Living in Kaposvár

In Kaposvár, unemployment is 5% (2022).

At the end of 2022, Kaposvár had a population of 59,397. Kaposvár's unemployment stood at 5.01% at the end of 2022. Foreign residents numbered 445 at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0415 sources

Population59,397people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,444EUR/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 rent3.88EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Regional figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei

Unemployment rate5.01%country median 4.6% — 8% aboveOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime409incidents 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 Kaposvár?

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 Kaposvár.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Kaposvár had a vacancy rate of 14.98% at the end of 2022. Kaposvár recorded 30,750 dwellings 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 internet¹⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	17.81 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom Domino Next¹³Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	14.98 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Dwellings	30,750 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.88 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	181.9 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context

Is Kaposvár 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 worker54%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 43–65%

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

Student53%strong on cost, weak on work · range 43–63%

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

Retirement55%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 41–69%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Kaposvár?

The unemployment rate is about 5 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 5.01 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Kaposvár is 5.0%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

124

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1424–26

Kaposvár 5.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,444 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	5.01 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Kaposvár?

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

Left over each month€395of €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€3.88/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31	− €233
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	€395

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Kaposvár. 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 Kaposvár. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Kaposvár?

Police recorded about 409 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	409 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Kaposvár's nearest major airport was 54 km away.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	54 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	PEV	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official

Language courses and integration

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

Kaposvár's monthly mean temperatures were 0.6°C in January and 21.8°C in July. Kaposvár's monthly precipitation totalled 31.4 mm in January and 71.4 mm in July.

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

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4°-3°

7°-2°

12°1°

18°5°

22°10°

26°14°

28°15°

28°14°

23°10°

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 4.2 · Feb 7 · Mar 12.3 · Apr 18 · May 22.5 · Jun 26.2 · Jul 28.5 · Aug 28.1 · Sep 22.6 · Oct 17.1 · Nov 10.5 · Dec 4.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -2.8 · Feb -2 · Mar 1.4 · Apr 5.3 · May 10 · Jun 13.6 · Jul 15.3 · Aug 14.4 · Sep 10.3 · Oct 6.2 · Nov 2.4 · Dec -1.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.6 · Feb 2.2 · Mar 6.4 · Apr 11.5 · May 16.1 · Jun 19.9 · Jul 21.8 · Aug 21.2 · Sep 16.1 · Oct 11.1 · Nov 6.1 · Dec 1.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 31.4 · Feb 37.5 · Mar 34.5 · Apr 43.1 · May 67.7 · Jun 76.5 · Jul 71.4 · Aug 67.1 · Sep 71 · Oct 62.6 · Nov 54.2 · Dec 47.7 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Hungary: Kecskemét ±0.5 °C. Elsewhere: Arad (Romania) ±0.6 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±1.6 °C, Timișoara (Romania) ±0.9 °C, Bensheim (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Eppelheim (Germany) ±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 Kaposvár?

The published population was 59,397 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

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	445 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Population	59,397 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

People and communities

Kaposvár had 15.44% of residents with other or no religious affiliation at the end of 2022.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	15.44 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁷Official

International community in Kaposvár

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	59,397	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	58,952	99.3%
Foreign national	445	0.7%
Non-EU foreign national	242	0.4%
EU foreign national	203	0.3%

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	59,397	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	51,394	86.5%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	7,800	13.1%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	1,852	3.1%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	758	1.3%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	364	0.6%
German language spoken with family members or friends	252	0.4%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	205	0.3%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	165	0.3%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	29	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	27	0.0%
Polish language spoken with family members or friends	23	0.0%
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	21	0.0%
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends	10	0.0%
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	10	0.0%
Ruthenian language spoken with family members or friends	7	0.0%
Armenian language spoken with family members or friends	5	0.0%
Bulgarian language spoken with family members or friends	5	0.0%
Greek language spoken with family members or friends	5	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 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	59,397	100.0%
Hungarian	51,495	86.7%
No answer to ethnic groups	7,446	12.5%
Domestic ethnic groups	1,725	2.9%
Gipsy (Romani)	1,079	1.8%
German	366	0.6%
Other ethnic groups	222	0.4%
Croatian	76	0.1%
Ukrainian	36	0.1%
Romanian	35	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Polish	32	0.1%
Serbian	30	0.1%
Greek	21	0.0%
Slovakian	20	0.0%
Armenian	14	0.0%
Ruthenian	11	0.0%
Bulgarian	9	0.0%
Slovenian	8	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	22.97 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Kaposvár

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.

Veszprém as a Kaposvár alternative in the same country

82 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 202 Veszprém vs 409 Kaposvár−50%
Unemployment: 3.3% Veszprém vs 5.0% Kaposvár−35%
Rent: €3.78/m² Veszprém vs €3.88/m² Kaposvársame level
Residents: 55,910 Veszprém vs 59,397 Kaposvár−6%

Full comparison More about Veszprém

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Sopron60,334 residents Veszprém55,910 residents Békéscsaba55,164 residents Zalaegerszeg54,428 residents Tatabánya65,830 residents Szolnok66,061 residents

How does Kaposvár compare?

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Kaposvár in rankings

#15 of 30 in Largest cities in Hungary

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

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

Is Kaposvár part of Pécs?

Kaposvár is near Pécs, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 47.1 km away by straight-line distance. Pécs 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 Kaposvár?

The published population was 59,397 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Kaposvár?

What is the unemployment rate in Kaposvár?

The unemployment rate is about 5 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Kaposvár?

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

Is Kaposvár a good place to live?

Kaposvár 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 Kaposvár part of Pécs?

Kaposvár is near Pécs, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 47.1 km away by straight-line distance.

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

The official citizenship distribution records 59,397 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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