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Hello all, my wife and I will be moving to Bonn in October, my wife will be studying at the Universi...
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First of all: Great descicion moving to Bonn. I'm born there and it is my absolute favorite City. Bad Godesberg is really nice. I can confirm all of the points already mentioned in the comments above.
Sankt Augustin is an okay place. It really much consists of the huma shopping center and the Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg. Everything else is old and hasn't been touched since Bonn lost capital-city status. You will find cheaper places with good shopping availability. However, it's important to be close to a train station (line 66) to get to Bonn city centre. It's kind of the same with Königswinter (city). It was once the most frequented vacation area of Germany but nowadays only a few of the hotels and cafes are still there. What remains is the beautiful (!!!) Siebengebirge. In adition, one thing you should consider when thinking about Königswinter or Sankt Augustin is that there are only three bridges crossing the rhine river. If you go by train it'll be no big deal but driving your car during rush hour to get to the other side can be really frustrating.
Like mentioned earlier Godesberg has great shops and big diversity. The "villenviertel" is the more expensive and clean part of the city. But sometimes with a bit of luck you can find some inexpensive apartments there. Spare time can be spent at the rhine, whatching ships and the Siebengebirge or you can take a ferry ride to Königswinter. Also the Rheinaue is close. It's a huge park where concerts and Fleamarkets take place. ("Rhein in Flammen" on the first weekend of May is great)
In comparision to Sankt Augustin and Königswinter Godesberg has much more to offer. However, an equally sized flat in Godesberg will be more expensive.
Godesberg: ++ Quality of living ++ Train connection to Bonn city + Shops in Godesberg city - expensive
Sankt Augustin ++ Shops in Huma Shopping centre + Close to national train station "Siegburg (Bonn)" + Train connection to Bonn city + Cheap - city centre is old - only a hand full of restaurants or pubs Maybe check out Siegburg.
Königswinter ++ Beautiful o train connection to Bonn city
I have lived in Lannesdorf (close to Godesberg) and Sankt Augustin for a year each, so if you have any further questions feel free to contact me. :)
This became pretty long to read, sorry :D
Thank you for your input and don't be sorry about the long read, the more information I can get the better and yours was really helpful as it ticked a few good points. We will be staying in Sankt Augustin for the first month so that will be good to figure out I guess if we like it or not. My biggest concern with places is often how busy they get and that's my biggest concern with Godesberg aswell. The last thing I would want is for example cars honking or people yelling/partying etc in the night time right underneath my window which is why I'm even considering Sankt Augustin or Königswinter for example. In Sankt Augustin for example, does with the essential closeness to the train stations of the 66 also come the business and late night crowds? Or are they more or less just standalone stops in residential areas?
Not the guy who replied to you, but who made the other comment (i love giving input from St. Augustin, it's rarely mentioned anywhere :D)
St. Augustin is pretty much dead at night, there aren't any businesses that you'd associate with loudness/partying, most people who do night-parties outside do it in the parks, at schools or other certain spots, but definitely not where people live. When people here tell you that St. Augustin only has 1 big shopping mall and a few restaruants here and there, they mean it 100%.
Godesberg and Königswinter will be much worse for that specific thing, because there's actual stuff to do in those areas.