Living in Nyíregyháza

In Nyíregyháza, unemployment is 4.7% (2022).

Nyíregyháza's population was 116,282 at the end of 2022. The city faced an unemployment rate of 4.73% at the end of 2022. At the end of 2022, the foreign population in Nyíregyháza numbered 1,325.

Last checked 2026-10-0429 sources

Population116,282people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,316EUR/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 rent3.22EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Regional figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei

Unemployment rate4.73%country median 4.6% — 2% aboveOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime532.1incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · 11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region

PM2.5, annual mean15µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

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

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 Nyíregyháza.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The vacancy rate was 8.42% at the end of 2022. Nyíregyháza counted 53,472 dwellings at the end of 2022.

What recurs every month3 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€26

Transport pass€19

Mobile plan, 10 GB€18

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	26.04 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom home internet²⁰Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	17.81 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telekom Domino Next¹⁹Official · national market
Monthly transport pass	19.17 EUR/month	13 Sept 2026	MÁV Személyszállítási Zrt. / Nyíregyháza local public transport¹⁴Official
Housing vacancy rate (legacy series)	8.42 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official
Dwellings	53,472 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁷Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.22 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹³Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	169.3 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹³Official · regional context

Is Nyíregyháza a good place to live?

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

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on safety · range 51–69%

Student58%strong on education, weak on work · range 48–68%

Family56%strong on family, weak on cost · range 45–67%

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

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Nyíregyháza?

The unemployment rate is about 4.7 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 4.73 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database¹¹

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Nyíregyháza is 4.7%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

124

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1424–26

Nyíregyháza 4.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,316 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 regions¹²Official · county
Unemployment rate	4.73 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database¹¹Official

What does a salary buy in Nyíregyháza?

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

Left over each month€415of €672 take-home

Rent
Transport
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€3.22/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31	− €193
Public transport pass€19 · official · MÁV Személyszállítási Zrt. / Nyíregyháza local public transport · 2026-09-13	− €19
Utilities, 85 m²not published for this city	—
Internet€26 · official · Telekom home internet · 2026-09-30	− €26
Mobile plan€18 · official · Telekom Domino Next · 2026-09-30	− €18
Left overbefore the bill this city does not publish	€415

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Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Nyíregyháza?

Police recorded about 532 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 532.1 incidents per 100,000 · 11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	532.1 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Nyíregyháza's nearest airport was DEB, 52 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	2 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁷Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	52 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	DEB	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁸Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Nyíregyháza. 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 Nyíregyháza stood at 15 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Monthly mean temperatures were −2.4°C in January and 22.9°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Nyíregyháza?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 15 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 (EEA)²

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

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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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

PM2.515WHO 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	15 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)²Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 13.15 · Feb 17.47 · Mar 23.12 · Apr 30.52 · May 32.94 · Jun 37.54 · Jul 40.55 · Aug 38.82 · Sep 36.44 · Oct 28.09 · Nov 23.81 · Dec 14.55 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁵Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -24.12 · Feb -20.03 · Mar -13.82 · Apr -3.99 · May -0.64 · Jun 6.67 · Jul 9.11 · Aug 8.34 · Sep 2.74 · Oct -6.83 · Nov -7.51 · Dec -16.64 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁵Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.36 · Feb -0.04 · Mar 5.31 · Apr 11.77 · May 16.86 · Jun 20.76 · Jul 22.93 · Aug 22.87 · Sep 17.33 · Oct 11.03 · Nov 5.2 · Dec -0.71 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁵Official · coordinate grid
Average precipitation by month	Jan 26.5 · Feb 30.9 · Mar 27.9 · Apr 39.9 · May 58.7 · Jun 63.5 · Jul 67.9 · Aug 46 · Sep 50.8 · Oct 44.2 · Nov 41.2 · Dec 48.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Population and city profile

How many people live in Nyíregyháza?

The published population was 116,282 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database¹¹

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-resident share	1.14 %	1 Oct 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official
Foreign residents	1,325 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official
Population	116,282 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database¹¹Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	9.59 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁹Official

International community in Nyíregyháza

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	116,282	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	114,957	98.9%
Foreign national	1,325	1.1%
Non-EU foreign national	920	0.8%
EU foreign national	403	0.3%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

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	116,282	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	100,244	86.2%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	15,635	13.4%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	3,766	3.2%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	1,038	0.9%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	356	0.3%
German language spoken with family members or friends	242	0.2%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	143	0.1%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	112	0.1%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	95	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Ruthenian language spoken with family members or friends	79	0.1%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	33	0.0%
Bulgarian language spoken with family members or friends	24	0.0%
Greek language spoken with family members or friends	23	0.0%
Polish language spoken with family members or friends	20	0.0%
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	17	0.0%
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends	16	0.0%
Armenian language spoken with family members or friends	14	0.0%
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	12	0.0%
Slovenian 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 source¹⁰

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	116,282	100.0%
Hungarian	100,484	86.4%
No answer to ethnic groups	14,930	12.8%
Domestic ethnic groups	2,391	2.1%
Gipsy (Romani)	1,044	0.9%
Ukrainian	526	0.5%
Other ethnic groups	434	0.4%
German	284	0.2%
Romanian	129	0.1%
Ruthenian	114	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Slovakian	114	0.1%
Polish	67	0.1%
Greek	45	0.0%
Bulgarian	32	0.0%
Armenian	30	0.0%
Serbian	23	0.0%
Croatian	10	0.0%
Slovenian	10	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Residents with a bachelor's degree or higher	26.69 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁸Official

Alternatives for people set on Nyíregyháza

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.

Győr as a Nyíregyháza alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 306 km, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 2.6% Győr vs 1.1% Nyíregyháza+127%
Unemployment: 3.2% Győr vs 4.7% Nyíregyháza−32%
Rent: €5.25/m² Győr vs €3.22/m² Nyíregyházano percentage
Recorded crime, per 100k: 410 Győr vs 532 Nyíregyháza−23%
Residents: 127,599 Győr vs 116,282 Nyíregyháza+10%

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Cities near Nyíregyháza

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Kecskemét108,120 residents Győr127,599 residents Pécs139,412 residents Miskolc141,440 residents Székesfehérvár95,045 residents Szeged157,282 residents

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Nyíregyháza in rankings

#7 of 30 in Largest cities in Hungary #27 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Hungary

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

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

Is Nyíregyháza part of Debrecen?

Nyíregyháza is near Debrecen, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 45.7 km away by straight-line distance. Debrecen city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source⁴

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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 Nyíregyháza?

The published population was 116,282 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

Is the air quality good in Nyíregyháza?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 15 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 (EEA).

How safe is Nyíregyháza?

Police recorded about 532 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 region.

What is the unemployment rate in Nyíregyháza?

The unemployment rate is about 4.7 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Nyíregyháza?

1,325 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).

Is Nyíregyháza a good place to live?

Nyíregyháza 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 Nyíregyháza part of Debrecen?

Nyíregyháza is near Debrecen, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 45.7 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Nyíregyháza?

Nyírtelek, Nagykálló, Kemecse, Újfehértó, Ibrány are near Nyíregyháza. 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 Nyíregyháza?

The official citizenship distribution records 116,282 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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MÁV Személyszállítási Zrt. / Nyíregyháza local public transport mavcsoport.hu · checked 2026-09-15
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OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
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