Nuremberg rent index 2026: new edition, Bavarian limits
Nuremberg updated its rent index on 1 August 2026; the limits come from Bavaria’s tenant-protection ordinance.
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Maximum rent at the start of the tenancy
€750.20
€69.80 too much per month
| Local reference rent | €11.00/m² |
| Reference rent for your floor area | €682 |
| Rent brake | applies until 31 December 2029 |
| Increase cap | 15 % in three years |
| Limit: reference rent + 10% | €750.20 |
You can only reclaim after a written complaint. If it arrives within 30 months of the start and the tenancy is still running, it reaches back to the start (Section 556g(2) BGB).
How we calculateNuremberg's 2026 rent index (Mietenspiegel) is the 27th edition and an update of the qualified index newly drawn up in 2024; it has applied since 1 August 2026. It is published by the City of Nuremberg with the statistics office for Nuremberg and Fürth, together with Haus und Grund and the tenants' federation; a Regensburg institute did the analysis. According to the city the average net cold rent is €10.33 per square metre. The index is a regression model: a base rent by floor area is adjusted by percentage premiums and deductions for year built and fittings, with a range around the mean. Copyright lies with the city, which expressly forbids copying the data or offering it electronically, so this calculator gives no figures. Nuremberg is in Bavaria's tenant-protection ordinance: rent brake until 31 December 2029 and a 15 per cent cap. The city plans to draw up the index from scratch again in 2028.
An index in percentage steps
Nuremberg calculates in per cent. The base rent depends on floor area, and each feature that differs from the average moves it up or down by a percentage: year built, a modernised bathroom, a fitted kitchen, no balcony. The sum of percentages gives your flat's mean, around which the index places a range. The 2026 edition draws on the city's housing and household survey “Leben in Nürnberg 2025”.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Edition | Mietenspiegel 2026 (27. fortgeschriebene Ausgabe; Fortschreibung des 2024 neu erstellten Mietenspiegels) |
| Type | qualified, Section 558d BGB |
| Valid from | 1 August 2026 |
| Valid until | not stated |
| Publisher | Stadt Nürnberg – Stab Wohnen im Geschäftsbereich des Dritten Bürgermeisters |
| Figures on this site | none: rights are reserved |
| Rent brake | yes, until 31 December 2029 |
| Increase cap | 15 % until 31 December 2029 |
Working with your figure
The index and its notes are on the City of Nuremberg rent index page. Enter the value for your flat above. For a new lease the rent check tests Bavaria's rent brake: with the example assumption of €10.80 for 64 m² the ceiling is €760.32; at €820, €59.68 would be too much. For an increase it works out the cap and the deadlines.
Like Munich, Nuremberg has a regression index with rights reserved: Munich rent index. Bavaria's full list of municipalities is on the rent brake in Bavaria page.