Methods and devices for a low complex inter-channel phase difference estimation are provided. A method for the estimation of inter-channel phase differences (IPDs), comprises applying a transformation from a time domain to a frequency domain to a plurality of audio channel signals, calculating a plurality of IPD values for the IPDs between at least one of the plurality of audio channel signals and a reference audio channel signal over a predetermined frequency range, each IPD value being calculated over a portion of the predetermined frequency range, calculating, for each of the plurality of IPD values, a weighted IPD value by multiplying each of the plurality of IPD values with a corresponding frequency-dependent weighting factor, and calculating an IPD range value for the predetermined frequency range by adding the plurality of weighted IPD values.