0.0%
Myanmar	5	0.0%
Kuwait	5	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	4	0.0%
Chad	4	0.0%
Argentina	4	0.0%
Jamaica	4	0.0%
Ireland	3	0.0%
Ethiopia	3	0.0%
Zimbabwe	3	0.0%
Kenya	3	0.0%
Congo	3	0.0%
Madagascar	3	0.0%
Mali	3	0.0%
Rwanda	3	0.0%
Senegal	3	0.0%
Guyana	3	0.0%
El Salvador	3	0.0%
Paraguay	3	0.0%
Suriname	3	0.0%
Lao People'S Democratic Republic	3	0.0%
Nepal	3	0.0%
Palestinian territories	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁹

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	59,988	100.0%
Germany	53,746	89.6%
Turkey	1,060	1.8%
Syrian Arab Republic	704	1.2%
Poland	459	0.8%
Iraq	387	0.6%
Ukraine	267	0.4%
Serbia	259	0.4%
Netherlands	229	0.4%
Romania	200	0.3%
Kosovo	192	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Afghanistan	190	0.3%
Greece	182	0.3%
Croatia	153	0.3%
Russian Federation	139	0.2%
Italy	134	0.2%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	118	0.2%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	114	0.2%
Bulgaria	111	0.2%
Albania	81	0.1%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	64	0.1%
Nigeria	61	0.1%
Uncertain	57	0.1%
Austria	53	0.1%
Hungary	50	0.1%
Lebanon	48	0.1%
France	45	0.1%
Azerbaijan	45	0.1%
Portugal	42	0.1%
Spain	40	0.1%
India	38	0.1%
Egypt	36	0.1%
Pakistan	34	0.1%
Georgia	29	0.0%
Somalia	28	0.0%
Morocco	27	0.0%
United States	27	0.0%
Thailand	27	0.0%
Eritrea	25	0.0%
Kazakhstan	24	0.0%
China	24	0.0%
Guinea	21	0.0%
Armenia	21	0.0%
Brazil	19	0.0%
Viet Nam	18	0.0%
Slovakia	17	0.0%
Bangladesh	17	0.0%
United Kingdom	15	0.0%
Belarus	15	0.0%
Algeria	14	0.0%
Philippines	13	0.0%
Latvia	12	0.0%
Ghana	12	0.0%
Montenegro	11	0.0%
Estonia	10	0.0%
Switzerland	10	0.0%
Sri Lanka	10	0.0%
Tajikistan	9	0.0%
Lithuania	8	0.0%
Indonesia	8	0.0%
Israel	8	0.0%
Stateless	8	0.0%
Belgium	7	0.0%
Libya	7	0.0%
Jordan	7	0.0%
Mongolia	7	0.0%
Sweden	6	0.0%
Czech Republic	6	0.0%
Angola	6	0.0%
Burkina Faso	6	0.0%
Tunisia	6	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	6	0.0%
Slovenia	5	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	5	0.0%
Ecuador	5	0.0%
Canada	5	0.0%
Luxembourg	4	0.0%
Cameroon	4	0.0%
Finland	3	0.0%
Ireland	3	0.0%
Norway	3	0.0%
Kenya	3	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	3	0.0%
Senegal	3	0.0%
Sudan	3	0.0%
Togo	3	0.0%
Chile	3	0.0%
El Salvador	3	0.0%
Colombia	3	0.0%
Cuba	3	0.0%
Mexico	3	0.0%
Myanmar	3	0.0%
Nepal	3	0.0%
Palestinian territories	3	0.0%
Uzbekistan	3	0.0%
Australia	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Local business-tax multiplier	448 %	31 Dec 2022	www.statistikportal.de²¹Official
Local property-tax multiplier	479 %	31 Dec 2022	www.statistikportal.de²¹Official

Alternatives for people set on Wesel

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.

Voerde (Niederrhein) as a Wesel alternative in the same region

8 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

Unemployment: 4.7% Voerde (Niederrhein) vs 7.4% Wesel−37%
Median gross pay, region: €4,150 Voerde (Niederrhein) vs €4,150 Weselno percentage
Residents: 35,661 Voerde (Niederrhein) vs 60,785 Wesel−41%
Rent: €5.61/m² Voerde (Niederrhein) vs €5.98/m² Wesel−6%
Nearest airport: 35.0 km Voerde (Niederrhein) vs 33.5 km Wesel+4%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,628 Voerde (Niederrhein) vs 5,628 Weselsame level

Full comparison More about Voerde (Niederrhein)

Unna as a Wesel alternative in the same country

75 km away, better on 2 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 4.

Unemployment: 4.6% Unna vs 7.4% Wesel−38%
Nearest airport: 5.6 km Unna vs 33.5 km Wesel−83%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 617.4 Unna vs 1,186.7 Wesel−48%
Annual PM2.5: 9.9 µg/m³ Unna vs 8.7 µg/m³ Wesel+14%
Median gross pay, region: €3,900 Unna vs €4,150 Wesel−6%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,915 Unna vs 5,628 Wesel+5%
Residents: 58,333 Unna vs 60,785 Wesel−4%

Full comparison More about Unna

Cities near Wesel

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

Moers Commuting Zone · 22.2 km away

Rent: 6.26 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Voerde (Niederrhein) 7.9 km away

Rent: 5.61 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Hamminkeln 8.4 km away

Rent: 6.19 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Xanten 11.3 km away

Rent: 6.72 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Rheinberg 12.5 km away

Rent: 6 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Dinslaken 13.0 km away

Rent: 6.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Alternative cities in Germany

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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; Wesel's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Wesel part of Duisburg?

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

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source¹²

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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 Wesel?

The published population was 60,785 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Wesel?

Average net cold rent is 5.98 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 419 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Wesel?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 8.7 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..

What is the unemployment rate in Wesel?

The unemployment rate is about 7.4 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Wesel?

The median gross salary is 4,150 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA).

Is Wesel a good place to live?

Wesel 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 Wesel part of Duisburg?

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

Which cities are near Wesel?

Moers, Voerde (Niederrhein), Hamminkeln, Xanten, Mehrhoog are near Wesel. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Wesel?

The official country of birth distribution records 50,056 people (83.4%) 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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APA citation

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Wesel, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 18427770f7e5619aefb98ab2644be246]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/wesel/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_wesel-germany-population-rent-salary-cost-of-living_69803979c5cd,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Wesel, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {18427770f7e5619aefb98ab2644be246},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/wesel/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

Markdown citation

[Wesel, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/wesel/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 18427770f7e5619aefb98ab2644be246; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

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Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
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miet-check Mietspiegel Wesel miet-check.de · checked 2026-06-04

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