Augsburg beams: fourth place in the Glücksatlas - Munich far!
Augsburg beams: fourth place in the Glücksatlas - Munich far!
Augsburg has established itself as a shining example of life satisfaction in the current “Glücksatlas” of the South German class lottery (SKL). As the Augsburger Allgemeine Fourth place in Germany in 2025. With a lucky index of 7.33 points, Augsburg not only overtakes Munich, which has slipped to 27th place, but also Nuremberg, which takes 36th place.
With a view to the national ranking, only Kassel (7.44), Krefeld (7.39) and Düsseldorf (7.36) are in front of the Bavarian city. This makes Augsburg the happiest city in southern Germany - a remarkable achievement, because the city is the smallest Bavarian city and has nevertheless ensured high life satisfaction that exceeds all objective indicators such as income and health care, as the BR news.
good framework for life satisfaction
A decisive factor for the high happiness of life in Augsburg is the low crime rate. This is below that of cities such as Munich and Wiesbaden, and only Mainz has fewer burglaries. The school leaving quota is also low, and the short distances to supermarkets and medical practices delight the citizens. In addition, Augsburger have an above -average income and there are only a few recipients of minimum security.
However, there are also challenges: Despite steadily increasing rents, long commuting routes to work and the lack of recreational areas could lead to the impairment of the quality of life in the future. The high proportion of one -person households, which is 57.5 % above the German average, is also a risk of loneliness and social isolation.
Current trends in life satisfaction
The survey, which forms the basis for the Glücksatlas, comes from the Institute for Demoscopy Allensbach and between January 2022 and April 2025 included a total of 23,468 participants between the ages of 16 and 78. Overall, life satisfaction in major German cities has increased, which is not an unexpected trend for Augsburg. The average value of all 40 major cities has increased by 0.13 points compared to the previous year.
In a nationwide comparison, a gap between the cities is shown: Kassel and Rostock are the most distant, with a difference of 1.36 points between the happiest and the most unfortunate city. These findings show that larger cities tend to have lower life satisfaction. While happy cities are often known under the term "Overperformer", those who are more unhappy despite high living costs and poorer environmental conditions than "underperformers". An example of this is Karlsruhe, which cuts well in terms of objective quality of life, but ends up in 38th place in subjective satisfaction, as the Zeit reports.
All in all, the current lucky atlas shows that Augsburg is a real piece of jewelry in Germany with its combination of quality of life and satisfaction, which stands on the safest floor, while larger cities like Munich have to master more challenges to promote the well -being of their citizens
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