Living in Kos

In Kos, unemployment is 8.3% (2021).

Kos's population was 21,430 at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, unemployment in Kos reached 8.34%.

Last checked 2026-10-0714 sources

Population21,430people31 Dec 2021Official source · Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)

Average gross salary1,843EUR/month31 Dec 2022Regional figureOfficial source · Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022)

Average rent432.4EUR/month31 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · Household Budget Survey (HBS) 2025, Table T1.01: Monthly average of purchases and receipts in kind of households, classified by Regions

Unemployment rate8.34%country median 13.6% — 39% belowOfficial source · Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), 2021 Population and Housing Census

Recorded crime2,444incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Table A4: Recorded Offences by General and General Regional Police Directorates, 2025 (SJU03)

Which Greece-wide rules apply when you move to Kos?

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 GreeceNational rates and thresholds that apply in Kos.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€21

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	21 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Nova Fiber100¹¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	20 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	COSMOTE mobile plan¹Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	432.4 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Household Budget Survey (HBS) 2025, Table T1.01: Monthly average of purchases and receipts in kind of households, classified by Regions⁶Official · regional context

Is Kos 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 worker50%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 39–61%

Skilled employee52%strong on work, weak on education · range 41–63%

Student59%strong on cost, weak on education · range 47–71%

Family49%strong on family, weak on education · range 37–61%

Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 43–71%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Kos?

The unemployment rate is about 8.3 % (October 2021).

Unemployment rate: 8.34 % · Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), 2021 Population and Housing Census⁵

Unemployment across cities in GreeceUnemployment in Kos is 8.3%. Of 274 cities with data, 210 have unemployment of 10 to under 20%.

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Kos 8.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,843 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022)⁷Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	8.34 %country median 13.6%	31 Dec 2021	Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), 2021 Population and Housing Census⁵Official

What does a salary buy in Kos?

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

Left over each month€556of €1,029 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.	€1,029
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · Household Budget Survey (HBS) 2025, Table T1.01: Monthly average of purchases and receipts in kind of households, classified by Regions · 2025-12-31	− €432
Internet€21 · official · Nova Fiber100 · 2026-09-30	− €21
Mobile plan€20 · official · COSMOTE mobile plan · 2026-09-30	− €20
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€556

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Safety

How safe is Kos?

Police recorded about 2,444 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Table A4: Recorded Offences by General and General Regional Police Directorates, 2025 (SJU03)¹⁴

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,444 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Table A4: Recorded Offences by General and General Regional Police Directorates, 2025 (SJU03)¹⁴Official · county

Mobility and administration

Kos's nearest airport was KGS, 21 km away and offered 28 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	28 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹²Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	21 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	KGS	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official

Language courses and integration

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

Country-level information

Preparatory Greek-language classes for migrants and refugees in Second Chance Schools — State Language Course

General Secretariat for Vocational Education, Training and Lifelong Learning — Ministry of Education

For legally resident migrants, refugees aged 18 or over who meet the Second Chance School conditions.

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

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 12.3°C in January to 27.7°C in July. Kos's monthly precipitation totalled 138.3 mm in January and 0.1 mm in July. Kos's average monthly sunshine was 148.5 hours in January and 320.7 hours in July.

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

138

108

100

150

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

149

197

233

266

300

321

316

268

224

176

140

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 19.14 · Feb 22.12 · Mar 24.01 · Apr 30.46 · May 37.92 · Jun 37.44 · Jul 39.77 · Aug 39.57 · Sep 36.46 · Oct 34.3 · Nov 28.13 · Dec 21.79 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁸Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan 0.76 · Feb -0.19 · Mar 2.54 · Apr 6.29 · May 12.31 · Jun 17.06 · Jul 20.42 · Aug 20.92 · Sep 16.84 · Oct 9.97 · Nov 4.94 · Dec 3.05 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁸Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan 12.32 · Feb 12.64 · Mar 14.29 · Apr 16.74 · May 20.65 · Jun 24.81 · Jul 27.67 · Aug 28.11 · Sep 25.09 · Oct 21.33 · Nov 17.52 · Dec 13.94 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁸Official · coordinate grid
Average precipitation by month	Jan 138.3 · Feb 108.2 · Mar 70.19 · Apr 43.72 · May 19.58 · Jun 1.89 · Jul 0.1 · Aug 0.43 · Sep 19.47 · Oct 49.4 · Nov 99.89 · Dec 150 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 148.5 · Feb 148.8 · Mar 197.4 · Apr 232.5 · May 266.1 · Jun 300.3 · Jul 320.7 · Aug 315.5 · Sep 267.6 · Oct 224.2 · Nov 176 · Dec 140 hours	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁰Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Kos?

The published population was 21,430 people in 2021. Source: Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	21,430 people	31 Dec 2021	Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT)²Official

International community in Kos

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

Country of birth

Permanent resident population in the 2021 Population and Housing Census · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	21,429	100.0%
Greece	17,271	80.6%
Other country	4,161	19.4%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source³

Citizenship

Permanent resident population in the 2021 Population and Housing Census · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	21,429	100.0%
Greece	18,000	84.0%
Outside Greece	3,432	16.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁴

Alternatives for people set on Kos

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Kos from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Alternative cities in Greece

Other cities in Greece to compare with Kos, nearest in population first.

All Greece cities

Thívai21,530 residents Péfki21,293 residents Préveza21,099 residents Árgos21,891 residents Artémida21,924 residents Livadeiá22,113 residents

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Kos in rankings

#2 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Greece

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Kos 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 4 to 15. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Reception classes for pupils with insufficient Greek (ZEP measures). How to enrol a child (minedu.gov.gr).

A country-wide rule for Greece; Kos's school authority applies it locally.

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

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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 Kos?

The published population was 21,430 people in 2021. Source: Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).

How safe is Kos?

What is the unemployment rate in Kos?

The unemployment rate is about 8.3 % (October 2021). Source: Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), 2021 Population and Housing Census.

Is Kos a good place to live?

Kos 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.

How many people born in Greece live in Kos?

The official country of birth distribution records 17,271 people (80.6%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Kos, Greece: population, rent, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 9531cd084a5ca044510ad24657e4b070]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/gr/kos/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Kos, Greece: population, rent, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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COSMOTE mobile plan cosmote.gr · checked 2026-09-15
Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) statistics.gr · checked 2026-08-05
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Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) statistics.gr · checked 2026-08-30
Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), 2021 Population and Housing Census statistics.gr · checked 2026-08-05
Household Budget Survey (HBS) 2025, Table T1.01: Monthly average of purchases and receipts in kind of households, classified by Regions statistics.gr · checked 2026-10-06
Mean annual earnings by NUTS 1 region - NACE Rev. 2, B-S excluding O (2022) ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-09-24
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
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Nova Fiber100 nova.gr · checked 2026-09-15
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Table A4: Recorded Offences by General and General Regional Police Directorates, 2025 (SJU03) lms.statistics.gr · checked 2026-10-05

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