Living in Keszthely

In Keszthely, unemployment is 4.1% (2022).

Keszthely numbered 18,039 residents at the end of 2022. At the end of 2022, unemployment in Keszthely reached 4.15%. Keszthely was home to 400 foreign residents at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0720 sources

Population18,039people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,440EUR/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 rent4.33EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Regional figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei

Unemployment rate4.15%country median 4.6% — 11% belowOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime1,487incidents 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 Keszthely?

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 Keszthely.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Keszthely had a vacancy rate of 21.65% at the end of 2022. Keszthely recorded 10,403 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 internet¹³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	17.81 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom Domino Next¹²Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	21.65 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Dwellings	10,403 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.33 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹⁰Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	238.3 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹⁰Official · regional context

Is Keszthely a good place to live?

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

Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on safety · range 53–71%

Student54%strong on education, weak on work · range 44–64%

Family55%strong on family, weak on cost · range 44–66%

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

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Keszthely?

The unemployment rate is about 4.1 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 4.15 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸

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

124

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Keszthely 4.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,440 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	4.15 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Keszthely?

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

Left over each month€368of €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€4.33/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31	− €260
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	€368

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Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Keszthely?

Police recorded about 1,487 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	1,487 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Keszthely's nearest major airport was 11 km away.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	11 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	SOB	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

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

Keszthely's monthly mean temperatures were 0.1°C in January and 21.3°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 25 mm in January and 69.5 mm in July.

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

0°

4°-3°

6°-2°

12°1°

18°6°

22°10°

26°14°

28°15°

27°15°

22°11°

16°6°

9°3°

4°-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 3.6 · Feb 6.4 · Mar 11.7 · Apr 17.5 · May 21.9 · Jun 25.7 · Jul 27.8 · Aug 27.4 · Sep 22 · Oct 16.3 · Nov 9.4 · Dec 4.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -2.9 · Feb -2 · Mar 1.3 · Apr 5.9 · May 10.1 · Jun 13.8 · Jul 15.2 · Aug 15.1 · Sep 10.8 · Oct 6.4 · Nov 2.9 · Dec -1.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.1 · Feb 1.8 · Mar 6.2 · Apr 11.4 · May 16 · Jun 19.7 · Jul 21.3 · Aug 20.9 · Sep 16 · Oct 10.9 · Nov 6 · Dec 1.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 25 · Feb 35.1 · Mar 31.9 · Apr 39 · May 61.7 · Jun 69.2 · Jul 69.5 · Aug 71.4 · Sep 68.2 · Oct 58.6 · Nov 53.8 · Dec 44.3 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Hungary: Kecskemét ±0.5 °C. Elsewhere: Cottbus (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Petržalka (Slovakia) ±0.8 °C, Arad (Romania) ±0.7 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±1.6 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.6 °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 Keszthely?

The published population was 18,039 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport97.8%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	400 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)²Official
Population	18,039 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸Official

People and communities

At the end of 2022, 9.91% of residents in Keszthely claimed no religious belief or other religious positions.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	9.91 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

International community in Keszthely

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	18,039	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	17,639	97.8%
Foreign national	400	2.2%
EU foreign national	244	1.4%
Non-EU foreign national	156	0.9%

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	18,039	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	15,531	86.1%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	2,322	12.9%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	524	2.9%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	468	2.6%
German language spoken with family members or friends	376	2.1%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	39	0.2%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	26	0.1%
Ruthenian language spoken with family members or friends	19	0.1%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	15	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	12	0.1%
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	6	0.0%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	6	0.0%
Bulgarian language spoken with family members or friends	5	0.0%
Slovakian 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
Belong to ethnic groups	18,039	100.0%
Belong to Hungarian ethnic group	15,981	88.6%
No answer to questions about belong to ethnic groups	1,914	10.6%
Belong to domestic ethnic groups	660	3.7%
Belong to Other ethnic groups	594	3.3%
Belong to German ethnic group	442	2.5%
Belong to Gipsy (Romani) ethnic group	91	0.5%
Belong to Ukrainian ethnic group	35	0.2%
Belong to Croatian ethnic group	30	0.2%
Belong to Ruthenian ethnic group	21	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Belong to Romanian ethnic group	16	0.1%
Belong to Bulgarian ethnic group	11	0.1%
Belong to Polish ethnic group	9	0.0%
Belong to Slovakian ethnic group	9	0.0%
Belong to Greek ethnic group	5	0.0%
Belong to Serbian ethnic group	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	25.17 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official

Alternatives for people set on Keszthely

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.

Tapolca as a Keszthely alternative in the same region

20 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Rent: €3.78/m² Tapolca vs €4.33/m² Keszthely−13%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,746 Tapolca vs 1,487 Keszthely+17%
Unemployment: 3.4% Tapolca vs 4.1% Keszthely−17%
Residents: 14,367 Tapolca vs 18,039 Keszthely−20%

Full comparison More about Tapolca

Békéscsaba as a Keszthely alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 293 km, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 55,164 Békéscsaba vs 18,039 Keszthely+206%
Rent: €3.20/m² Békéscsaba vs €4.33/m² Keszthely−26%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 319 Békéscsaba vs 1,487 Keszthelyno percentage
Unemployment: 4.3% Békéscsaba vs 4.1% Keszthely+4%

Full comparison More about Békéscsaba

Cities near Keszthely

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Oroszlány18,078 residents Békés17,678 residents Szigethalom17,644 residents Monor18,504 residents Pécel17,565 residents Százhalombatta17,535 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Keszthely 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; Keszthely'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 Keszthely?

The published population was 18,039 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Keszthely?

What is the unemployment rate in Keszthely?

The unemployment rate is about 4.1 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Keszthely?

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

Is Keszthely a good place to live?

Keszthely 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 Keszthely?

Tapolca, Fonyód, Sümeg, Zalaszentgrót, Marcali are near Keszthely. 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 Keszthely?

The official citizenship distribution records 18,039 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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