Augsburg: Munich is clearly beaten by Munich!

Augsburg: Munich is clearly beaten by Munich!

Augsburg, Deutschland - The joy is great in Augsburg! The city reached the outstanding fourth place among the German major cities in the “Glücksatlas” in 2025. In this way, Augsburg has improved from seventh place in the previous year to this coveted rank and is now the largest high -spirited college in southern Germany. According to Augsburger Allgemeine, the Augsburgers have reached a lucky index of 7.33 points, only Kassel, Krefeld and Düsseldorf before them. City head and citizens are proud that life satisfaction in Augsburg is so high, although the city has average values ​​for income, health care and green spaces.

A look at the neighboring metropolis of Munich shows that the Bavarian capital lives back in 27th place far behind Augsburg with only 6.84 points. It is particularly noteworthy that just 1.8 % of the Augsburgers are dissatisfied with their life situation - that is the lowest value in Germany. For comparison: In Munich it is 12.5 %, such as [BR] (https://www.br.de/nachrichten/bayern/- satisfied--grossstaedter-augsburg-glaenzt-im-gluksatlasinw2tmm). One reason for this high satisfaction could be the relatively low crime rate, only Mainz has even fewer burglaries.

factors for satisfaction

What makes Augsburg so worth living? One crucial point is the good accessibility of supermarkets and medical practices. The low school leaving rate also contributes to the positive overall rating. However, the fact that the city has a large number of one -person households (57.5 %) is a challenge. According to experts, sole life could affect life satisfaction and increase the risk of loneliness, which should not be neglected.

A look at the ranking

In the city clerk 2025, the top ten are taken in:

These results show a remarkable gap between the happiest cities, such as Kassel, and the least satisfied, such as Rostock, which only reaches 6.08 points in the ranking. While the cities of Kassel, Augsburg, Aachen and Münster are young and student -friendly, cities like Düsseldorf and Hamburg are well there with a high standard of living.

Finally, it can be said that with his high life satisfaction, Augsburg not only leaves the Bavarian neighbors behind, but is also a prime example of living together in a big city. As the SKL-Glücksatlas summarizes, the annual survey shows that subjective and objective quality of life factors often do not match. This should keep an eye on other cities, especially those with difficulties in the quality of life.