In which German city is parking the most expensive?

More and more people are buying a car in Germany. According to data from Federal Motor Transport Authority the number of cars increased by 500,000 in 2020 to a total of around 48.2 million, which is an increase of 1.1 percent compared to the previous year. There are currently around 710 motor vehicles for every 1000 inhabitants in Germany. As a result, the parking situation is worsening, especially in cities, which in some cases also leads to higher and higher parking fees. The rental car platform knows how high the average charges are for a period of two hours in the inner cities of Germany’s 20 largest cities billiger-mietwagen.de now examined.

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The parking fees in 20 cities in Germany at a glance

The cities with the highest parking fees in Germany are Munich and Hamburg. There you pay an average of six euros for two hours of parking in the city center. “Expensive parking facilities such as the underground car park at Marienplatz in Munich (eight euros for two hours) and a parking space in the Bleichenhof Passage in Hamburg (9.60 euros) are responsible for the high average prices,” the analysis says.

Parking in Stuttgart, Cologne, Frankfurt am Main and Berlin is also expensive. There, drivers in the center pay an average of five euros to park for two hours. This is followed by Düsseldorf with 4.50 euros and Nuremberg and Bremen each with four euros.

The lowest parking fees in Germany’s major cities are paid in Wuppertal. A parking space in the city center costs an average of EUR 2.50 for two hours.

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