Germany: embassies, consulates & entry rules

foreign missions here: 583
Consulates: 415
missions abroad: 367
Visa-free / Visa on arrival: 93

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Live & travel in Germany

Monthly budget

$3,650/mo

Prices vs USA: 81%

Exchange rate

1 USD = 0.897 EUR

US travel advisory

Level 2

Homicides / 100k: 0.9

travel.state.gov

Internet access

93%

of people online

Air quality

8.8

PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Official languages

German

Emergency

112 · 110

Plug types

Schuko, Europlug

Calling code

+49

Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: May 12, 2025

3.8

/ 5

embassly score

Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept

Cost2.2
Safety4.5
Internet access4.9
Air quality4.5
Climate2.7

City guide: Berlin

SOS · Germany112

Government consensus

Increased caution· 2 of 3 governments

United StatesIncreased caution
United KingdomNormal precautions
CanadaIncreased caution

Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

Digital nomad visa

Residence Permit for Freelance Employment (Freiberufler, §21(5) AufenthG)Verified Nov 9, 2026
No fixed threshold; secure livelihood for ≥1 year. Applicants 45+: pension €1,280.06/month or €187,682 assets
Official site

Programme rules change; always confirm on the official site linked on each card.

Upcoming public holidays

Dec 25, 2026 · Christmas Day
Dec 26, 2026 · Boxing Day
Jan 1, 2027 · New Year’s Day
Mar 26, 2027 · Good Friday
Mar 29, 2027 · Easter Monday
May 1, 2027 · Labour Day
May 6, 2027 · Ascension Day
May 17, 2027 · Whit Monday

Cities in Germany

3.8 / 5

Germany

Berlin

$3,650/mo · 5°C

3.7 / 5

Germany

Munich

$3,650/mo · 4°C

3.8 / 5

Germany

Frankfurt

$3,650/mo · 5°C

3.7 / 5

Germany

Hamburg

$3,650/mo · 5°C

3.7 / 5

Germany

Bremen

$3,650/mo · 6°C

3.7 / 5

Germany

Stuttgart

$3,650/mo · 5°C

3.8 / 5

Germany

Düsseldorf

$3,650/mo · 6°C

3.7 / 5

Germany

Bonn

$3,650/mo · 5°C

Traveller essentials · Germany

Emergency: 112 · 110
Calling code: +49
Currency: EUR
Plug types: Schuko, Europlug
Drives on the: right
Capital: Berlin

Foreign missions in Germany

AfghanistanBerlin, Bonn, Munich4 AlbaniaBerlin, Munich, Düsseldorf4 AlgeriaBerlin, Frankfurt2 AngolaBerlin, Bremen, Munich3 Antigua & BarbudaMunich1 ArgentinaBerlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg4 ArmeniaBerlin, Munich, Karlsruhe3 AustraliaBerlin, Frankfurt2 AustriaBerlin, Munich, Düsseldorf11 AzerbaijanBerlin, Stuttgart2 BahrainBerlin1 BangladeshBerlin, Bremen, Munich3 BarbadosMunich1 BelarusBerlin, Munich, Cottbus5 BelgiumBerlin, Bremen, Munich3 BeninMunich, Saarbrücken2 BhutanDüsseldorf, Stuttgart, Berlin3 BoliviaBerlin, Hamburg, Munich3 Bosnia and HerzegovinaBerlin, Munich, Stuttgart4 BotswanaBerlin1 BrazilBerlin, Munich, Frankfurt3 BruneiBerlin1 BulgariaBerlin, Munich, Frankfurt5 Burkina FasoParis, Munich2 BurundiBerlin1 CambodiaBerlin1 CameroonBerlin, Düsseldorf2 CanadaBerlin, Munich2 Cape VerdeBerlin, Bremen, Stuttgart4 Cayman IslandsFrankfurt1 ChadBerlin1 ChileBerlin, Munich, Hamburg5 ChinaBerlin, Bonn, Munich6 ColombiaBerlin, Frankfurt, Bremen5 Costa RicaBerlin2 Côte d’IvoireBerlin, Munich2 CroatiaBerlin, Munich, Stuttgart6 CubaBonn, Berlin3 CyprusBerlin, Hamburg, Munich3 CzechiaBerlin, Munich, Düsseldorf9 DenmarkBerlin, Flensburg, Munich11 DjiboutiBerlin, Munich2 Dominican RepublicBerlin1 DR CongoBerlin, Leipzig, Bohmte3 EcuadorBerlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart6 EgyptBerlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt3 El SalvadorBerlin, Munich2 Equatorial GuineaBerlin1 EritreaBerlin, Frankfurt2 EstoniaBerlin, Bremen, Hamburg3 EswatiniBerlin1 EthiopiaBerlin, Bremen, Munich3 FinlandBerlin, Frankfurt, Bremen7 FranceBerlin, Saarbrücken, Munich10 GabonBerlin, Frankfurt2 GambiaBremen1 GeorgiaBerlin, Munich2 GhanaBerlin, Munich3 GreeceBerlin, Munich, Düsseldorf6 GuatemalaBerlin, Hamburg, Munich3 GuineaBerlin1 Guinea-BissauBerlin1 HaitiBerlin, Bremerhaven2 HondurasBerlin, Munich2 HungaryBerlin, Munich, Stuttgart7 IcelandBerlin, Bremerhaven, Hamburg3 IndiaBerlin, Munich, Hamburg5 IndonesiaBerlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg5 IranBerlin1 IraqBerlin, Frankfurt2 IrelandBerlin, Frankfurt, Munich6 IsraelBerlin, Munich2 ItalyBerlin, Cologne, Munich12 JamaicaBerlin, Munich2 JapanBerlin, Düsseldorf, Munich5 JordanBerlin, Hamburg2 KazakhstanBerlin, Bonn, Munich5 KenyaBerlin, Hamburg2 KosovoBerlin, Munich, Düsseldorf5 KuwaitBerlin, Frankfurt2 KyrgyzstanBerlin, Bonn, Munich3 LaosBerlin1 LatviaBerlin, Kiel, Frankfurt6 LebanonBerlin, Frankfurt2 LesothoBerlin1 LiberiaBerlin, Munich2 LibyaBerlin1 LiechtensteinBerlin1 LithuaniaBerlin, Frankfurt, Munich4 LuxembourgBerlin, Bremen, Saarbrücken4 MadagascarFalkensee, Saarbrücken, Düsseldorf3 MalawiBerlin, Frankfurt2 MalaysiaBerlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart3 MaldivesBerlin, Düsseldorf2 MaliBerlin, Munich2 MaltaBerlin, Hamburg, Munich5 MauritaniaBerlin1 MauritiusBerlin, Stuttgart2 MexicoBerlin, Frankfurt, Munich5 MoldovaBerlin, Frankfurt, Munich5 MonacoBerlin, Frankfurt2 MongoliaBerlin, Munich, Bremen4 MontenegroBerlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart4 MoroccoBerlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt5 MozambiqueBerlin, Hamburg2 MyanmarBerlin1 NamibiaBerlin, Bremerhaven, Erfurt3 NepalBerlin, Munich, Cologne3 NetherlandsBerlin, Düsseldorf, Munich7 New ZealandBerlin1 NicaraguaBerlin, Munich2 NigerBerlin1 NigeriaBerlin, Frankfurt2 North KoreaBerlin1 North MacedoniaBerlin, Bonn, Munich3 NorwayBerlin, Bremen, Munich7 OmanBerlin, Munich2 PakistanBerlin, Frankfurt, Munich3 PalestineBerlin1 PanamaBerlin, Bremen2 ParaguayBerlin, Munich2 PeruBerlin, Bonn, Frankfurt6 PhilippinesBerlin, Frankfurt, Stuttgart5 PolandBerlin, Cologne, Hamburg9 PortugalBerlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart6 QatarBerlin, Bonn, Munich3 Republic of the CongoBerlin1 RomaniaBerlin, Munich, Stuttgart6 RussiaBerlin1 RwandaBerlin, Tutzing2 SamoaBerlin1 San MarinoMunich, Darmstadt2 Saudi ArabiaBerlin, Frankfurt2 SenegalBerlin, Munich, Hamburg3 SerbiaBerlin, Munich, Frankfurt5 Sierra LeoneBerlin, Munich2 SingaporeBerlin, Munich2 SlovakiaBerlin, Munich, Stuttgart4 SloveniaBerlin, Munich, Dresden5 SomaliaBerlin1 South AfricaBerlin, Munich, Bremen11 South KoreaBerlin, Bonn, Frankfurt7 South SudanBerlin1 SpainBerlin, Frankfurt, Munich7 Sri LankaBerlin, Bremen2 SudanBerlin1 SurinameMunich1 SwedenBerlin, Bremen, Düsseldorf9 SwitzerlandBerlin, Munich, Stuttgart5 SyriaBerlin, Bonn, Bremen3 TaiwanMunich, Hamburg, Berlin4 TajikistanBerlin1 TanzaniaBerlin1 ThailandBerlin, Frankfurt, Munich8 Timor-LesteBerlin1 TogoBerlin, Munich, Bremen4 TongaDüsseldorf1 TunisiaBerlin, Bonn, Munich3 TürkiyeBerlin, Hamburg, Munich17 TurkmenistanBerlin, Frankfurt2 UgandaBerlin, Munich, Hamburg3 UkraineBerlin, Bonn, Munich7 United Arab EmiratesBerlin, Bonn, Munich3 United KingdomBerlin, Munich, Düsseldorf6 United StatesBerlin, Frankfurt, Munich7 UruguayBerlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt6 UzbekistanBerlin, Frankfurt2 Vatican CityBerlin1 VenezuelaBerlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg3 VietnamBerlin, Frankfurt2 YemenBerlin, Frankfurt2 ZambiaBerlin, Munich2 ZimbabweBerlin1

Germany missions abroad

AfghanistanKabul1 AlbaniaTirana1 AlgeriaAlgiers1 American SamoaSan Francisco1 AndorraAndorra la Vella1 AngolaLuanda1 ArgentinaBuenos Aires, Mendoza, Bariloche5 ArmeniaYerevan1 Aruba's-Gravenhage, Amsterdam2 AustraliaCanberra, New South Wales, City of Nedlands6 AustriaVienna, Innsbruck, Salzburg8 AzerbaijanBaku1 BahrainManama1 BangladeshDhaka1 BarbadosBridgetown1 BelarusMinsk1 BelgiumBrussels, Liège5 BelizeBelize City1 BeninCotonou1 BermudaHamilton1 BhutanThimphu1 BoliviaLa Paz, Tarija, Cochabamba3 Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo1 BotswanaGaborone, Maun2 BrazilBrasília, Recife, Rio de Janeiro9 BruneiBandar Seri Begawan1 BulgariaSofia, Plovdiv2 Burkina FasoOuagadougou1 BurundiBujumbura1 CambodiaPhnom Penh1 CameroonYaoundé2 CanadaOttawa, Montreal, Toronto8 Cape VerdeMindelo1 ChadN'Djamena1 ChileSantiago, Valdivia, Puerto Montt3 ChinaBeijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai7 ColombiaBogotá2 Costa RicaSan José2 Côte d’IvoireAbidjan1 CroatiaZagreb, Osijek2 CubaHavana1 CyprusNicosia1 CzechiaPrague1 DenmarkCopenhagen, Nuussuaq, Aarhus Municipality4 DjiboutiDjibouti1 Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo1 DR CongoKinshasa1 EcuadorQuito2 EgyptCairo, Alexandria2 El SalvadorSan Salvador1 Equatorial GuineaMalabo1 EritreaAsmara1 EstoniaTallinn1 EthiopiaAddis Ababa1 Faroe IslandsTórshavn1 FijiSuva, Nadi2 FinlandHelsinki, Turku3 FranceParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon, Strasbourg13 GabonLibreville1 GambiaBanjul1 GeorgiaTbilisi1 GhanaAccra2 GreeceAthens, Thessaloniki, Patras5 GuatemalaGuatemala City1 GuineaConakry1 Guinea-BissauBissau1 GuyanaGeorgetown1 HaitiPort-au-Prince1 HondurasTegucigalpa1 HungaryBudapest1 IcelandReykjavík1 IndiaNew Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai5 IndonesiaJakarta, Denpasar, Surabaya3 IranTehran1 IraqBaghdad, Erbil2 IrelandDublin1 IsraelTel Aviv1 ItalyRome, Milan, Naples9 JamaicaKingston1 JapanTokyo, Osaka, Sapporo3 JordanAmman1 KazakhstanAstana, Almaty2 KenyaNairobi1 KosovoPristina1 KuwaitKuwait City2 KyrgyzstanBishkek1 LaosVientiane1 LatviaRiga1 LebanonBeirut1 LesothoMaseru1 LiberiaMonrovia1 LibyaTripoli1 LiechtensteinVaduz1 LithuaniaVilnius1 LuxembourgLuxembourg1 MadagascarAntananarivo1 MalawiLilongwe1 MalaysiaKuala Lumpur1 MaliBamako1 MaltaValletta1 Marshall IslandsMajuro1 MauritaniaNouakchott1 Mauritius1 MexicoMexico City, Puebla, Cancun5 MoldovaChișinău1 MonacoMonaco1 MongoliaUlaanbaatar1 MontenegroPodgorica1 MoroccoRabat, Agadir3 MozambiqueMaputo1 MyanmarYangon1 NamibiaWindhoek1 NepalKathmandu1 NetherlandsThe Hague, Middelburg, Rotterdam5 New ZealandWellington, Christchurch, Auckland Region3 NicaraguaManagua1 NigerNiamey1 NigeriaAbuja, Lagos2 North KoreaPyongyang1 North MacedoniaSkopje1 NorwayOslo4 OmanMuscat1 PakistanIslamabad, Karachi, Lahore3 PalauNgerulmud1 PalestineJerusalem, Gaza2 PanamaPanama City1 Papua New GuineaPort Moresby1 ParaguayAsunción1 PeruLima, Arequipa2 Philippinesماكاتي, Cebu City2 PolandWarsaw, Gdańsk, Kraków8 PortugalLisbon, Caniço2 Puerto RicoSan Juan1 QatarDoha1 Republic of the CongoBrazzaville1 RomaniaBucharest, Sibiu, Timișoara4 RussiaMoscow, Saint Petersburg, Калининград3 RwandaKigali1 Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Jeddah2 SenegalDakar1 SerbiaSavski Venac City Municipality1 Sierra LeoneFreetown1 SingaporeSingapore1 SlovakiaBratislava, Košice2 SloveniaLjubljana1 Solomon IslandsHoniara1 South AfricaPretoria, Cape Town2 South KoreaSeoul1 South SudanJuba1 SpainMadrid, Barcelona, Málaga9 Sri LankaColombo1 SudanKhartoum1 SurinameParamaribo1 SwedenStockholm, Gothenburg2 SwitzerlandBern, Geneva, Zurich8 SyriaDamascus1 TaiwanTaipei1 TajikistanDushanbe1 TanzaniaDar es Salaam1 ThailandBangkok, Chiang Mai4 TogoLomé1 Trinidad & TobagoPort of Spain1 TunisiaTunis2 TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul, Balçova district10 TurkmenistanAshgabat1 UgandaKampala1 UkraineKyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv5 United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai2 United KingdomLondon, City of Edinburgh3 United StatesWashington, D.C., Miami, Chicago20 UruguayMontevideo1 UzbekistanTashkent1 VanuatuPort Vila1 VenezuelaCaracas1 VietnamHanoi, Ho Chi Minh City2 YemenSanaa1 ZambiaLusaka1 ZimbabweHarare1

Who can enter Germany without a visa?

Visa-free93

Visa required105

Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.

Frequently asked questions

Embassies & consulates in Germany?

583 missions, 173 countries.

Emergency: Germany?

112, 110 (police)

Who can enter Germany without a visa?

93: Albania, Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, and Brunei…