Living in Eger

In Eger, unemployment is 4.2% (2022).

At the end of 2022, Eger had a population of 49,182. Eger's unemployment stood at 4.23% at the end of 2022. At the end of 2022, the foreign population in Eger numbered 527.

Last checked 2026-10-0719 sources

Population49,182people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,628EUR/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 rent2.66EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Regional figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei

Unemployment rate4.23%country median 4.6% — 9% belowOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime2,462incidents 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 Eger?

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 Eger.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

At the end of 2022, the vacancy rate reached 15.57%. The number of dwellings in Eger reached 27,190 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)	15.57 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Dwellings	27,190 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	2.66 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	141.1 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context

Is Eger 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 45–67%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on safety · range 54–72%

Student59%strong on education, weak on work · range 49–69%

Family59%strong on family, weak on cost · range 48–70%

Retirement53%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 39–67%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Eger?

The unemployment rate is about 4.2 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 4.23 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Eger is 4.2%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

124

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1424–26

Eger 4.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,628 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 regions¹⁰Official · county
Unemployment rate	4.23 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Eger?

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

Left over each month€468of €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€2.66/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31	− €159
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	€468

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Eger Salary needed to live in Eger

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Eger. 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

Job Search

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

Safety

How safe is Eger?

Police recorded about 2,462 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	2,462 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Eger's nearest airport was BUD, 98 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	98 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 Eger. 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.

HungarianIn Person

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

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Climate and air quality

Eger's monthly mean temperatures were −0.8°C in January and 21.6°C in July. Eger's monthly precipitation totalled 25.7 mm in January and 82.9 mm in July.

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

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2°-4°

5°-2°

11°2°

17°6°

22°11°

25°14°

28°16°

22°12°

16°7°

9°2°

3°-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 2.4 · Feb 5.3 · Mar 10.8 · Apr 17.2 · May 21.9 · Jun 25.4 · Jul 27.6 · Aug 27.7 · Sep 22.1 · Oct 15.9 · Nov 9 · Dec 2.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.5 · Feb -2.2 · Mar 1.5 · Apr 6.5 · May 10.8 · Jun 14.1 · Jul 15.8 · Aug 15.7 · Sep 11.6 · Oct 6.7 · Nov 2.5 · Dec -2.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.8 · Feb 1.2 · Mar 5.9 · Apr 11.7 · May 16 · Jun 19.7 · Jul 21.6 · Aug 21.5 · Sep 16.4 · Oct 10.9 · Nov 5.5 · Dec 0 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 25.7 · Feb 30.5 · Mar 27.9 · Apr 42.5 · May 63.5 · Jun 70.9 · Jul 82.9 · Aug 64.4 · Sep 48.7 · Oct 46.4 · Nov 43.5 · Dec 36.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Hungary: Kecskemét ±0.6 °C. Elsewhere: Iași (Romania) ±0.8 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±1.6 °C, Brno (Czechia) ±0.9 °C, Arad (Romania) ±1.0 °C, Petržalka (Slovakia) ±0.5 °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 Eger?

The published population was 49,182 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.9%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	527 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Population	49,182 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	14.75 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁷Official

International community in Eger

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	49,182	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	48,655	98.9%
Foreign national	527	1.1%
Non-EU foreign national	329	0.7%
EU foreign national	198	0.4%

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

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	49,182	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	43,077	87.6%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	5,882	12.0%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	1,931	3.9%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	403	0.8%
German language spoken with family members or friends	183	0.4%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	82	0.2%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	49	0.1%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	44	0.1%
Polish language spoken with family members or friends	29	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	20	0.0%
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	17	0.0%
Ruthenian language spoken with family members or friends	12	0.0%
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	6	0.0%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	6	0.0%
Armenian language spoken with family members or friends	3	0.0%
Serbian 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 source⁸

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	49,182	100.0%
Hungarian	42,924	87.3%
No answer to ethnic groups	5,650	11.5%
Domestic ethnic groups	1,221	2.5%
Gipsy (Romani)	771	1.6%
Other ethnic groups	220	0.4%
German	132	0.3%
Ukrainian	127	0.3%
Polish	43	0.1%
Slovakian	43	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Romanian	40	0.1%
Ruthenian	25	0.1%
Greek	13	0.0%
Bulgarian	10	0.0%
Croatian	10	0.0%
Armenian	8	0.0%
Serbian	3	0.0%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	29.4 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Eger

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.

Érd as an Eger alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 123 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.

Rent: €2.93/m² Érd vs €2.66/m² Egerno percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 462 Érd vs 2,462 Egerno percentage
Unemployment: 3.6% Érd vs 4.2% Eger−14%
Residents: 71,253 Érd vs 49,182 Eger+45%

Full comparison More about Érd

Cities near Eger

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Zalaegerszeg54,428 residents Dunakeszi43,858 residents Békéscsaba55,164 residents Veszprém55,910 residents Nagykanizsa43,228 residents Dunaújváros42,099 residents

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Eger in rankings

#19 of 30 in Largest cities in Hungary

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

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

Is Eger part of Miskolc?

Eger is near Miskolc, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 36.0 km away by straight-line distance. Miskolc city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source²

Common questions

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

How many people live in Eger?

The published population was 49,182 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Eger?

What is the unemployment rate in Eger?

The unemployment rate is about 4.2 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Eger?

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

Is Eger a good place to live?

Eger 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 Eger part of Miskolc?

Eger is near Miskolc, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 36.0 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Eger?

Füzesabony, Mezőkövesd are near Eger. 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 Eger?

The official citizenship distribution records 49,182 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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