Living in Cegléd

In Cegléd, unemployment is 4.4% (2022).

Cegléd's population was 36,200 at the end of 2022. An unemployment rate of 4.41% was measured at the end of 2022. The foreign population count was 270 at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0724 sources

Population36,200people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,624EUR/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 rent2.93EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018District figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei

Unemployment rate4.41%country median 4.6% — 5% belowOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime1,557incidents 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 Cegléd?

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Housing and cost

At the end of 2022, the vacancy rate reached 9.02%. Cegléd counted 16,251 dwellings at the end of 2022.

How much does it cost to rent in Cegléd?

Average net cold rent is about 2.93 EUR/m² per month (2018-10), 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): 2.93 EUR/m²/month · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹⁰

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)	9.02 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Dwellings	16,251 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	2.93 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹⁰Official · county
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	175.6 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹⁰Official · county

Is Cegléd a good place to live?

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Remote worker55%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 44–66%

Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–66%

Student48%strong on cost, weak on work · range 38–58%

Family48%strong on safety, weak on education · range 37–59%

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

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 176 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 2.93 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: 2018-10

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Cegléd?

The unemployment rate is about 4.4 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 4.41 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Cegléd is 4.4%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

124

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1424–26

Cegléd 4.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,624 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	4.41 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Cegléd?

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

Left over each month€452of €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€2.93/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31	− €176
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	€452

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Public employment service

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

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Safety

How safe is Cegléd?

Police recorded about 1,557 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 region¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	1,557 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Cegléd's nearest airport was BUD, 50 km away and offered 77 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	77 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹²Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	50 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BUD	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Cegléd. 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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −1.1°C in January and 23.8°C in July.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 15.18 · Feb 18.97 · Mar 22.87 · Apr 30.77 · May 32.99 · Jun 38.45 · Jul 41.6 · Aug 40.23 · Sep 36.3 · Oct 29.14 · Nov 22.81 · Dec 16.81 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -20.45 · Feb -20.4 · Mar -12.91 · Apr -4.53 · May 1.28 · Jun 4.61 · Jul 9.33 · Aug 8.88 · Sep 3.8 · Oct -4.52 · Nov -5.63 · Dec -16.5 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.14 · Feb 0.93 · Mar 6.04 · Apr 12.07 · May 17.26 · Jun 21.47 · Jul 23.78 · Aug 23.55 · Sep 17.89 · Oct 11.8 · Nov 5.81 · Dec 0.14 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Cegléd?

The published population was 36,200 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.3%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	270 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)²Official
Population	36,200 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	16.48 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

International community in Cegléd

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	36,200	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	35,930	99.3%
Foreign national	270	0.7%
Non-EU foreign national	147	0.4%
EU foreign national	123	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	36,200	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	30,660	84.7%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	5,443	15.0%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	969	2.7%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	290	0.8%
German language spoken with family members or friends	93	0.3%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	84	0.2%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	77	0.2%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	41	0.1%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	27	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Polish language spoken with family members or friends	14	0.0%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	12	0.0%
Greek language spoken with family members or friends	7	0.0%
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends	6	0.0%
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	5	0.0%
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	5	0.0%
Ruthenian language spoken with family members or friends	4	0.0%
Bulgarian 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	36,200	100.0%
Hungarian	30,659	84.7%
No answer to ethnic groups	5,355	14.8%
Domestic ethnic groups	493	1.4%
Gipsy (Romani)	257	0.7%
Other ethnic groups	102	0.3%
German	79	0.2%
Ukrainian	46	0.1%
Romanian	33	0.1%
Polish	18	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Serbian	17	0.0%
Bulgarian	11	0.0%
Slovakian	10	0.0%
Greek	9	0.0%
Armenian	8	0.0%
Croatian	7	0.0%
Ruthenian	4	0.0%
Slovenian	3	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	16.51 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official

Alternatives for people set on Cegléd

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.

Kecskemét as a Cegléd alternative in the same region

30 km away, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 108,120 Kecskemét vs 36,200 Cegléd+199%
Rent: €3.20/m² Kecskemét vs €2.93/m² Ceglédno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 568 Kecskemét vs 1,557 Ceglédno percentage
Unemployment: 4.0% Kecskemét vs 4.4% Cegléd−10%

Full comparison More about Kecskemét

Sopron as a Cegléd alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 248 km, better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Unemployment: 2.9% Sopron vs 4.4% Cegléd−33%
Rent: €4.33/m² Sopron vs €2.93/m² Ceglédno percentage
Residents: 60,334 Sopron vs 36,200 Cegléd+67%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 410 Sopron vs 1,557 Ceglédno percentage

Full comparison More about Sopron

Cities near Cegléd

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Vác34,449 residents Mosonmagyaróvár33,935 residents Baja33,140 residents Gödöllő32,625 residents Szigetszentmiklós40,679 residents Hódmezővásárhely41,634 residents

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Cegléd in rankings

#25 of 30 in Largest cities in Hungary

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Cegléd 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; Cegléd's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Cegléd part of Budapest?

Cegléd belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Budapest; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 66.5 km away by straight-line distance. Budapest city profile

Relationship type: Metro Member Of. Source²⁴

Common questions

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

How many people live in Cegléd?

The published population was 36,200 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How much does it cost to rent in Cegléd?

Average net cold rent is about 2.93 EUR/m² per month (2018-10), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 205 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei.

How safe is Cegléd?

What is the unemployment rate in Cegléd?

The unemployment rate is about 4.4 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Cegléd?

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

Is Cegléd a good place to live?

Cegléd 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 Cegléd part of Budapest?

Cegléd belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Budapest; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 66.5 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Cegléd?

Nagykőrös, Abony, Albertirsa, Tápiószele, Tápiószentmárton are near Cegléd. 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 Cegléd?

The official citizenship distribution records 36,200 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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