Essen population for Eurostat's city geography in Germany was 579,432 on 1 January 2022.
Its average annual rent for housing is €8.10 per m² (2022) — 117th highest of the 168 cities reporting this Eurostat field.
Its 1991–2020 climate normal is a mean annual temperature of 10.3 °C with 1,029 mm of precipitation a year (Copernicus ERA5-Land).
In its wider region (NUTS DEA13), GDP was €54,600 per inhabitant (2023, Eurostat) — a regional figure, not a city value.
This profile reports 43 of the 50 indicators currently tracked for European cities; the rest are not reported for Essen. Source: official datasets listed in the source registry.
| Essen | 579,432 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 406 of 426 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 104,735 |
| Essen | 2,753 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 350 of 381 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 1,069 |
| Month | Temp | Precip |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.5°C | 96mm |
| Feb | 3.0°C | 80mm |
| Mar | 5.9°C | 80mm |
| Apr | 9.6°C | 62mm |
| May | 13.6°C | 75mm |
| Jun | 16.5°C | 85mm |
| Jul | 18.6°C | 99mm |
| Aug | 18.3°C | 95mm |
| Sep | 14.9°C | 82mm |
| Oct | 10.8°C | 86mm |
| Nov | 6.4°C | 87mm |
| Dec | 3.3°C | 103mm |
| Essen | 10.3 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 244 of 601 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 10.6 |
| Essen | 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 294 of 601 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 2.6 |
| Essen | 18.6 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 182 of 601 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 19.3 |
| Essen | 1,029 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 503 of 601 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 816 |
| Essen | 122 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 110 of 601 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 136 |
| Essen | 22 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 263 of 329 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 16 |
| Essen | 48 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 78 of 281 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 52 |
| Essen | 9 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 108 of 298 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 9 |
| Essen | €8.10 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 50 of 168 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | €9.10 |
| Essen | €515,566 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 154 of 201 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | €380,298 |
| Essen | €186,441 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 114 of 218 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | €176,563 |
| Essen | €3,575.09 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 141 of 200 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | €2,900.69 |
| Essen | €2,372.21 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 91 of 199 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | €2,543.00 |
| Essen | 7.4% |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 134 of 288 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 7.8% |
| Essen | 307,000 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 384 of 411 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 54,000 |
| Essen | 61 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 145 of 301 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 62 |
| Essen | 10 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 296 of 366 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 8 |
| Essen | 14 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 317 of 400 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 12 |
| Essen | 0 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 76 of 358 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 0 |
| Essen | 255,574 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 322 of 328 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 138 |
| Essen | 16 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 131 of 267 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 16 |
| Essen | 889,762 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 214 of 246 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 239,309 |
| Essen | 54 |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 412 of 425 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 8 |
| Essen | 5.8% |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 11 of 50 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 9.7% |
| Essen | 23.8% |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 21 of 50 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 25.4% |
| Essen | 19.3% |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 27 of 50 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 18.9% |
| Essen | 54.7% |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 45 of 50 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 45.5% |
| Essen | 21.3% |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 33 of 50 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 18.7% |
| Essen | 45.1% |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 22 of 50 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 45.5% |
| Essen | 13.6% |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 16 of 50 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 15.9% |
| Essen | 41.7% |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 16 of 50 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 45.2% |
| Essen | 50.7% |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 21 of 50 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 53.4% |
| Essen | 38.7% |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 31 of 50 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 34.6% |
| Essen | 21.7% |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 21 of 50 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 24.6% |
| Essen | 43.6% |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 32 of 50 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 39.7% |
| Essen | 14.6% |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 4 of 50 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 28.9% |
| Essen | 41% |
|---|---|
| Higher than | 33 of 50 records in the same comparison group |
| Median | 38.1% |
Essen had a population of 579,432 on 1 January 2022 (Eurostat city figure), the 20th largest of the 426 reporting city records in the same year.
Its 1991–2020 ERA5-Land normal is a mean annual temperature of 10.3 °C (January 2.5 °C, July 18.6 °C) with 1,029 mm of precipitation a year. This is reanalysis, not station weather.
Eurostat reports an average annual rent of €8.10 per m² (2022), 117th highest of the 168 reporting city records in the same year. This is a single reported field, not a full housing-cost basket.
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