Best areas to live in Munich
Our picks in Munich for different needs, based on official rents and our area guides. Within each list, cheaper areas come first.
Most affordable
- Feldmoching-Hasenbergl €11.02/m² · €The cheapest rents in Munich; lakes for swimming
- Hadern €11.25/m² · €Hospital and campus staff; families
- Berg am Laim €11.44/m² · €Good rail links and new flats
- Ramersdorf-Perlach €11.44/m² · €Lower rents and good U-Bahn links
- Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied €11.51/m² · €Families who want space and new flats
For students
- Hadern €11.25/m² · €Hospital and campus staff; families
- Maxvorstadt €15.90/m² · €€€€€Students, universities and museums
For families
- Hadern €11.25/m² · €Hospital and campus staff; families
- Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied €11.51/m² · €Families who want space and new flats
- Laim €11.74/m² · €€Commuters and families
- Sendling-Westpark €12.23/m² · €€Families and the Westpark
- Neuhausen-Nymphenburg €12.57/m² · €€€Families, the palace park and a central location
For nightlife
- Schwabing-Freimann €13.60/m² · €€€€The English Garden, bars around Münchner Freiheit
- Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt €15.13/m² · €€€€€Nightlife, bars and the river; main station on the doorstep
Quiet & green
- Milbertshofen-Am Hart €12.04/m² · €€Workers at BMW and the north; Olympic Park nearby
- Sendling-Westpark €12.23/m² · €€Families and the Westpark
- Moosach €12.24/m² · €€€Shopping and the Olympic Park
- Neuhausen-Nymphenburg €12.57/m² · €€€Families, the palace park and a central location
- Trudering-Riem €12.82/m² · €€€Families, parks and new flats
For commuters
- Feldmoching-Hasenbergl €11.02/m² · €The cheapest rents in Munich; lakes for swimming
- Hadern €11.25/m² · €Hospital and campus staff; families
- Berg am Laim €11.44/m² · €Good rail links and new flats
- Ramersdorf-Perlach €11.44/m² · €Lower rents and good U-Bahn links
- Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied €11.51/m² · €Families who want space and new flats
Price level compares this area's rent with the others in the same city (€ = cheapest fifth, €€€€€ = most expensive fifth). Trend compares the rise since the first year of data with the city as a whole. Tags come from the area guide.