Living in Opava

In Opava, unemployment is 4.2% (2024).

Opava's population was 55,109 at the end of 2024. The unemployment rate was 4.19% at the end of 2024. Annual PM2.5 in the air was 14 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0231 sources

Population55,109people31 Dec 2024Official source · Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR

Median gross salary (region)1,745EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · Structure of Earnings Survey 2025 — Table B1, Percentage of employees, time paid and gross monthly earnings by sex and by region

Unemployment rate4.19%country median 4.1% — 2% aboveOfficial source · Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR

Recorded crime1,367incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · KROK Database — 2025 open data

PM2.5, annual mean14µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Which Czechia-wide rules apply when you move to Opava?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in CzechiaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Opava.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Opava recorded 27,821 dwellings at the end of 2021.

No city-level rent figure is published for Opava. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€16

Mobile plan, 10 GB€12

Net rent across major citiesOpava highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Jesenice€13.53

Čelákovice€12.51

Milovice€10.98

Studénka€8.97

Plzeň€5.92

Ostrava€4.83

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Klášterec nad Ohří€8.39

Prague€8.25

Krupka€8.10

Brno€7.50

Jirkov€7.49

Chodov€7.45

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	16.44 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Vodafone fixed internet²³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12.32 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	O2 Datamanie 10GB¹⁹Official · national market
Dwellings	27,821 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)³Official

Is Opava a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker63%strong on work, weak on housing · range 52–74%

Skilled employee67%strong on work, weak on education · range 57–77%

Student57%strong on cost, weak on education · range 45–69%

Family56%strong on family, weak on education · range 44–68%

Retirement56%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 42–70%

Work and income

At the end of 2021, employment in Opava reached 27,095.

What is the unemployment rate in Opava?

The unemployment rate is about 4.2 % (2024).

Unemployment rate: 4.19 % · Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR⁶

Unemployment across cities in CzechiaUnemployment in Opava is 4.2%. Of 279 cities with data, 72 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

1–22–33–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1112–13

Opava 4.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,889 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	MPSV/ISPV RSCP MZS-M0, 2025 — Moravskoslezský kraj, wage sphere¹⁶Official · regional context
People in employment	27,095 people	31 Dec 2021	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,745 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Structure of Earnings Survey 2025 — Table B1, Percentage of employees, time paid and gross monthly earnings by sex and by region²²Official · county
Unemployment rate	4.19 %country median 4.1%	31 Dec 2024	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR⁶Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Opava. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Labour Office of the Czech Republic — Public employment service

Úřad práce České republiky

Job SearchRegistration

Open the Czechia service overview

Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Opava. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Opava?

Police recorded about 1,367 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: KROK Database — 2025 open data¹⁴

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	1,367 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	KROK Database — 2025 open data¹⁴Official · county

Mobility and administration

Opava's nearest airport was OSR, 31 km away and offered 3 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	3 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights²⁰Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	31 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²¹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	OSR	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports²¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Opava. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Adaptation and integration courses “Welcome to the Czech Republic” — Civic Orientation

Refugee Facilities Administration of the Ministry of the Interior

For third-country nationals with qualifying long-term or permanent residence.

CzechIn PersonCo-payment

Open official information

Centres for Support of Integration of Foreigners — counselling, language and sociocultural support — Welcome Program

Refugee Facilities Administration of the Ministry of the Interior

For foreigners legally residing in the Czech Republic, people granted international protection.

CzechIn Person, OnlineFree

Open official information

Open the full Czechia section

National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Opava.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Opava?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 14 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency¹⁰

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.514WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	14 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 11.33 · Feb 14.52 · Mar 19.5 · Apr 26.66 · May 29.06 · Jun 33.54 · Jul 35.77 · Aug 36.56 · Sep 34.17 · Oct 25.09 · Nov 19.55 · Dec 12.96 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁷Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -28.81 · Feb -22.41 · Mar -16.74 · Apr -6.03 · May -2.7 · Jun 3.48 · Jul 6.86 · Aug 6.19 · Sep 0.9 · Oct -6.47 · Nov -11.28 · Dec -20.51 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁷Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -3.26 · Feb -1.45 · Mar 2.76 · Apr 8.69 · May 13.72 · Jun 17.8 · Jul 20.08 · Aug 19.74 · Sep 14.45 · Oct 8.69 · Nov 3.92 · Dec -1.43 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁷Official · coordinate grid
Average precipitation by month	Jan 27.2 · Feb 25.1 · Mar 32 · Apr 36.8 · May 68.2 · Jun 77.9 · Jul 90.7 · Aug 69.3 · Sep 63.3 · Oct 46.7 · Nov 38.1 · Dec 30.6 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

The female population of Opava was 28,699. The male population of Opava was 26,447.

How many people live in Opava?

The published population was 55,109 people in 2024. Source: Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR⁶

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Female residents	28,699 people	31 Dec 2021	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)⁵Official
Male residents	26,447 people	31 Dec 2021	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)⁵Official
Population	55,109 people	31 Dec 2024	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR⁶Official

International community in Opava

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Population with usual residence; Census 2021; source indicator: Počet obyvatel s obvyklým pobytem · 2021 Census (2021-03-26)

Published group	People	Share
Total population	55,146	100.0%
Česká republika	54,303	98.5%
Slovenská republika	214	0.4%
Vietnamská socialistická republika	173	0.3%
Ukrajina	133	0.2%
Dvojí občanství	69	0.1%
Polská republika	51	0.1%
Nezjištěno	34	0.1%
Bulharská republika	21	0.0%
Ruská federace	16	0.0%
Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska	12	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Spolková republika Německo	10	0.0%
Maďarská republika	10	0.0%
Čínská lidová republika	8	0.0%
Italská republika	8	0.0%
Spojené státy americké	7	0.0%
Arménská republika	6	0.0%
Běloruská republika	4	0.0%
Chorvatská republika	4	0.0%
Řecká republika	4	0.0%
Turecká republika	4	0.0%
Republika Severní Makedonie	4	0.0%
Egyptská arabská republika	4	0.0%
Indická republika	3	0.0%
Republika Kazachstán	3	0.0%
Tuniská republika	3	0.0%
Republika Uzbekistán	3	0.0%
Republika Kosovo	3	0.0%
Chilská republika	2	0.0%
Libanonská republika	2	0.0%
Litevská republika	2	0.0%
Nizozemské království	2	0.0%
Republika Srbsko	2	0.0%
Bosna a Hercegovina	2	0.0%
Alžírská lidová demokratická republika	1	0.0%
Kanada	1	0.0%
Kolumbijská republika	1	0.0%
Demokratická republika Kongo	1	0.0%
Francouzská republika	1	0.0%
Ghanská republika	1	0.0%
Austrálie	1	0.0%
Rakouská republika	1	0.0%
Jordánské hášimovské království	1	0.0%
Moldavská republika	1	0.0%
Marocké království	1	0.0%
Nepál	1	0.0%
Nový Zéland	1	0.0%
Filipínská republika	1	0.0%
Rumunsko	1	0.0%
Španělské království	1	0.0%
Švýcarská konfederace	1	0.0%
Syrská arabská republika	1	0.0%
Thajské království	1	0.0%
Uruguayská východní republika	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population with usual residence; Census 2021; source indicator: Počet obyvatel s obvyklým pobytem · 2021 Census (2021-03-26)

Published group	People	Share
Total population	55,146	100.0%
Česká celkem	35,864	65.0%
Slezská celkem	2,989	5.4%
Moravská celkem	1,299	2.4%
Slovenská celkem	569	1.0%
Německá celkem	232	0.4%
Jiná celkem	154	0.3%
Vietnamská celkem	116	0.2%
Romská celkem	98	0.2%
Evropská celkem	89	0.2%
Ukrajinská celkem	82	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Polská celkem	79	0.1%
Československá celkem	50	0.1%
Řecká celkem	38	0.1%
Ruská celkem	35	0.1%
Bulharská celkem	26	0.0%
Maďarská celkem	21	0.0%
Britská celkem	15	0.0%
Italská celkem	15	0.0%
Americká (USA) celkem	13	0.0%
Anglická celkem	11	0.0%
Chorvatská celkem	10	0.0%
Kanadská celkem	10	0.0%
Arménská celkem	8	0.0%
Čínská celkem	6	0.0%
Francouzská celkem	6	0.0%
Švýcarská celkem	6	0.0%
Makedonská celkem	5	0.0%
Rusínská celkem	5	0.0%
Bosenská (muslimská) celkem	4	0.0%
Rakouská celkem	4	0.0%
Srbská celkem	4	0.0%
Běloruská celkem	3	0.0%
Irská celkem	3	0.0%
Moldavská celkem	3	0.0%
Španělská celkem	3	0.0%
Švédská celkem	3	0.0%
Turecká celkem	3	0.0%
Židovská celkem	3	0.0%
Indická celkem	2	0.0%
Kazašská celkem	2	0.0%
Litevská celkem	2	0.0%
Rumunská celkem	2	0.0%
Australská celkem	1	0.0%
Japonská celkem	1	0.0%
Lotyšská celkem	1	0.0%
Mongolská celkem	1	0.0%
Norská celkem	1	0.0%
Syrská celkem	1	0.0%
Uzbecká celkem	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Labour force	28,449 people	31 Dec 2021	Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Opava

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Hradec nad Moravicí as an Opava alternative in the same region

8 km away, better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Unemployment: 2.4% Hradec nad Moravicí vs 4.2% Opava−43%
Residents: 5,459 Hradec nad Moravicí vs 55,109 Opava−90%
Annual PM2.5: 15.0 µg/m³ Hradec nad Moravicí vs 14.0 µg/m³ Opava+7%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,367 Hradec nad Moravicí vs 1,367 Opavasame level
Median gross pay, region: €1,745 Hradec nad Moravicí vs €1,745 Opavasame level

Full comparison More about Hradec nad Moravicí

Zlín as an Opava alternative in the same country

80 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Unemployment: 3.1% Zlín vs 4.2% Opava−27%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,090 Zlín vs 1,367 Opava−20%
Residents: 74,684 Zlín vs 55,109 Opava+36%
Annual PM2.5: 13.0 µg/m³ Zlín vs 14.0 µg/m³ Opava−7%
Median gross pay, region: €1,703 Zlín vs €1,745 Opavasame level

Full comparison More about Zlín

Cities near Opava

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Hradec nad Moravicí 7.7 km away

Rent: 7.53 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-12-31

Alternative cities in Czechia

Other cities in Czechia to compare with Opava, nearest in population first.

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Jihlava54,624 residents Frýdek-Místek53,590 residents Teplice50,912 residents Karlovy Vary49,073 residents Karviná48,937 residents Most63,474 residents

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Opava in rankings

#17 of 30 in Largest cities in Czechia #29 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Czechia

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Opava when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 15. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Free Czech-language courses for foreigners (NPI cizinci.npi.cz portal + school adaptation support). How to enrol a child (msmt.gov.cz).

A country-wide rule for Czechia; Opava's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Is Opava part of Ostrava?

Opava belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Ostrava; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 28.1 km away by straight-line distance. Ostrava city profile

Relationship type: Metro Member Of. Source⁹

Which comparable places record less crime than Opava?

107 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Opava in this strictly source-matched cohort.

Opava: 1,904.7 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents (2024).

Only the same source family, offence definition, period, grain and denominator method are compared. This is recorded crime, not a claim about personal safety. Official source¹¹

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Opava?

The published population was 55,109 people in 2024. Source: Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR.

Is the air quality good in Opava?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 14 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Opava?

What is the unemployment rate in Opava?

The unemployment rate is about 4.2 % (2024). Source: Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR.

What is the typical salary around Opava?

The median gross salary is 1,745 EUR/month. Source: Structure of Earnings Survey 2025 — Table B1, Percentage of employees, time paid and gross monthly earnings by sex and by region.

Is Opava a good place to live?

Opava may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Opava part of Ostrava?

Opava belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Ostrava; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 28.1 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Opava?

Kravaře, Hradec nad Moravicí, Kietrz, Hlučín, Vítkov are near Opava. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Česká republika citizenship group in Opava?

The official citizenship distribution records 54,303 people (98.5%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census (2021-03-26). This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

Which comparable places record less crime than Opava?

107 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Opava in this strictly source-matched cohort. The comparison uses Policie ČR Mapy kriminality municipal 2024 + CZSO population municipalities 1 January 2024, period 2024, and does not compare across incompatible police definitions.

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