Living in Gödöllő

In Gödöllő, unemployment is 4.5% (2022).

Residents of Gödöllő numbered 32,625 at the end of 2022. The city faced an unemployment rate of 4.49% at the end of 2022. Gödöllő's foreign population totalled 817 at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0727 sources

Population32,625people31 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 rate4.49%country median 4.6% — 3% 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

PM2.5, annual mean7µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

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

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 Gödöllő.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

A vacancy rate of 9.73% was recorded at the end of 2022. The city had 13,589 dwellings at the end of 2022.

How much does it cost to rent in Gödöllő?

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 eredményei¹¹

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 internet¹⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	17.81 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom Domino Next¹⁶Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	9.73 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Dwellings	13,589 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	2.93 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · county
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	175.6 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · county

Is Gödöllő a good place to live?

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

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on safety · range 55–73%

Student62%strong on education, weak on work · range 52–72%

Family61%strong on family, weak on cost · range 50–72%

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 Gödöllő?

The unemployment rate is about 4.5 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 4.49 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Gödöllő is 4.5%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

124

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1424–26

Gödöllő 4.5%

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 regions¹⁰Official · county
Unemployment rate	4.49 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Gödöllő?

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 Gödöllő. 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

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Safety

How safe is Gödöllő?

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

Gödöllő's nearest airport was BUD, 20 km away and offered 77 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	77 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁴Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	20 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BUD	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official

Language courses and integration

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

Annual PM2.5 levels for Gödöllő stood at 7 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Monthly mean temperature moved from −1.7°C in January to 23°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Gödöllő?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency²

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.57WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	7 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency²Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 14.28 · Feb 17.7 · Mar 22.16 · Apr 30.23 · May 32.72 · Jun 37.49 · Jul 40.79 · Aug 39.06 · Sep 34.48 · Oct 27.98 · Nov 21.17 · Dec 15.27 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -20.15 · Feb -19.94 · Mar -14.15 · Apr -4.76 · May 0.74 · Jun 4 · Jul 9.19 · Aug 7.98 · Sep 2.87 · Oct -6.29 · Nov -8.93 · Dec -16.83 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.68 · Feb 0.3 · Mar 5.33 · Apr 11.58 · May 16.65 · Jun 20.8 · Jul 23.04 · Aug 22.62 · Sep 17 · Oct 10.92 · Nov 5.08 · Dec -0.46 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹²Official · coordinate grid
Average precipitation by month	Jan 31 · Feb 31.3 · Mar 31.5 · Apr 34.6 · May 64.8 · Jun 65 · Jul 74 · Aug 58.7 · Sep 51.3 · Oct 44 · Nov 46.8 · Dec 38.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹³Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Gödöllő?

The published population was 32,625 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport97.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	817 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Population	32,625 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	15.03 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁷Official

International community in Gödöllő

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	32,625	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	31,808	97.5%
Foreign national	817	2.5%
Non-EU foreign national	617	1.9%
EU foreign national	200	0.6%

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	32,625	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	27,628	84.7%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	4,597	14.1%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	1,918	5.9%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	385	1.2%
German language spoken with family members or friends	150	0.5%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	65	0.2%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	57	0.2%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	48	0.1%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	34	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Polish language spoken with family members or friends	27	0.1%
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	17	0.1%
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends	17	0.1%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	9	0.0%
Armenian language spoken with family members or friends	7	0.0%
Bulgarian language spoken with family members or friends	7	0.0%
Ruthenian language spoken with family members or friends	7	0.0%
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	6	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
Belong to ethnic groups	32,625	100.0%
Belong to Hungarian ethnic group	28,504	87.4%
No answer to questions about belong to ethnic groups	3,723	11.4%
Belong to Other ethnic groups	2,047	6.3%
Belong to domestic ethnic groups	987	3.0%
Belong to German ethnic group	333	1.0%
Belong to Gipsy (Romani) ethnic group	280	0.9%
Belong to Romanian ethnic group	90	0.3%
Belong to Ukrainian ethnic group	79	0.2%
Belong to Slovakian ethnic group	43	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Belong to Polish ethnic group	39	0.1%
Belong to Croatian ethnic group	36	0.1%
Belong to Serbian ethnic group	34	0.1%
Belong to Ruthenian ethnic group	25	0.1%
Belong to Armenian ethnic group	17	0.1%
Belong to Greek ethnic group	17	0.1%
Belong to Bulgarian ethnic group	16	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	33.34 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Gödöllő

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.

Kistarcsa as a Gödöllő alternative in the same region

10 km away, better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Unemployment: 3.4% Kistarcsa vs 4.5% Gödöllő−23%
Residents: 13,879 Kistarcsa vs 32,625 Gödöllő−57%
Rent: €2.93/m² Kistarcsa vs €2.93/m² Gödöllősame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,557 Kistarcsa vs 1,557 Gödöllősame level
Annual PM2.5: 7.0 µg/m³ Kistarcsa vs 7.0 µg/m³ Gödöllősame level

Full comparison More about Kistarcsa

Sopron as a Gödöllő alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 209 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 4.5% Gödöllő−34%
Rent: €4.33/m² Sopron vs €2.93/m² Gödöllőno percentage
Residents: 60,334 Sopron vs 32,625 Gödöllő+85%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 410 Sopron vs 1,557 Gödöllőno percentage

Full comparison More about Sopron

Cities near Gödöllő

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Baja33,140 residents Mosonmagyaróvár33,935 residents Salgótarján31,312 residents Ózd31,022 residents Vác34,449 residents Szekszárd29,889 residents

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Gödöllő in rankings

#2 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Hungary #29 of 30 in Largest cities in Hungary

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

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

Is Gödöllő part of Budapest?

Gödöllő is identified as a satellite of Budapest. It is about 26.8 km away by straight-line distance. Budapest city profile

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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 Gödöllő?

The published population was 32,625 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How much does it cost to rent in Gödöllő?

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.

Is the air quality good in Gödöllő?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency.

How safe is Gödöllő?

What is the unemployment rate in Gödöllő?

The unemployment rate is about 4.5 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Gödöllő?

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

Is Gödöllő a good place to live?

Gödöllő 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 Gödöllő part of Budapest?

Gödöllő is identified as a satellite of Budapest. It is about 26.8 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Gödöllő?

Kerepes, Isaszeg, Veresegyház, Erdőkertes, Kistarcsa are near Gödöllő. 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 Gödöllő?

The official citizenship distribution records 32,625 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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