Top expat cities

Germany

Berlin

#1 Top 5 cities

Berlin is Germany's broadest expat platform for career, creativity, and remote work, although housing keeps getting harder.

Country overview

Population

3 426 354

Year-round temperatures

Day: 3°C aĆŸ 26°C

Night: -2°C aĆŸ 16°C

Climate

Moderately continental climate with a cool winter and warm summer.

Distance to the sea

180 km

Social atmosphere

7/10

Costs

Housing cost 3/10
Food cost 4/10

Business friendliness

8/10

Safety

6/10

Berlin is generally safe but has more pickpocketing, bicycle theft, nightlife incidents, demonstrations, and crowded-event security risk than smaller German cities.

Natural disaster resilience

7/10

Berlin has low-to-moderate natural risk, mainly from heatwaves, drought, urban flash flooding, storms, hail, and occasional wildfire smoke, with strong response capacity.

Other scores

Other scores

Internet availability 10/10
Internet speed 8/10
Internet stability 8/10
Electricity stability 9/10

Community types

  • Corporate expats
  • Digital nomads
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Creatives
  • Students

Largest nationality groups

  • đŸ‡ș🇾Americans
  • 🇬🇧British
  • đŸ‡«đŸ‡·French
  • 🇼đŸ‡čItalians
  • đŸ‡”đŸ‡±Poles

Pros / Cons

Pros

  • +Large international community
  • +Strong remote community
  • +Cafe culture
  • +International environment

Cons

  • −Higher living costs
  • −Noise
  • −Traffic congestion