Kassel is Germany's happiest city: Ranking 2025 reveals surprises!

Kassel is Germany's happiest city: Ranking 2025 reveals surprises!

Freiburg im Breisgau, Deutschland - What's new in the Glücksatlas 2025? A look at the current ranking shows exciting results on life satisfaction in German cities. Through a sensation, once more Kassel, which takes first place among the 40 largest cities in Germany with a remarkable 7.44 points. But what about the other cities, especially in Baden-Württemberg?

In the city clerk, Mannheim takes the top position in Baden-Württemberg with 7.09 points, which means 17th place in the overall ranking. The city convinces with high income of an average of 4,100 euros per month and a low crime rate. Nevertheless, a questionable point also slumbers: the high number of single households and long pendulum paths of an average of 16.2 kilometers press life satisfaction. In addition, the environmental quality does not seem to be optimal with a lot of noise and air pollution. This information has compiled the Süddeutsche class lottery.

Baden-Württemberg's cities in the ranking

Stuttgart is in 19th with 7.02 points. Despite the high income of 4,750 euros per month and a remarkably low unemployment rate of 5.1 percent, there are scashing sides: the offer rents are quite high at 14.34 euros per square meter, and the air quality often leaves a lot to be desired. This mix of advantages and disadvantages has referred the state capital to a slightly back place.

Freiburg im Breisgau ends up in 21.01 points in 21st place. The city has excellent health care and good care infrastructure, but rents are high at 13.70 euros per square meter and crime has increased. Karlsruhe can also be found in the ranking - it has the best objective quality of life, but still only proves the 38th place in life satisfaction. This placement was certainly not to be expected with a low unemployment rate and high economic strength.

After all, the SKL Glücksatlas determined that average life satisfaction in large cities has increased by 0.13 points compared to the previous year. This could mean that people overall are more satisfied with their lives. A ray of hope for the cities that are in midfield like Mannheim and Stuttgart.

Kassel and Rostock in focus

The Hanseatic city of Rostock reaches a negative highlight, which takes last place with modest 6.08 points. The difference to Kassel is enormous and shows how different quality of life and life satisfaction can be. This is particularly evident if you take into account that Rostock ends up 1,36 points behind the victorious Kassel, which not only has a high subjective life satisfaction, but is also considered a "overperformer" if you look at the objective quality of life.