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Cheapest cities to rent in Germany

Leonberg, Germany has the lowest average net rent (nettokalt) of the 30 cities compared: 3.71 EUR/m²/month (Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²), 2022-05-15).

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Germany cities ranked by one published rent series; per-square-metre rent is preferred, otherwise monthly dwelling rent is used without mixing the two.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-09-19

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Source-backed answers

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Original rankCity or placeSource and scope
1Leonberg, Germany3.71 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
2Herborn, Germany3.99 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
3Marl, Germany4.55 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
4Burgdorf, Germany4.57 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
5Zittau, Germany4.59 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
6Pirmasens, Germany4.62 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
7Plauen, Germany4.63 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
8Leimen, Germany4.67 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
9Büren, Germany4.68 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
10Werdau, Germany4.71 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
11Husum, Germany4.73 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
12Lengerich, Germany4.77 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
13Staßfurt, Germany4.78 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
14Goerlitz, Germany4.79 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
15Zerbst/Anhalt, Germany4.79 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
16Gardelegen, Germany4.81 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
17Idar-Oberstein, Germany4.81 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
18Lage, Germany4.83 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
19Höxter, Germany4.86 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
20Zeitz, Germany4.86 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
21Hoyerswerda, Germany4.87 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
22Warstein, Germany4.87 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
23Quickborn, Germany4.88 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
24Borna, Germany4.9 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
25Greven, Germany4.9 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
26Salzwedel, Germany4.92 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
27Warburg, Germany4.97 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
28Döbeln, Germany4.99 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
29Aschersleben, Germany5 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
30Plettenberg, Germany5 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15

What the numbers say

  • Leonberg, Germany leads at 3.71 EUR/m²/month.
  • Plettenberg, Germany sits at the other end with 5 EUR/m²/month.
  • The middle of this ranking is 4.81 EUR/m²/month, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 1.29 EUR/m²/month.

Quick answer

What does Cheapest cities to rent in Germany show?

Leonberg, Germany has the lowest average net rent (nettokalt) of the 30 cities compared: 3.71 EUR/m²/month (Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²), 2022-05-15).

How this list is built

Every row is a published average net rent (nettokalt) observation measured in EUR/m²/month, ranked lowest first. The values were observed in 2022. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
city
Observation period
2022-05-15
Last checked
2026-09-19
With an official source link
30 of 30

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Cheapest cities to rent in Germany [ImmigrationDB compilation; version d1359b2f629cfa58662f6aa14428fb95]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/germany-cheapest-cities-to-rent/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_cheapest-cities-to-rent-in-germany_d67904dffcfb,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Cheapest cities to rent in Germany},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {d1359b2f629cfa58662f6aa14428fb95},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/germany-cheapest-cities-to-rent/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

  1. Destatis — Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen (QMMIETE: durchschnittliche Nettokaltmiete je m²)Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) · Checked 2026-09-19