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Highest reference rents in Germany

Munich, Germany has the highest average net rent (nettokalt) of the 30 cities compared: 15.38 EUR/m²/month (Landeshauptstadt München — Statistisches Amt — Münchner Mietspiegel 2025, 2025-01-01).

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German cities with the highest published official rent-index (Mietspiegel-family) values per square metre. Asking-rent estimates are excluded from this official-index ranking.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-09-23

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Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Munich, Germany15.38 EUR/m²/month2026-06-05
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
2Ottobrunn bei München, Germany12.2 EUR/m²/month2026-09-23
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-05-15
3Vaterstetten, Germany12.13 EUR/m²/month2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-05-15
4Unterhaching, Germany12 EUR/m²/month2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-05-15
5Unterschleißheim, Germany11.86 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
6Karlsfeld, Germany11.58 EUR/m²/month2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-05-15
7Starnberg, Germany11.29 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
8Neufahrn bei Freising, Germany11.23 EUR/m²/month2026-09-23
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-05-15
9Germering, Germany11.22 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
10Gauting, Germany11.19 EUR/m²/month2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-05-15
11Haar, Germany10.94 EUR/m²/month2026-09-11
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-05-15
12Puchheim, Germany10.92 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
13Mainz, Germany10.78 EUR/m²/month2026-06-05
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-01-01
14Olching, Germany10.74 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
15Freising, Germany10.72 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
16Frankfurt am Main, Germany10.58 EUR/m²/month2026-09-17
Source Scope: municipality · Period: 2022-05-15
17Ahrensburg, Germany10.46 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
18Dachau, Germany10.34 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
19Tuebingen, Germany10.3 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
20Bad Soden am Taunus, Germany10.22 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
21Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany10.21 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
22Eschborn, Germany10.14 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
23Heidelberg, Germany10.02 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
24Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany10 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
25Bad Homburg v. d. Hoehe, Germany9.95 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
26Hamburg, Germany9.94 EUR/m²/month2026-06-05
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-04-01
27Konstanz, Germany9.93 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
28Oberursel Taunus, Germany9.81 EUR/m²/month2026-08-26
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-12-31
29Bad Vilbel, Germany9.77 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15
30Erding, Germany9.77 EUR/m²/month2026-09-19
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-05-15

What the numbers say

  • Munich, Germany leads at 15.38 EUR/m²/month.
  • Erding, Germany sits at the other end with 9.77 EUR/m²/month.
  • The middle of this ranking is 10.72 EUR/m²/month, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 5.61 EUR/m²/month.

Quick answer

What does Highest reference rents in Germany show?

Munich, Germany has the highest average net rent (nettokalt) of the 30 cities compared: 15.38 EUR/m²/month (Landeshauptstadt München — Statistisches Amt — Münchner Mietspiegel 2025, 2025-01-01).

How this list is built

Every row is a published average net rent (nettokalt) observation measured in EUR/m²/month, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2022 and 2025. 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
2 grains: city, municipality
Observation period
2022-05-15 to 2025-04-01
Last checked
2026-09-23
With an official source link
30 of 30

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  title = {Highest reference rents in Germany},
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  date = {2026-10-16},
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Sources

  1. Landeshauptstadt München — Statistisches Amt — Münchner Mietspiegel 2025stadt.muenchen.de · Checked 2026-06-05
  2. Destatis Zensus 2022 Regionaltabelle Wohnungen, average net cold rent per square metre (QMMIETE)Statistisches Bundesamt (Destatis) · Checked 2026-09-23
  3. Stadt Mainz; erstellt in Zusammenarbeit mit Mieterverein Mainz und Umgebung e.V., Haus & Grund Mainz e.V., Mieterbund Rheinhessen, Eigentümerschutz-Gemeinschaft, Industrie- und Handelskammer, Handwerkskammer, Gutachterausschuss — Qualifizierter Mainzer Mietspiegel 2025www.mainz.de · Checked 2026-06-05
  4. Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg — Behörde für Stadtentwicklung und Wohnen — Hamburger Mietenspiegel 2025www.hamburg.de · Checked 2026-06-05