Living in Marcali

In Marcali, unemployment is 4.4% (2022).

Marcali's population was 10,818 at the end of 2022. At the end of 2022, unemployment in Marcali reached 4.44%. Marcali's foreign population totalled 266 at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0718 sources

Population10,818people31 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 rate4.44%country median 4.6% — 4% belowOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime1,621incidents 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 Marcali?

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Housing and cost

At the end of 2022, the vacancy rate reached 8.25%. Marcali recorded 5,201 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 internet¹⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	17.81 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom Domino Next¹⁴Official · national market
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	8.25 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Dwellings	5,201 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.88 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹⁰Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	181.9 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹⁰Official · regional context

Is Marcali 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%

Student47%strong on cost, weak on work · range 37–57%

Family47%strong on safety, weak on education · range 36–58%

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

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Marcali?

The unemployment rate is about 4.4 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 4.44 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸

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

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2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1424–26

Marcali 4.4%

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 regions⁹Official · county
Unemployment rate	4.44 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Marcali?

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 Marcali. 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 Marcali?

Police recorded about 1,621 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	1,621 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Marcali was 22 km from its nearest major airport.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	22 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	SOB	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official

Language courses and integration

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

Monthly mean temperatures were −0.8°C in January and 23.3°C in July. Marcali's monthly precipitation totalled 25 mm in January and 69.5 mm in July.

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 14.88 · Feb 19.73 · Mar 22.22 · Apr 29.71 · May 33.06 · Jun 37.39 · Jul 39.99 · Aug 40.28 · Sep 34.36 · Oct 28.54 · Nov 21.2 · Dec 16.85 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -20.14 · Feb -14.58 · Mar -17.37 · Apr -3.99 · May 1.35 · Jun 4.61 · Jul 9.73 · Aug 8.11 · Sep 3.2 · Oct -5.3 · Nov -6.68 · Dec -15.59 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.8 · Feb 1.15 · Mar 5.83 · Apr 11.55 · May 16.34 · Jun 20.87 · Jul 23.32 · Aug 22.89 · Sep 17.18 · Oct 11.52 · Nov 5.81 · Dec 0.42 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹¹Official · coordinate grid
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	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹²Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Marcali?

The published population was 10,818 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸

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	266 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)²Official
Population	10,818 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸Official

People and communities

Marcali's residents reported 12.88% in the other-or-no-religion category at the end of 2022.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	12.88 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

International community in Marcali

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	10,818	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	10,552	97.5%
Foreign national	266	2.5%
EU foreign national	206	1.9%
Non-EU foreign national	59	0.5%

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	10,818	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	9,442	87.3%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	1,225	11.3%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	333	3.1%
German language spoken with family members or friends	238	2.2%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	203	1.9%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	75	0.7%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	64	0.6%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	11	0.1%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	7	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	4	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	10,818	100.0%
Hungarian	9,449	87.3%
No answer to ethnic groups	1,192	11.0%
Domestic ethnic groups	265	2.4%
Gipsy (Romani)	114	1.1%
German	113	1.0%
Other ethnic groups	41	0.4%
Ukrainian	10	0.1%
Croatian	9	0.1%
Romanian	5	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Ruthenian	5	0.0%
Armenian	3	0.0%
Greek	3	0.0%
Serbian	3	0.0%
Slovakian	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	14.22 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official

Alternatives for people set on Marcali

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.

Fonyód as a Marcali alternative in the same region

21 km away, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 4,814 Fonyód vs 10,818 Marcali−56%
Unemployment: 3.9% Fonyód vs 4.4% Marcali−12%
Rent: €3.88/m² Fonyód vs €3.88/m² Marcalisame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,621 Fonyód vs 1,621 Marcalisame level

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Békéscsaba as a Marcali alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 281 km, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 55,164 Békéscsaba vs 10,818 Marcali+410%
Rent: €3.20/m² Békéscsaba vs €3.88/m² Marcali−17%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 319 Békéscsaba vs 1,621 Marcalino percentage
Unemployment: 4.3% Békéscsaba vs 4.4% Marcali−3%

Full comparison More about Békéscsaba

Cities near Marcali

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Sárospatak10,817 residents Tolna10,764 residents Ráckeve10,719 residents Kiskunmajsa10,984 residents Csömör10,580 residents Bátonyterenye11,110 residents

How does Marcali compare?

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

The published population was 10,818 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Marcali?

What is the unemployment rate in Marcali?

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

How many foreign residents live in Marcali?

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

Is Marcali a good place to live?

Marcali 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 Marcali?

Fonyód, Keszthely are near Marcali. 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 Marcali?

The official citizenship distribution records 10,818 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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