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Living in Rakovník

In Rakovník, rent averages €10.33 per m² a month (2026) and unemployment is 3.5% (2024).

The population of Rakovník totalled 15,682 at the end of 2024. Rakovník registered an unemployment rate of 3.52% at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0925 sources

Population15,682people31 Dec 2024Official source · Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR
Median gross salary (region)1,878EUR/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
Average net rent10.33EUR/m²/monthcountry median €8.58 — 20% aboveOfficial source · Cenová mapa nájemného — tabulkové výstupy, June 2026
Unemployment rate3.52%country median 4.1% — 14% belowOfficial source · Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR
Recorded crime1,137incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · KROK Database — 2025 open data

Pricier rent than 81% of Czech cities that publish it and lower unemployment than 67% of Czech cities that publish it.

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

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 Rakovník.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Rakovník recorded 7,989 dwellings at the end of 2021.

How much does it cost to rent in Rakovník?

Average net cold rent is about 10.33 EUR/m² per month (July 2021), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

  • Average net rent (nettokalt): 10.33 EUR/m²/month · Cenová mapa nájemného — tabulkové výstupy, June 20261
What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Rakovník recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€16
Mobile plan, 10 GB€12
Net rent across major citiesRakovník highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Rakovník highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Jesenice€13.53
Čelákovice€12.51
Milovice€10.98
Studénka€8.97
Plzeň€5.92
Ostrava€4.83
Show the other 6 cities
Klášterec nad Ohří€8.39
Prague€8.25
Krupka€8.10
Brno€7.50
Jirkov€7.49
Chodov€7.45
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited16.44 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Vodafone fixed internet22Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB12.32 EUR/month30 Sept 2026O2 Datamanie 10GB18Official · national market
Dwellings7,989 dwellings31 Dec 2021Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)4Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)10.33 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €8.5830 Jun 2026Cenová mapa nájemného — tabulkové výstupy, June 20261Official

Is Rakovník 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 worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–66%
Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–72%
Student49%strong on safety, weak on education · range 38–60%
Family55%strong on family, weak on education · range 44–66%
Retirement51%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 38–64%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 620 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 10.33 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: July 2021

Work and income

At the end of 2021, employment in Rakovník reached 7,684.

What is the unemployment rate in Rakovník?

The unemployment rate is about 3.5 % (2024).

  • Unemployment rate: 3.52 % · Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR7
Unemployment across cities in CzechiaUnemployment in Rakovník is 3.5%. Of 279 cities with data, 72 have unemployment of 4 to under 5%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings2,136 EUR/month31 Dec 2025MPSV/ISPV RSCP MZS-M0, 2025 — Středočeský kraj, wage sphere16Official · regional context
People in employment7,684 people31 Dec 2021Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)5Official
Median gross salary (regional)1,878 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Structure of Earnings Survey 2025 — Table B1, Percentage of employees, time paid and gross monthly earnings by sex and by region21Official · county
Unemployment rate3.52 %country median 4.1%31 Dec 2024Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR7Official

What does a salary buy in Rakovník?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

regional median gross pay: €1,878 (Structure of Earnings Survey 2025, 2025-12-31).
Left over each month€838of €1,486 take-home
  • Rent
  • Internet
  • Mobile
  • Left over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
Each month€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.€1,486
Rent, 60 m²€10.33/m² · official · Cenová mapa nájemného · 2026-06-30− €620
Internet€16 · official · Vodafone fixed internet · 2026-09-30− €16
Mobile plan€12 · official · O2 Datamanie 10GB · 2026-09-30− €12
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish€838
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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Rakovník. 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

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

Safety

How safe is Rakovník?

Police recorded about 1,137 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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents1,137 incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025KROK Database — 2025 open data14Official · county

Mobility and administration

Rakovník's nearest airport was PRG, 38 km away and offered 94 direct destinations.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport94 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights19Official
Distance to the nearest major airport38 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports20Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)PRG3 Aug 2026OurAirports20Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Rakovník. 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
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Rakovník.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −2.4°C in January and 19.6°C in July.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Monthly extreme high temperatureJan 11.53 · Feb 14.96 · Mar 20.9 · Apr 26.09 · May 29.21 · Jun 35.71 · Jul 36.24 · Aug 37.5 · Sep 33.39 · Oct 24.9 · Nov 18.12 · Dec 11.41 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center17Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperatureJan -23.83 · Feb -19.32 · Mar -18.69 · Apr -7.44 · May -3.12 · Jun 1.25 · Jul 7.32 · Aug 4.89 · Sep 0.39 · Oct -7.71 · Nov -8.66 · Dec -20.1 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center17Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by monthJan -2.38 · Feb -1.04 · Mar 2.98 · Apr 8.33 · May 13.09 · Jun 17.33 · Jul 19.57 · Aug 19.07 · Sep 14.02 · Oct 8.46 · Nov 3.21 · Dec -0.91 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center17Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

The count of female residents in Rakovník was 8,085 at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, Rakovník had 7,288 residents who were male.

How many people live in Rakovník?

The published population was 15,682 people in 2024. Source: Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR7

MetricValuePeriodSource
Female residents8,085 people31 Dec 2021Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)6Official
Male residents7,288 people31 Dec 2021Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)6Official
Population15,682 people31 Dec 2024Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR7Official

International community in Rakovník

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 groupPeopleShare
Total population15,373100.0%
Česká republika14,71895.7%
Ukrajina1941.3%
Slovenská republika1130.7%
Vietnamská socialistická republika900.6%
Dvojí občanství590.4%
Republika Srbsko480.3%
Polská republika320.2%
Nezjištěno240.2%
Republika Severní Makedonie170.1%
Moldavská republika100.1%
Show 21 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Ruská federace100.1%
Syrská arabská republika100.1%
Bulharská republika90.1%
Maďarská republika60.0%
Bosna a Hercegovina60.0%
Rumunsko50.0%
Tuniská republika40.0%
Spojené státy americké30.0%
Turecká republika20.0%
Egyptská arabská republika20.0%
Čínská lidová republika10.0%
Tchaj-wan10.0%
Etiopská federativní demokratická republika10.0%
Indická republika10.0%
Korejská republika10.0%
Nizozemské království10.0%
Republika Botswana10.0%
Albánská republika10.0%
Republika Uzbekistán10.0%
Jemenská republika10.0%
bez státního občanství10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source9

Ancestry or ethnicity

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

Published groupPeopleShare
Total population15,373100.0%
Česká celkem10,28966.9%
Slovenská celkem1561.0%
Ukrajinská celkem1260.8%
Romská celkem550.4%
Srbská celkem440.3%
Vietnamská celkem370.2%
Polská celkem350.2%
Moravská celkem300.2%
Jiná celkem290.2%
Československá celkem210.1%
Show 33 more groups
Published groupPeopleShare
Ruská celkem200.1%
Makedonská celkem110.1%
Německá celkem110.1%
Maďarská celkem100.1%
Moldavská celkem100.1%
Evropská celkem90.1%
Bulharská celkem70.0%
Italská celkem70.0%
Rumunská celkem50.0%
Židovská celkem50.0%
Běloruská celkem30.0%
Rusínská celkem30.0%
Slezská celkem30.0%
Americká (USA) celkem20.0%
Anglická celkem20.0%
Čínská celkem20.0%
Finská celkem20.0%
Korejská celkem20.0%
Španělská celkem20.0%
Albánská celkem10.0%
Baskická celkem10.0%
Britská celkem10.0%
Francouzská celkem10.0%
Chorvatská celkem10.0%
Indická celkem10.0%
Irácká celkem10.0%
Kazašská celkem10.0%
Lotyšská celkem10.0%
Mongolská celkem10.0%
Nizozemská celkem10.0%
Rakouská celkem10.0%
Skotská celkem10.0%
Syrská celkem10.0%

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

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Labour force8,026 people31 Dec 2021Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ)5Official

Alternatives for people set on Rakovník

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.

Nové Strašecí as a Rakovník alternative in the same region

13 km away, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

  • Rent: €10.33/m² Nové Strašecí vs €10.33/m² Rakovníkno percentage
  • Unemployment: 2.5% Nové Strašecí vs 3.5% Rakovník−29%
  • Residents: 5,686 Nové Strašecí vs 15,682 Rakovník−64%
  • Median gross pay, region: €1,878 Nové Strašecí vs €1,878 Rakovníksame level
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,137 Nové Strašecí vs 1,137 Rakovníksame level
Full comparisonMore about Nové Strašecí

Cities near Rakovník

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

Nové Strašecí 13.1 km away
Rent
10.33 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-12-31
Stochov 17.1 km away
Rent
10.08 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2026-12-31

Alternative cities in Czechia

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

All Czechia cities
Ostrov15,681 residentsNymburk15,642 residentsDvůr Králové nad Labem15,322 residentsRožnov pod Radhoštěm16,063 residentsSvitavy16,073 residentsJičín16,101 residents

How does Rakovník compare?

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Rakovník 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.

Open the official coverage guide
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; Rakovník's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Rakovník part of Prague?

Rakovník belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Prague; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 53.0 km away by straight-line distance. Prague city profile

Relationship type: Metro Member Of. Source10

Which comparable places record less crime than Rakovník?

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

Rakovník: 1,315.2 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents (2024).

Lomnice nad Popelkou — 496.9 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents2024Zubří — 522.6 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents2024Nová Paka — 529.8 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents2024Třemošná — 554.3 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents2024Hradec nad Moravicí — 674.6 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents2024Dolní Lutyně — 677.3 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents2024Bystřice — 683.6 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents2024Týnec nad Sázavou — 699.7 published selected criminal delicts/100k residents2024

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 Rakovník?

The published population was 15,682 people in 2024. Source: Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR.

How much does it cost to rent in Rakovník?

Average net cold rent is about 10.33 EUR/m² per month (July 2021), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 723 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Cenová mapa nájemného — tabulkové výstupy, June 2026.

How safe is Rakovník?

Police recorded about 1,137 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 data.

What is the unemployment rate in Rakovník?

The unemployment rate is about 3.5 % (2024). Source: Czech Statistical Office (ČSÚ) MOS; GŘ Úřadu práce ČR.

What is the typical salary around Rakovník?

The median gross salary is 1,878 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 Rakovník a good place to live?

Rakovník 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 Rakovník part of Prague?

Rakovník belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Prague; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 53.0 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Rakovník?

Nové Strašecí, Stochov are near Rakovník. 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 Rakovník?

The official citizenship distribution records 14,718 people (95.7%) 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 Rakovník?

63 places have a lower recorded total crime rate than Rakovník 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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