Living in Wesseling

In Wesseling, rents across existing tenancies average €7.71 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 6% (2022).

The city covered 23.4 km² in 2024. In May 2022, the foreign population was 7,064. At the end of 2024, Wesseling had a population of 38,106.

Last checked 2026-09-2338 sources

Population38,106people31 Dec 2024Official source · Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis

Median gross salary (region)4,250EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)

Average net rent7.71EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.81 — 33% aboveOfficial source · Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)

Unemployment rate6.05%country median 5.1% — 19% aboveOfficial source · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities

Recorded crime6,476incidents 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 · EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Hürth)

Pricier rent than 88% of German cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 72% of German cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 95% of German cities that publish it.

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

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 €13.23 per m² per month in June 2026.

How much does it cost to rent in Wesseling?

Average net cold rent is 7.71 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): 7.71 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 citiesWesseling highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Munich€15.38

Hamburg€9.94

Stuttgart€9.72

Wesseling€7.71

Leipzig€6.27

Dortmund€6.00

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Augsburg€9.10

Mannheim€9.09

Berlin€7.71

Dresden€7.20

Bielefeld€6.72

Duisburg€6.66

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	48.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	MagentaZuhause L 100 Mbps¹⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	49.95 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom MagentaMobil M²⁵Official · national market
Average net rent (nettokalt)	7.71 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	13.23 EUR/m²/month	4 Jun 2026	miet-check Mietspiegel Wesseling³⁸Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Is Wesseling 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 worker45%strong on work, weak on safety · range 36–54%

Skilled employee51%strong on work, weak on education · range 42–60%

Student50%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 40–60%

Family49%strong on family, weak on education · range 39–59%

Retirement50%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 38–62%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 463 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 7.71 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 6.05% in May 2022. The regional median gross salary was €4,250 per month at the end of 2024. Regional disposable income was €28,209 per person per year at the end of 2023.

What is the unemployment rate in Wesseling?

The unemployment rate is about 6 % (May 2022).

Unemployment rate: 6.05 % · Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁹

Unemployment across cities in GermanyUnemployment in Wesseling is 6.1%. Of 3,080 cities with data, 1,332 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Wesseling 6.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fibre-to-the-building availability	38.68 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas³Official
Gigabit broadband availability	87.1 %	31 Dec 2025	Bundesnetzagentur / BMDV — Breitbandatlas³Official
Disposable income per resident	28,209 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts²⁶Official · district-level figure
GDP per capita	42,637 EUR/year	31 Dec 2023	VGRdL — Kreis economic accounts²⁶Official · district-level figure
Median gross salary (regional)	4,250 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort)¹Official · district-level figure
Unemployment rate	6.05 %country median 5.1%	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Wesseling?

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

Left over each month€1,843of €2,735 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.	€2,735
Rent, 60 m²€13.23/m² advertised for new lettings (market price · miet-check Mietspiegel Wesseling · 2026-06-04). Official average for existing leases: €7.71/m² (official · Destatis · 2022-05-15).	− €794
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	€1,843

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Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	521.5 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (Bundesklinik-Atlas)²Official

Yes — migrants receive medical care in Wesseling 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 residents521.5 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesWesseling 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	6,476 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik 2025, T01 Grundtabelle – Fälle mit Häufigkeitszahl, Kreise²¹Official · district-level figure

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	92 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁹Official
Nearest airport	CGN	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv²⁰Official
Distance to nearest airport	12.6 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv²⁰Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Wesseling?

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: EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Hürth)¹²

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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20°8°

23°11°

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15°7°

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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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173

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207

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105

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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

PM1012WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂22WHO 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 Wesseling 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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3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–14

Wesseling 8.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	22 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Köln-Meschenich Brühler Landstraße)¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	12 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Köln-Rodenkirchen)¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — DE PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station Hürth)¹²Official · nearest-station reading
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	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station K�ln-Bonn²⁷Official · 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	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station K�ln-Bonn²⁷Official · 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	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station K�ln-Bonn²⁷Official · 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	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station K�ln-Bonn²⁷Official · 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	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station K�ln-Bonn²⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Annual mean temperature	9.8 °C	31 Dec 2020	DWD Climate Data Center — Klimanormal 1991-2020, Jahresmittel Lufttemperatur 2m (1×1 km Raster)⁹Official · land

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 Wesseling?

The published population was 38,106 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport81.5%
Foreign residents18.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	588 cars/1000 residents	1 Jan 2026	Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt — FZ 3 vehicle stock by municipality¹⁴Official
City area	23.37 km²	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷Official
Foreign residents	7,064 people	15 May 2022	Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities²⁸Official
Population density	1,631 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Official municipality population divided by official municipality area from the same Destatis row.¹⁷Official
Population	38,106 people	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis⁷Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Catholic residents	13,561 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
Catholic share	36.4 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
No religion or other	18,545 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
No religion or other, share	49.7 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
Protestant residents	5,195 people	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official
Protestant share	13.9 %	31 Dec 2022	Destatis⁴Official

International community in Wesseling

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	37,301	100.0%
Germany	27,726	74.3%
Poland	1,615	4.3%
Turkey	1,313	3.5%
Russian Federation	470	1.3%
Kosovo	453	1.2%
Romania	451	1.2%
Kazakhstan	422	1.1%
Greece	398	1.1%
Syrian Arab Republic	341	0.9%
Ukraine	291	0.8%

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Published group	People	Share
Italy	256	0.7%
Afghanistan	228	0.6%
Serbia	216	0.6%
Bulgaria	213	0.6%
Iraq	207	0.6%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	190	0.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	174	0.5%
Not stated	173	0.5%
Croatia	169	0.5%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	122	0.3%
Morocco	116	0.3%
India	100	0.3%
Czech Republic	90	0.2%
Tunisia	80	0.2%
Kyrgyzstan	62	0.2%
Albania	59	0.2%
Pakistan	59	0.2%
France	57	0.2%
Austria	56	0.2%
Portugal	55	0.1%
Hungary	52	0.1%
Netherlands	50	0.1%
Spain	48	0.1%
China	42	0.1%
Thailand	37	0.1%
United Kingdom	36	0.1%
Moldova, Republic of	35	0.1%
Brazil	35	0.1%
Philippines	35	0.1%
Tajikistan	34	0.1%
Lithuania	31	0.1%
Belgium	28	0.1%
Viet Nam	28	0.1%
Algeria	25	0.1%
Georgia	25	0.1%
Slovakia	24	0.1%
Latvia	23	0.1%
United States	22	0.1%
Guinea	21	0.1%
Uzbekistan	21	0.1%
Slovenia	20	0.1%
Switzerland	20	0.1%
Nigeria	20	0.1%
Sri Lanka	20	0.1%
Lebanon	18	0.0%
Eritrea	17	0.0%
Mexico	17	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	13	0.0%
Cameroon	13	0.0%
Colombia	13	0.0%
Belarus	12	0.0%
Armenia	12	0.0%
Azerbaijan	12	0.0%
Ethiopia	11	0.0%
Somalia	11	0.0%
Montenegro	10	0.0%
Sweden	10	0.0%
Kenya	10	0.0%
Togo	10	0.0%
Egypt	10	0.0%
Peru	10	0.0%
Korea, Republic of	10	0.0%
Ghana	9	0.0%
Argentina	9	0.0%
Dominican Republic	9	0.0%
Chile	8	0.0%
Paraguay	8	0.0%
Angola	7	0.0%
Canada	6	0.0%
Japan	6	0.0%
Zimbabwe	5	0.0%
Gambia	5	0.0%
Congo	5	0.0%
South Africa	5	0.0%
Jordan	5	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	5	0.0%
Norway	4	0.0%
Côte D'Ivoire	4	0.0%
Libya	4	0.0%
Burkina Faso	4	0.0%
Guatemala	4	0.0%
Malaysia	4	0.0%
Australia	4	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Estonia	3	0.0%
Luxembourg	3	0.0%
Mali	3	0.0%
Guinea-Bissau	3	0.0%
Senegal	3	0.0%
Chad	3	0.0%
Uganda	3	0.0%
Ecuador	3	0.0%
Jamaica	3	0.0%
Yemen	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Lao People'S Democratic Republic	3	0.0%
Bangladesh	3	0.0%
Singapore	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²⁴

Citizenship

Persons · 2022-05-15

Published group	People	Share
Total	37,301	100.0%
Germany	30,237	81.1%
Turkey	1,516	4.1%
Poland	685	1.8%
Greece	556	1.5%
Romania	463	1.2%
Kosovo	380	1.0%
Italy	374	1.0%
Syrian Arab Republic	314	0.8%
Croatia	268	0.7%
Ukraine	236	0.6%

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Published group	People	Share
Bulgaria	204	0.5%
Serbia	188	0.5%
Afghanistan	155	0.4%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	141	0.4%
Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	135	0.4%
Iraq	135	0.4%
Russian Federation	80	0.2%
Morocco	76	0.2%
Portugal	75	0.2%
Iran, Islamic Republic of	70	0.2%
Netherlands	58	0.2%
Albania	56	0.2%
India	56	0.2%
Austria	50	0.1%
Spain	45	0.1%
Hungary	41	0.1%
Tunisia	38	0.1%
Lithuania	32	0.1%
Pakistan	32	0.1%
Belgium	29	0.1%
France	27	0.1%
China	27	0.1%
United Kingdom	25	0.1%
Eritrea	24	0.1%
Tajikistan	23	0.1%
Latvia	20	0.1%
Guinea	19	0.1%
Brazil	19	0.1%
Kazakhstan	19	0.1%
Slovakia	17	0.0%
Thailand	17	0.0%
Slovenia	16	0.0%
Czech Republic	16	0.0%
Lebanon	16	0.0%
United States	15	0.0%
Viet Nam	14	0.0%
Nigeria	13	0.0%
Philippines	13	0.0%
Uncertain	13	0.0%
Somalia	12	0.0%
Azerbaijan	12	0.0%
Montenegro	11	0.0%
Switzerland	10	0.0%
Georgia	10	0.0%
Sweden	9	0.0%
Belarus	9	0.0%
Kyrgyzstan	9	0.0%
Kenya	7	0.0%
Colombia	7	0.0%
Mexico	7	0.0%
Sri Lanka	7	0.0%
Algeria	6	0.0%
Egypt	6	0.0%
Cameroon	5	0.0%
Dominican Republic	5	0.0%
Panama	5	0.0%
Japan	5	0.0%
Stateless	5	0.0%
Ireland	4	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	4	0.0%
Norway	4	0.0%
Angola	4	0.0%
Togo	4	0.0%
Central African Republic	4	0.0%
Chile	4	0.0%
Guatemala	4	0.0%
Armenia	4	0.0%
Denmark	3	0.0%
Zimbabwe	3	0.0%
Gambia	3	0.0%
Ghana	3	0.0%
Congo, the Democratic Republic of the	3	0.0%
Libya	3	0.0%
Burkina Faso	3	0.0%
South Africa	3	0.0%
Uganda	3	0.0%
Canada	3	0.0%
Cuba	3	0.0%
Peru	3	0.0%
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	3	0.0%
Israel	3	0.0%
Bangladesh	3	0.0%
Singapore	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²³

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Pre-primary attendance per 100 children aged 3–6 (can exceed 100)	95.4 %	1 Mar 2025	Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional⁵Official · district-level figure
Childcare coverage, under 3	34.9 %	1 Mar 2025	Destatis — Kindertagesbetreuung regional⁵Official · district-level figure
Local business-tax multiplier	475 %	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Realsteuervergleich⁸Official
Local property-tax multiplier	795 %	31 Dec 2024	Destatis Realsteuervergleich⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Wesseling

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.

Niederkassel as a Wesseling alternative in the same region

4 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,004 Niederkassel vs 6,476 Wesseling−23%
Unemployment: 5.5% Niederkassel vs 6.0% Wesseling−10%
Nearest airport: 9.4 km Niederkassel vs 12.6 km Wesseling−25%
Rent: €7.56/m² Niederkassel vs €7.71/m² Wesselingsame level
Median gross pay, region: €4,200 Niederkassel vs €4,250 Wesselingsame level
Residents: 38,485 Niederkassel vs 38,106 Wesseling+1%
Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Niederkassel vs 8.0 µg/m³ Wesselingsame level

Full comparison More about Niederkassel

Ibbenbueren as a Wesseling alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 170 km, better on 4 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €5.88/m² Ibbenbueren vs €7.71/m² Wesseling−24%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 852.2 Ibbenbueren vs 521.5 Wesseling+63%
Unemployment: 4.6% Ibbenbueren vs 6.0% Wesseling−24%
Median gross pay, region: €3,800 Ibbenbueren vs €4,250 Wesselingno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,722 Ibbenbueren vs 6,476 Wesseling−12%
Residents: 51,803 Ibbenbueren vs 38,106 Wesseling+36%
Nearest airport: 16.7 km Ibbenbueren vs 12.6 km Wesseling+33%

Full comparison More about Ibbenbueren

Cities near Wesseling

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

Cologne Commuting Zone · 13.6 km away

Salary: 4,654 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2025-12-31

Bergisch Gladbach Commuting Zone · 22.0 km away

Rent: 8.12 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Leverkusen Commuting Zone · 23.6 km away

Rent: 7.03 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Niederkassel 3.9 km away

Rent: 7.56 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Bornheim 7.1 km away

Rent: 7.69 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

Hürth 9.6 km away

Rent: 8.51 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-05-15

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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; Wesseling's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Wesseling part of Leverkusen?

Wesseling 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. Source¹³

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How many people live in Wesseling?

The published population was 38,106 people in 2024. Source: Destatis Gemeindeverzeichnis.

How much does it cost to rent in Wesseling?

Average net cold rent is 7.71 EUR/m² per month (May 2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 540 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²).

Is the air quality good in Wesseling?

What is the unemployment rate in Wesseling?

The unemployment rate is about 6 % (May 2022). Source: Zensus 2022 regional tables — Germany municipalities.

What is the typical salary around Wesseling?

The median gross salary is 4,250 EUR/month. Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Entgelte im regionalen Vergleich (Wohnort).

Is Wesseling a good place to live?

Wesseling 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 Wesseling part of Leverkusen?

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

Which cities are near Wesseling?

Cologne, Bergisch Gladbach, Leverkusen, Niederkassel, Zündorf are near Wesseling. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Germany live in Wesseling?

The official country of birth distribution records 27,726 people (74.3%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Wesseling, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a5621b28df524c1d9a1bfc573836f8a4]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/wesseling/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_wesseling-germany-population-rent-salary-cost-of-living_35be61689501,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Wesseling, Germany: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {a5621b28df524c1d9a1bfc573836f8a4},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/de/wesseling/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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