Rent index

Rent index and rent check by city

For these cities, we check your rent against the official rent index.

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What the rent index says

A rent index helps to classify the local comparative rent for a comparable apartment. Municipality, living space, year of construction, amenities and location can be important when selecting the right features. A current advertisement rent is not automatically the local comparative rent.

First select the city. The city page states the basis used, its as-of date and the limits of the calculator. If no usable official rent index (Mietspiegel) is available, we explicitly label any estimate as such. A calculator result replaces neither a review of the rental agreement nor individual advice.

Official rent index
Basis and characteristics for the relevant municipality; the date is shown on the city page.
Asking rent
Observed listings; do not equate these with agreed rents or local comparative rents.
DDORF estimate
Statistical orientation with designated limits, not an expert opinion.

Legal basis: § 558 BGB: local reference rent (ortsübliche Vergleichsmiete) and § 556d BGB: rent at the start of a tenancy. The current legal text and the local basis are decisive.

Available for 13 cities

Is your city not included? The DDORF rent estimate is available for other cities without a usable rent index. To the overview