Cities head to head

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• Darmstadt and Berlin leave you the same after tax and rent.

	14 wins Darmstadt Hesse · Open profile	2 wins Berlin Berlin · Open profile	Add a city
The place
Population	168,253	3,913,644
People per km²	1,378	4,392
Public holidays a yearhigher is better	10	10
Work and pay
Unemploymentlower is better	6.6%	10.4%
Median gross payhigher is better	€5,295	€4,459
Taxes
Grunderwerbsteuerlower is better	6%	6%
Church taxlower is better	9%	9%
Gewerbesteuer Hebesatzlower is better	459%	410%
Housingimmoportal.com: Darmstadt, Berlin
Asking price per m²lower is better	€4,440	€5,534
Asking rent per m²lower is better	€15.16	€15.21
Prices, last 12 months	+1.6%	-1%
Asking rent per m² (BBSR)lower is better	€14	€17
Rent in existing tenancies per m²lower is better	€9.56	€7.67
Vacant flatshigher is better	3.4%	2%
Owner-occupiers	29.5%	16.4%
Paid price per m², resold flatslower is better	€4,381	€6,450
Paid price per m², new flatslower is better	€7,701	€8,108
A 70 m² flat, to buylower is better	€310,800	€387,380
Closing costs on itlower is better	€33,349	€43,851
With this salaryBetween cities the net changes only through the state: church tax (8% in Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, 9% elsewhere, members only) and Saxony's higher employee share of care insurance. Wage tax and the other contributions are federal, so what differs here is mostly the rent.
Net payhigher is better	€3,282	€3,282
A 70 m² flat, cold rentlower is better	€1,061	€1,065
Left after renthigher is better	€2,221	€2,218
Rent as a share of netlower is better	32.3%	32.4%
Years of net to buy that flatlower is better	8.7	10.9
Gross that leaves the same as the first city	€5,300	€5,307