Living in Pápa

In Pápa, unemployment is 3.9% (2022).

Residents of Pápa numbered 29,019 at the end of 2022. Pápa had an unemployment rate of 3.86% at the end of 2022. At the end of 2022, the foreign population in Pápa numbered 975.

Last checked 2026-10-0717 sources

Population29,019people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,576EUR/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 rent3.78EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Regional figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei

Unemployment rate3.86%country median 4.6% — 17% belowOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime1,746incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · 11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region

PM2.5, annual mean13µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu

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

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

Pápa had a vacancy rate of 11.67% at the end of 2022. Pápa recorded 14,152 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)	11.67 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Dwellings	14,152 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.78 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	191.3 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context

Is Pápa a good place to live?

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–68%

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

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

Family49%strong on family, weak on cost · range 38–60%

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

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Pápa?

The unemployment rate is about 3.9 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 3.86 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Pápa is 3.9%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

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Pápa 3.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,576 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	3.86 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Pápa?

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

Left over each month€401of €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€3.78/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31	− €227
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	€401

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Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Pápa. 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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Safety

How safe is Pápa?

Police recorded about 1,746 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	1,746 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1. Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Pápa was 75 km from its nearest major airport.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	75 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	SOB	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹²Official

Language courses and integration

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

Pápa's monthly mean temperatures were 0.1°C in January and 21°C in July. Pápa's monthly precipitation totalled 30 mm in January and 58 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Pápa?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: air.discomap.eea.europa.eu²

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

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

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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

PM2.513WHO 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	13 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	air.discomap.eea.europa.eu²Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context
Average daytime high by month	Jan 3.6 · Feb 6.3 · Mar 11.4 · Apr 17.3 · May 21.5 · Jun 25.3 · Jul 27.5 · Aug 27.4 · Sep 22 · Oct 16.2 · Nov 9.9 · Dec 4.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.3 · Feb -2.2 · Mar 1 · Apr 5.3 · May 9.6 · Jun 13 · Jul 14.6 · Aug 14.3 · Sep 10.5 · Oct 6.4 · Nov 2.3 · Dec -2.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.1 · Feb 1.8 · Mar 6 · Apr 11.2 · May 15.5 · Jun 19.3 · Jul 21 · Aug 20.6 · Sep 15.7 · Oct 10.9 · Nov 5.9 · Dec 1.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 30 · Feb 29.4 · Mar 33.9 · Apr 37.4 · May 65.6 · Jun 71.2 · Jul 58 · Aug 68.9 · Sep 67.5 · Oct 51.9 · Nov 46.2 · Dec 37.4 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Hungary: Kecskemét ±0.6 °C. Elsewhere: Cottbus (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±1.6 °C, Traunstein (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 Pápa?

The published population was 29,019 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport96.6%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	975 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Population	29,019 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

People and communities

The other-or-no-religion share in Pápa was 8.46%.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	8.46 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁷Official

International community in Pápa

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	29,019	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	28,044	96.6%
Foreign national	975	3.4%
Non-EU foreign national	614	2.1%
EU foreign national	361	1.2%

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	29,019	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	24,783	85.4%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	3,734	12.9%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	1,013	3.5%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	606	2.1%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	189	0.7%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	173	0.6%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	159	0.5%
German language spoken with family members or friends	144	0.5%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	51	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	19	0.1%
Polish language spoken with family members or friends	17	0.1%
Slovenian language spoken with family members or friends	16	0.1%
Greek language spoken with family members or friends	14	0.0%
Ruthenian language spoken with family members or friends	8	0.0%
Bulgarian language spoken with family members or friends	5	0.0%
Slovakian 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 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	29,019	100.0%
Hungarian	24,841	85.6%
No answer to ethnic groups	3,587	12.4%
Domestic ethnic groups	791	2.7%
Gipsy (Romani)	274	0.9%
Other ethnic groups	267	0.9%
German	188	0.6%
Ukrainian	174	0.6%
Romanian	53	0.2%
Polish	34	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Greek	19	0.1%
Slovenian	16	0.1%
Bulgarian	12	0.0%
Slovakian	11	0.0%
Armenian	6	0.0%
Ruthenian	5	0.0%
Croatian	3	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	16.6 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Pápa

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 Pápa alternative in the same region

43 km away, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 55,910 Veszprém vs 29,019 Pápa+93%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 202 Veszprém vs 1,746 Pápano percentage
Unemployment: 3.3% Veszprém vs 3.9% Pápa−15%
Rent: €3.78/m² Veszprém vs €3.78/m² Pápasame level

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Békéscsaba as a Pápa alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 284 km, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €3.20/m² Békéscsaba vs €3.78/m² Pápa−15%
Residents: 55,164 Békéscsaba vs 29,019 Pápa+90%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 319 Békéscsaba vs 1,746 Pápano percentage
Unemployment: 4.3% Békéscsaba vs 3.9% Pápa+11%

Full comparison More about Békéscsaba

Cities near Pápa

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Budaörs29,024 residents Kiskunfélegyháza28,872 residents Hajdúböszörmény29,374 residents Esztergom28,612 residents Szentendre28,524 residents Szekszárd29,889 residents

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Pápa in rankings

#27 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Hungary

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

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

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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 Pápa?

The published population was 29,019 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

Is the air quality good in Pápa?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: air.discomap.eea.europa.eu.

How safe is Pápa?

What is the unemployment rate in Pápa?

The unemployment rate is about 3.9 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Pápa?

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

Is Pápa a good place to live?

Pápa 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 Pápa?

Celldömölk is near Pápa. 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 Pápa?

The official citizenship distribution records 29,019 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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