Living in Békéscsaba

In Békéscsaba, unemployment is 4.3% (2022).

The population of Békéscsaba totalled 55,164 at the end of 2022. Békéscsaba's unemployment stood at 4.3% at the end of 2022. Békéscsaba's foreign population totalled 340 at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0425 sources

Population55,164people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,350EUR/month31 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · KSH STADAT 20.1.2.7 — Average gross earnings of full-time employees by location of employer head office, counties and regions

Average net rent3.2EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Regional figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei

Unemployment rate4.3%country median 4.6% — 7% belowOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime319.1incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · 11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region

Which Hungary-wide rules apply when you move to Békéscsaba?

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 HungaryNational rates and thresholds that apply in Békéscsaba.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

At the end of 2022, the vacancy rate reached 15.32%. The number of dwellings in Békéscsaba reached 29,950 at the end of 2022.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€26

Mobile plan, 10 GB€18

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	26.04 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom home internet¹⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	17.81 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom Domino Next¹⁴Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	15.32 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Dwellings	29,950 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.2 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹⁰Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	169.3 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹⁰Official · regional context

Is Békéscsaba a good place to live?

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 45–67%

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on education · range 51–69%

Student52%strong on cost, weak on work · range 42–62%

Family52%strong on safety, weak on cost · range 41–63%

Retirement54%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 40–68%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Békéscsaba?

The unemployment rate is about 4.3 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Békéscsaba is 4.3%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Békéscsaba 4.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,350 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	KSH STADAT 20.1.2.7 — Average gross earnings of full-time employees by location of employer head office, counties and regions⁹Official · county
Unemployment rate	4.3 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Békéscsaba?

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

Left over each month€436of €672 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.	€672
Rent, 60 m²€3.20/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31	− €192
Internet€26 · official · Telekom home internet · 2026-09-30	− €26
Mobile plan€18 · official · Telekom Domino Next · 2026-09-30	− €18
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€436

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Public employment service

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

Country-level information

National Employment Service — Public employment service

National Employment Service of Hungary

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

Safety

How safe is Békéscsaba?

Police recorded about 319 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 319.1 incidents per 100,000 · 11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	319.1 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Békéscsaba's nearest airport was DEB, 98 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	2 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹²Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	98 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	DEB	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official

Language courses and integration

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

Country-level information

Care and integration support for persons granted international or national protection — Newcomer Adaptation

National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing — Refugee Affairs Directorate

For persons granted international protection, persons granted national protection.

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Climate and air quality

Békéscsaba's monthly mean temperatures were −0.5°C in January and 22.1°C in July. Békéscsaba's monthly precipitation totalled 32.2 mm in January and 64.8 mm in July.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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3°-4°

6°-3°

12°1°

18°6°

23°10°

27°14°

29°16°

29°15°

23°11°

17°6°

10°2°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.9 · Feb 5.7 · Mar 11.6 · Apr 17.9 · May 23.1 · Jun 26.7 · Jul 28.8 · Aug 29 · Sep 23.3 · Oct 17.4 · Nov 10.4 · Dec 3.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.5 · Feb -2.6 · Mar 0.9 · Apr 5.6 · May 10.3 · Jun 14 · Jul 15.6 · Aug 15.3 · Sep 10.9 · Oct 6.1 · Nov 2 · Dec -2.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.5 · Feb 1.3 · Mar 6.1 · Apr 11.8 · May 16.7 · Jun 20.4 · Jul 22.1 · Aug 22 · Sep 16.8 · Oct 11.3 · Nov 5.9 · Dec 0.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 32.2 · Feb 35 · Mar 33 · Apr 43.4 · May 59.2 · Jun 68 · Jul 64.8 · Aug 53.8 · Sep 49.6 · Oct 44.9 · Nov 44 · Dec 46.4 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Hungary: Kecskemét ±0.3 °C. Elsewhere: Arad (Romania) ±0.4 °C, Timișoara (Romania) ±0.9 °C, Iași (Romania) ±0.7 °C, Craiova (Romania) ±0.8 °C, Brăila (Romania) ±1.0 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Békéscsaba?

The published population was 55,164 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.4%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	340 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)²Official
Population	55,164 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	27.9 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

International community in Békéscsaba

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

Citizenship

Population enumerated in the 2022 Hungarian Census; settlement data, population; all sexes and ages as source table defines · 2022 Census

Published group	People	Share
Citizenship	55,164	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	54,824	99.4%
Foreign national	340	0.6%
Non-EU foreign national	177	0.3%
EU foreign national	163	0.3%

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

Language spoken at home

Population enumerated in the 2022 Hungarian Census; settlement data, population; all sexes and ages as source table defines · 2022 Census

Published group	People	Share
Language spoken with family members or friends	55,164	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	48,205	87.4%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	6,813	12.4%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	1,538	2.8%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	778	1.4%
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	305	0.6%
German language spoken with family members or friends	125	0.2%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	122	0.2%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	107	0.2%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	97	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	64	0.1%
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends	19	0.0%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	13	0.0%
Greek language spoken with family members or friends	9	0.0%
Polish language spoken with family members or friends	9	0.0%
Armenian language spoken with family members or friends	6	0.0%
Bulgarian language spoken with family members or friends	5	0.0%
Ruthenian language spoken with family members or friends	4	0.0%
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	3	0.0%
Slovenian language spoken with family members or friends	3	0.0%

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

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population enumerated in the 2022 Hungarian Census; settlement data, population; all sexes and ages as source table defines · 2022 Census

Published group	People	Share
Ethnic groups	55,164	100.0%
Hungarian	47,896	86.8%
No answer to ethnic groups	6,660	12.1%
Domestic ethnic groups	1,942	3.5%
Slovakian	1,170	2.1%
Gipsy (Romani)	326	0.6%
Romanian	154	0.3%
Other ethnic groups	142	0.3%
German	137	0.2%
Ukrainian	68	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Serbian	29	0.1%
Polish	27	0.0%
Greek	15	0.0%
Armenian	13	0.0%
Ruthenian	13	0.0%
Bulgarian	10	0.0%
Croatian	9	0.0%
Slovenian	4	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
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	22.43 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official

Alternatives for people set on Békéscsaba

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.

Gyula as a Békéscsaba alternative in the same region

16 km away, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,886 Gyula vs 319 Békéscsabano percentage
Residents: 27,933 Gyula vs 55,164 Békéscsaba−49%
Unemployment: 3.9% Gyula vs 4.3% Békéscsaba−9%
Rent: €3.20/m² Gyula vs €3.20/m² Békéscsabasame level

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Veszprém as a Békéscsaba alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 245 km, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 202 Veszprém vs 319 Békéscsaba−37%
Rent: €3.78/m² Veszprém vs €3.20/m² Békéscsaba+18%
Unemployment: 3.3% Veszprém vs 4.3% Békéscsaba−24%
Residents: 55,910 Veszprém vs 55,164 Békéscsaba+1%

Full comparison More about Veszprém

Cities near Békéscsaba

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

Other cities in Hungary to compare with Békéscsaba, nearest in population first.

All Hungary cities

Zalaegerszeg54,428 residents Veszprém55,910 residents Kaposvár59,397 residents Sopron60,334 residents Eger49,182 residents Tatabánya65,830 residents

How does Békéscsaba compare?

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Békéscsaba in rankings

#17 of 30 in Largest cities in Hungary

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Békéscsaba under the national coverage rules.

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 3 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Hungarian as a second language (második idegen nyelvként) support programmes. How to enrol a child (kormany.hu).

A country-wide rule for Hungary; Békéscsaba's school authority applies it locally.

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

Common questions

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

How many people live in Békéscsaba?

The published population was 55,164 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Békéscsaba?

Police recorded about 319 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: 11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region.

What is the unemployment rate in Békéscsaba?

The unemployment rate is about 4.3 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Békéscsaba?

340 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).

Is Békéscsaba a good place to live?

Békéscsaba 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.

Which cities are near Békéscsaba?

Békés, Újkígyós, Mezőberény, Csorvás, Gyula are near Békéscsaba. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Citizenship citizenship group in Békéscsaba?

The official citizenship distribution records 55,164 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2022 Census. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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