{"id":5918,"date":"2025-04-17T13:08:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T10:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniapplygermany.com\/?p=5918"},"modified":"2025-04-17T13:08:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T10:08:01","slug":"life-in-wg-and-how-much-it-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniapplygermany.com\/en\/2025\/04\/17\/life-in-wg-and-how-much-it-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in WG and how much it costs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WG (Wohngemeinschaft) is a shared accommodation format where several people rent one apartment and share the rent. It is popular among students and is cheaper than renting alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Moses Mendelsohn Institute has been analyzing data from the largest room rental portal for years <a href=\"https:\/\/wg-gesucht.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wg-gesucht.de<\/a>and here are the figures for 2024: the average cost of a room in WG across Germany is 489 euros per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But a lot depends on the city: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udfd9\ufe0f top expensive cities: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Munich 790\u20ac (even in the Munich district, e.g. in Garching and Ismaning room prices in WG reach 660\u20ac, which is more expensive than in most major cities) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Frankfurt 680\u20ac <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Berlin 650\u20ac <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hamburg 620\u20ac <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cologne 600\u20ac <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D\u00fcsseldorf 600\u20ac <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stuttgart 560\u20ac <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Potsdam 555\u20ac<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83c\udf3f Most affordable cities: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mitwaida 266\u20ac <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Freiberg 266\u20ac <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chemnitz 290\u20ac <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wismar 325\u20ac <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jena 328\u20ac<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udca1 If you can, look for accommodation in advance, especially if you're traveling to a major city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2757\ufe0f\u041f\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0440\u044f\u0439\u0442\u0435 ads for accuracy, especially those that seem \"too good\". Scammers are not dormant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At UniApply Germany, we help not only with enrollment but also with \ud83d\udd17<a href=\"https:\/\/uniapplygermany.com\/en\/accomodation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">housing selection<\/a> For students.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WG (Wohngemeinschaft) is a shared accommodation format where several people rent one apartment and share the rent. This option is popular among students and is cheaper than renting alone. 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