Guide
The Berlin Mietspiegel 2026: the table your rent negotiation stands on
By Covered Abroad Research Desk · Last verified July 2026
What the 2026 edition is
The Senatsverwaltung's announcement carries the essentials verbatim: the Mietspiegel 2026 tritt mit dem heutigen Tag in Kraft (28 May 2026), replacing the 2024 index; it is a qualifizierter Mietspiegel meeting §558d BGB, recognised by all tenant and landlord associations in the Mietspiegel working group; it covers around 1.6 million rent-relevant dwellings on approximately 17,000 rent and equipment data points.
Source: Berlin.de — Berliner Mietspiegel 2026 veröffentlicht (Senatsverwaltung, 28.05.2026), read 10 September 2026.
The 7.71 number — and what it is not
The announcement states the average: das durchschnittliche Mietniveau im Mietspiegel 2026 liegt bei 7,71 €/m² — the median net cold rent per square metre across representatively surveyed data. What it is not: your rent. The index works by brackets — location, age, size, equipment — and the official query service at mietspiegel.berlin.de maps a specific address and dwelling to its own range. The citywide median is the headline; the bracket is the argument.
Source: Berlin.de — Mietspiegel 2026, durchschnittliches Mietniveau, read 10 September 2026.
60-second check
Not sure the policy you have meets your destination's written rule? Run it through the policy check now, before you build the rest of the file around it.
Check my policyWhy tenants (and newcomers) care
A qualified Mietspiegel is the reference instrument German law gives rent-increase disputes: a rise toward the ortsübliche Vergleichsmiete argues from this table, and a tenant answers from the same table. For a newcomer signing in Berlin's squeezed market, two habits pay: run the official query for the flat before agreeing anything, and keep the dwelling's equipment list — the bracket-movers — documented from day one. The deposit and contract mechanics sit in our German deposit guide; Paris's counterpart instrument is the encadrement.
Source: Berlin.de — Berliner Mietspiegel (Service, Senatsverwaltung Wohnen), read 10 September 2026.
Get the moving-paperwork checklist
The month-by-month timeline so the insurance certificate is ready before your appointment, not after.