Villingen-Schwenningen
- Population
- 82,000
- Coordinates
- 48.06° N, 8.49° E
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
- Prices for
- Sep 2026
One person needs about $1,553 a month in Villingen-Schwenningen, rent included: 74% less than in New York. The average net salary is $4,235 a month.
Livability
Seven domain scores, weighted. 6 of them have data for Villingen-Schwenningen; a missing one is left out of the average, not counted as zero.
- Purchasing power25%93
- Safetycountry20%56
- Health carecountry15%61
- Climate10%No data
- Air qualitycountry10%63
- Connectivitycountry10%41
- Cost10%52
How each domain is scored
- Purchasing power, 25%
- What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
- Safety, 20%
- Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
- Health care, 15%
- Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
- Climate, 10%
- Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
- Air quality, 10%
- 30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
- Connectivity, 10%
- Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
- Cost, 10%
- Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.
- Livability rank in Germany
- #17
- Cheapest-city rank, worldwide
- #1,609
What it costs
US dollars a month. Indices compare with New York, which is 100; changes are against the same month a year earlier.
Prices
55 everyday prices in US dollars, the median of this month's contributions, each against a base you choose.
Differences are against New York; teal marks a price that is lower (or a salary that is higher).
| Item | Villingen-Schwenningen | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurants | |||
| Meal, inexpensive restaurant | $16.24 | $25.00 | −35% |
| Meal for 2, mid-range restaurant (3 courses) | $58.01 | $140 | −59% |
| McMeal at McDonald's (or equivalent combo meal) | $10.45 | $14.00 | −25% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l, draught) | $5.22 | $8.00 | −35% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle, restaurant) | $4.64 | $10.00 | −54% |
| Cappuccino (regular) | $3.48 | $6.37 | −45% |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 l bottle) | $3.48 | $3.80 | −8% |
| Water (0.33 l bottle) | $2.32 | $2.89 | −20% |
| Markets | |||
| Milk (1 l) | $1.26 | $1.36 | −7% |
| Loaf of fresh white bread (500g) | $2.22 | $4.68 | −53% |
| Rice, white (1 kg) | $3.55 | $6.97 | −49% |
| Eggs (12) | $2.63 | $5.73 | −54% |
| Local cheese (1 kg) | $10.21 | $17.38 | −41% |
| Chicken fillets (1 kg) | $11.59 | $15.11 | −23% |
| Beef round (1 kg, or equivalent red meat) | $15.61 | $17.77 | −12% |
| Apples (1 kg) | $3.17 | $6.11 | −48% |
| Bananas (1 kg) | $1.65 | $2.20 | −25% |
| Oranges (1 kg) | $2.24 | $5.77 | −61% |
| Tomato (1 kg) | $4.04 | $6.25 | −35% |
| Potato (1 kg) | $1.21 | $3.47 | −65% |
| Onion (1 kg) | $1.30 | $4.17 | −69% |
| Lettuce (1 head) | $1.43 | $2.72 | −47% |
| Water (1.5 l bottle) | $1.12 | $2.50 | −55% |
| Bottle of wine, mid-range | $4.06 | $20.00 | −80% |
| Domestic beer (0.5 l bottle) | $1.23 | $3.21 | −62% |
| Imported beer (0.33 l bottle) | $1.59 | $3.96 | −60% |
| Cigarettes (20 pack, Marlboro) | $9.81 | $19.00 | −48% |
| Transport | |||
| One-way ticket, local transport | $2.79 | $3.00 | −7% |
| Monthly pass, regular price | $67.29 | $140 | −52% |
| Taxi start, normal tariff | $5.11 | $3.00 | +70% |
| Taxi, 1 km, normal tariff | $2.90 | $2.18 | +33% |
| Taxi, 1 hour waiting, normal tariff | $44.09 | $42.00 | +5% |
| Gasoline (1 l) | $2.14 | $1.10 | +95% |
| Volkswagen Golf 1.4 90 KW Trendline (or equivalent new car) | $34,103 | $35,458 | −4% |
| Toyota Corolla Sedan 1.6l 97kW (or equivalent new car) | $39,725 | $25,309 | +57% |
| Utilities, per month | |||
| Basic utilities, 85m² apartment (electricity, heating, cooling, water, garbage) | — | — | — |
| Mobile plan (calls + 10GB data) | $16.24 | $73.50 | −78% |
| Internet (60 Mbps+, unlimited, cable/ADSL) | $47.76 | $71.93 | −34% |
| Sports and leisure | |||
| Fitness club, monthly fee (1 adult) | $34.81 | $126 | −72% |
| Tennis court rent (1 hour, weekend) | — | $62.38 | — |
| Cinema, 1 seat, international release | $10.45 | $23.00 | −55% |
| Childcare | |||
| Preschool, full day, private (monthly, 1 child) | $273 | $3,366 | −92% |
| International primary school (yearly, 1 child) | $17,751 | $60,589 | −71% |
| Clothing and shoes | |||
| 1 pair of jeans (Levi's 501 or similar) | $89.62 | $72.80 | +23% |
| 1 summer dress, chain store (Zara, H&M) | $61.88 | $53.22 | +16% |
| 1 pair of Nike running shoes, mid-range | $116 | $118 | −2% |
| 1 pair of men's leather business shoes | $112 | $125 | −11% |
| Rent, per month | |||
| Apartment (1 bedroom) in city centre | $487 | $4,417 | −89% |
| Apartment (1 bedroom) outside centre | $476 | $3,033 | −84% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) in city centre | $928 | $9,242 | −90% |
| Apartment (3 bedrooms) outside centre | $812 | $5,461 | −85% |
| Buying an apartment | |||
| Price per square meter, apartment in city centre | — | $18,759 | — |
| Price per square meter, apartment outside centre | — | $6,523 | — |
| Salary and financing | |||
| Average monthly net salary, after tax | $4,235 | $5,178 | −18% |
| Mortgage interest rate, 20-year fixed rate (%) | 3.81% | 6.49% | −2.7 pts |
Three years of prices
Each line starts at 100 in its first month, so a rise in rent can be read against a rise in salary on the same scale. The core basket is twelve everyday prices. Hover for the actual values.
Show the monthly values
| Month | Core basket index | Rent, 1 bedroom | Net salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | — | $487 | $4,235 |
| Aug 2026 | — | $486 | $4,222 |
| Jul 2026 | — | — | — |
| Oct 2025 | 106.1 | $494 | $4,292 |
| May 2025 | 77.2 | $472 | $4,104 |
| Apr 2025 | 78.1 | $478 | $4,151 |
| Mar 2025 | 74.4 | $455 | $3,955 |
| Feb 2025 | 74.3 | $436 | $3,787 |
| Jan 2025 | 72.2 | $436 | $3,786 |
| Dec 2024 | — | $437 | $3,797 |
| Nov 2024 | — | $444 | $3,862 |
| Oct 2024 | — | $456 | $3,959 |
| Sep 2024 | — | $467 | $4,056 |
| Aug 2024 | — | $455 | $3,951 |
| Jul 2024 | — | $453 | $3,937 |
| Jun 2024 | — | $454 | $3,949 |
| May 2024 | — | $449 | $3,898 |
| Apr 2024 | — | $452 | $3,930 |
| Mar 2024 | — | $459 | $3,990 |
| Feb 2024 | — | $455 | $3,950 |
| Jan 2024 | — | $455 | $3,958 |
| Dec 2023 | — | $505 | $3,977 |
| Oct 2023 | — | $546 | $3,849 |
Safety
Numbeo crime survey. Both indices run 0 to 100; they are two sides of the same answers.
Country-level: the livability score uses Germany's safety figure
No crime survey has been published for Villingen-Schwenningen yet.
Quality of life
Numbeo's published indices for Villingen-Schwenningen. Listed as Numbeo computes them, next to this index's own figures above.
Numbeo has not ranked Villingen-Schwenningen on quality of life.
Climate
Monthly means from NASA POWER climate normals. Temperature bands use the same scale on every city page.
No monthly climate normals for Villingen-Schwenningen yet.
- Annual mean
- —
- Warmest month
- —
- Coldest month
- —
- Rain a year
- —
- HumidityRelative, annual mean
- —
- SunshineSolar energy per day
- —
- Clear-sky daysA year
- —
- Comfort score0-100, 100 at 14-22 °C
- —
Air, internet and housing
The last 30 days of air, the latest month of broadband tests, and the property survey.
Air
Country-level estimateNo air-quality readings for Villingen-Schwenningen.
Internet
Germany median; city not listed- Upload
- 38Mbps, fixed
- Latency
- 12ms, fixed
- Mobile download
- 292Mbps
- Mobile latency
- 17ms
Speedtest Global Index, Aug 2026.
Housing
No property survey for Villingen-Schwenningen yet.
Cities like Villingen-Schwenningen
In other countries, with the closest livability score and cost of living index.
About these numbers
What the figures on this page rest on.
- Confidence
- Medium confidence
- Contributors
- 9Numbeo price survey
- Latest prices
- Sep 20266 readings that month
- Months with prices
- 3 of 12Last 12 months
- Items priced
- 93%1 basket items from the country median
- Location
- Matched to the extended GeoNames list
- Index rebuilt
- 24 Sept 2026