Duisburg, Germany
Source confidence: city-level Eurostat population/city-level Eurostat transit; WMO climate; cost/healthcare country-level; airport and rent unavailable
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503,185city-level population
70/100data confidence score
7source coverage count
Germanycountry context
Population and basics
| Population | 503,185 | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: high; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2024; collected: 2026-05-29 |
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| Country | Germany | country-level label from data/global/countries.json |
| Region | Central Europe | curated-level regional grouping |
| Location type | city | curated-level location hierarchy label |
| Urban Audit code | DE080C | city-level Eurostat/GISCO identifier |
| Functional urban area code | DE080F | FUA-level Eurostat/GISCO identifier |
Climate: city-level Eurostat vs station normals
30-year station normals
| Summer high | 24.7 C | centroid-level; quality: direct; confidence: high; source: NOAA GHCN and WMO climate normals; year: 2020; collected: 2026-07-06; Duesseldorf WMO station, 16.1 km from centroid |
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| Winter low | 0.5 C | centroid-level; quality: direct; confidence: high; source: NOAA GHCN and WMO climate normals; year: 2020; collected: 2026-07-06; Duesseldorf WMO station, 16.1 km from centroid |
City-level Eurostat and available climate context
| Warmest-month average | 18.2 C | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2011; collected: 2026-05-29 |
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| Coldest-month average | 3.2 C | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2011; collected: 2026-05-29 |
| Sunshine | 1,789.7 hrs/year | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2011; collected: 2026-05-29; Eurostat EN1002V hours/day converted to annual hours |
| Annual precipitation | 750.7 mm/year | centroid-level; quality: direct; confidence: high; source: NOAA GHCN and WMO climate normals; year: 2020; collected: 2026-07-06; Duesseldorf WMO station, 16.1 km from centroid |
| Precipitation and humidity | 100/100 | centroid-level; quality: formula; confidence: high; source: NOAA GHCN and WMO climate normals; year: 2020; collected: 2026-07-06; Deterministic comfort score centered on 750 mm annual precipitation |
| Air quality | 23.4 | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2013; collected: 2026-05-29; Eurostat PM10 city indicator used as comparable particulate signal |
Daily life: mode shares and commute
| Transit and walkability | 30/100 | city-level; quality: formula; confidence: high; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2016; collected: 2026-05-29; Sum of Eurostat walking, bicycle, and public-transport commute shares where available |
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| Walk commute share | 6.7% | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: high; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2016; collected: 2026-05-29 |
| Bike commute share | 5.9% | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: high; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2016; collected: 2026-05-29 |
| Transit commute share | 17.9% | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: high; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2016; collected: 2026-05-29 |
| Commute time | 26.3 | city-level; quality: direct; confidence: high; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); year: 2016; collected: 2026-05-29 |
Country-level context
These rows are country-level context unless the metric context states otherwise; they are not city-specific claims.
| Housing cost band | middle country ppp context | country-level; quality: formula; confidence: low; source: World Bank International Comparison Program; year: 2025; collected: 2026-07-01; Country-level PPP conversion factor band; no city rent benchmark is ingested in M2-S6 |
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| Local price level | 0.71 | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: World Bank International Comparison Program; year: 2025; collected: 2026-07-01 |
| GDP per capita PPP | $62,555 | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: World Bank World Development Indicators; year: 2024; collected: 2026-07-01 |
| Purchasing-power context | 62,554.6 | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: World Bank World Development Indicators; year: 2024; collected: 2026-07-01 |
| Healthcare access | 87/100 | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: WHO Global Health Observatory; year: 2023; collected: 2025-12-05 |
| Life expectancy | 80.8 | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: World Bank World Development Indicators; year: 2024; collected: 2026-07-01 |
| Doctors | 45.9 per 10,000 | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: WHO Global Health Observatory; year: 2023; collected: 2026-01-23 |
| Nurses and midwives | 124 per 10,000 | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: WHO Global Health Observatory; year: 2023; collected: 2026-01-23 |
| Country unemployment | 3.71% | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: World Bank World Development Indicators; year: 2025; collected: 2026-07-01 |
| Internet users | 93.5% | country-level; quality: direct; confidence: medium; source: World Bank World Development Indicators; year: 2024; collected: 2026-07-01 |
| UTC offset | 1 hours | country-level; quality: curated; confidence: medium; source: GeoNames geographical database; collected: 2026-07-06; Static standard-time country table; DST differences are not modeled in this beta metric |
| US East work overlap | 2 hours | country-level; quality: formula; confidence: medium; source: GeoNames geographical database; collected: 2026-07-06; Overlap of 09:00-17:00 local standard time with 09:00-17:00 US Eastern standard time |
No comparable city-level rent benchmark is available in this Global Beta build; verify current local listings. proxy-level; quality: unavailable; confidence: low; source: Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit); No comparable city-level rent benchmark source is ingested for M2-S6
Language and practical context
| Primary languages | DE | country-level language codes from data/global/countries.json |
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| Currency | EUR | country-level practical context |
| Primary-language fit | N/A | country-level; quality: curated; confidence: medium; source: CIA World Factbook; collected: 2026-07-06; Primary languages from curated wave-one country seed |
| English usability | N/A | country-level; quality: curated; confidence: low; source: CIA World Factbook; collected: 2026-07-06; Curated country-level practical note; intentionally not converted into a numeric score |
| Visa research status | official links seeded unverified | country-level; quality: curated; confidence: low; source: CIA World Factbook; collected: 2026-07-06; M1 country research URLs are official-link seeds and remain marked unverified |
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Get started in Duisburg
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Official city portal
- Duisburg Service PortalOfficialOfficial municipal services hub for Duisburg city administration, online appointments, service categories, forms, and local service search.
Residency & registration
- Registration of Residents with Foreign CitizenshipOfficialOfficial Duisburg service page describing residence registration for people moving to Duisburg from another city or from abroad, including EU-citizen wording and responsible offices.
Tax number & registration
- Tax Identification NumberOfficialOfficial Duisburg service page about the German tax identification number, replacement certificates through citizen-service offices, and the federal tax authority pointer.
Healthcare access
- Health Insurance in GermanyOfficialOfficial federal EU equal-treatment office page explaining health insurance in Germany for EU citizens, including residence, statutory insurance, and health-card topics.
Housing search
- Municipal Housing Placement OfficeOfficialOfficial Duisburg housing page for the municipal housing-placement office, including housing-search support, housing-offer forms, and links to housing-related services.
- Rent an Apartment in DuisburgCommercialCommercial German rental-listings portal page for apartments in Duisburg, including district filters, rental listings, and market information.
Getting around
- The DeutschlandticketOfficialOfficial Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft page for the Deutschlandticket subscription and DVG purchase channels for public transport.
- All Tickets and Fares at a GlanceOfficialOfficial VRR regional transport page listing public-transport ticket types, fare products, DeutschlandTicket options, and pass categories for the Rhein-Ruhr area.
Banking, SIM & utilities
- Basic Payment AccountOfficialBaFin consumer page about Germany's basic payment account, payment-account topics, and consumer information for bank-account access.
- Stadtwerke Moving HubCommercialStadtwerke Duisburg page about utility move notifications, online customer service, and electricity, gas, water, and heating contract topics around moving.
Newcomer & integration services
- Office for Integration and Immigration ServicesOfficialOfficial Duisburg office page for integration and immigration services, including the Kommunales Integrationszentrum, immigration-service offices, and naturalization-related administration.
- Municipal Integration ManagementOfficialOfficial Duisburg page describing KIM case-management and Regional Support Center structures for people with an immigration background.
Community & networks
- International Center - Regular Meetings of Groups and InitiativesCommunityDuisburg page describing recurring meetings by more than 70 associations, groups, and initiatives from over 30 nations using the International Center.
Language courses
- Integration CoursesOfficialVHS Duisburg page for German integration courses, Deutsch-Test für Zuwanderer context, orientation-course topics, and course contact information.
- Language and Integration Course Providers in the Learn German in Duisburg NetworkOfficialOfficial Bildungsregion Duisburg page listing the Deutsch lernen in Duisburg network and its local integration-course providers.
Schools & childcare
- Schooling for Newly Arrived ChildrenOfficialOfficial Duisburg school-administration page describing schooling and initial support for newly arrived children, including Kommunales Integrationszentrum involvement.
- Kindergartens, Daycare Centers, After-School Care, Kita Online RegistrationOfficialOfficial Duisburg service page for Kita Place, the city kindergarten-place registration and childcare search portal.
Safety & essentials
- Emergency NumbersOfficialOfficial Feuerwehr Duisburg page listing emergency numbers for fire and rescue services, police, ambulance transport, hazard hotline, and medical on-call service.
- Representations of Your Travel Country in GermanyOfficialGerman Federal Foreign Office country lookup for foreign embassies and consulates in Germany, including country search and address-list resources.
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Data sources and freshness
- CIA World FactbookYears in this location: no source year listed | Levels: country-level, proxy-levelStatus: active | License: U.S. government public data | Refresh: annual or as updated
- Eurostat City Statistics (Urban Audit)Years in this location: 2011, 2013, 2016, 2020, 2024 | Levels: city-level, proxy-levelStatus: active | License: Eurostat standard reuse policy | Refresh: annual
- GeoNames geographical databaseYears in this location: no source year listed | Levels: country-levelStatus: active | License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 | Refresh: continuous; snapshot date required
- Eurostat GISCO Urban Audit geographyYears in this location: no source year listed | Levels: proxy-levelStatus: active | License: Eurostat/GISCO reuse policy | Refresh: as GISCO publishes boundary updates
- Natural EarthYears in this location: no source year listed | Levels: proxy-levelStatus: planned | License: Public domain | Refresh: as Natural Earth releases updates
- NOAA GHCN and WMO climate normalsYears in this location: 2020 | Levels: centroid-levelStatus: active | License: U.S. government public data | Refresh: on normals release cycle
- OECD city, FUA, regional, and local-area datasetsYears in this location: no source year listed | Levels: proxy-levelStatus: active | License: OECD terms and conditions | Refresh: annual or dataset-specific
- OurAirportsYears in this location: no source year listed | Levels: proxy-levelStatus: planned | License: Public domain | Refresh: continuous; snapshot date required
- WHO Global Health ObservatoryYears in this location: 2023 | Levels: country-level, proxy-levelStatus: active | License: WHO data terms | Refresh: indicator-specific
- World Bank International Comparison ProgramYears in this location: 2025 | Levels: country-levelStatus: active | License: World Bank open data terms | Refresh: release-cycle
- World Bank World Development IndicatorsYears in this location: 2024, 2025 | Levels: country-levelStatus: active | License: World Bank open data terms | Refresh: annual or indicator-specific
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