Living in Pécs

In Pécs, unemployment is 4.6% (2022).

Pécs is a city in Hungary. Pécs had a population of 139,412 in 2025. The city covered 162.8 km² in 2025. Population density was 856.4 people per km² in 2025. The city had 74,055 dwellings in 2022. The housing vacancy rate was 12.4% in 2022. A monthly estimate placed internet service at €13 in December 2022. A monthly estimate placed basic utilities for an 85 m² home at €107 in December 2022. An estimate placed an inexpensive restaurant meal at €6 in December 2022. Annual PM2.5 was 13 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-1718 sources

Population139,412people1 Jan 2025Official source · Largest settlements by population, 1 January 2025

Median gross salary (region)1,773EUR/month27 Aug 2026Official source · www.ksh.hu

Average net rent8.96EUR/m²/month30 Jun 2026Commercial source · Ingatlannet city statistics — Albérlet rent per m²

Unemployment rate4.6%country median 4.6% — about the sameOfficial source · KSH official data

PM2.5, annual mean13µg/m³31 Dec 2024Official source · EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — validated PM2.5 station data

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

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 Pécs.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

A monthly estimate placed a fitness-club membership at €22.83 in December 2022.

How much does it cost to rent in Pécs?

Average net cold rent is 8.96 EUR/m² per month (2026-06), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 8.96 EUR/m²/month · Ingatlannet city statistics — Albérlet rent per m²¹⁸

What recurs every month5 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Utilities, 85 m² flat€107

Fitness club€23

Transport pass€22

Mobile plan, 10 GB€18

Internet, 60 Mbps€13

Supplemental estimate lane; these items are not official statistics.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fitness club membership, monthly	22.83 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹⁷Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	13.44 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹⁷Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant	5.58 EUR	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹⁷Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB	17.81 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Domino Next renewing prepaid package¹Official
Monthly transport pass	22.46 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹⁷Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Basic utilities, 85 m² home	106.5 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹⁷Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
G02 Vacancy Rate Pct	12.41 %	2022	KSH official data⁸Official
Dwellings	74,055 dwellings	2022	KSH official data⁸Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	8.96 EUR/m²/month	30 Jun 2026	Ingatlannet city statistics — Albérlet rent per m²¹⁸Commercial estimate · Supplemental context

Cost of living

Fixed monthly costs for one person in an 85 m² flat were about €922 in the latest published figures. From a median gross salary of €1,773, that leaves €851 before income tax and social contributions.

Where a Pécs salary goesfixed monthly costs, share of the €922 basket · median gross salary €1,773/month

€851 left of €1,773

Net rent, 85 m² · 83%€762
Utilities, 85 m² · 12%€107
Transport pass · 2%€22
Internet and mobile · 3%€31

One person, 85 m² flat; the ring splits the €922 fixed basket before income tax and social contributions, latest published figures (checked 2026-09-17).

Is Pécs a good place to live?

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Remote worker50%strong on work, weak on safety · range 40–60%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on safety · range 49–67%

Student55%strong on education, weak on safety · range 45–65%

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

Retirement49%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 37–61%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 538 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 8.96 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2026-06

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 4.6% in 2022.

What is the unemployment rate in Pécs?

The unemployment rate is 4.6 % (2022). Source: KSH official data¹⁰

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Pécs is 4.6%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

124

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1424–26

Pécs 4.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
G10 Broadband Subscription Pct	76.57 %	2022	KSH official data⁹Official
G10 No Internet Pct	23.43 %	2022	KSH official data⁹Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,773 EUR/month	27 Aug 2026	www.ksh.hu¹⁶Official
Unemployment rate	4.6 %country median 4.6% — about the same	2022	KSH official data¹⁰Official

Unemployment rate over time7 published observations, 1990–2022

1.5%

5.6%

9.8%

13.9%

4.6%1990200120112022

Unemployment rate rose 92.5% between 1990 and 2022, from 2.4% to 4.6%.

What does a salary buy in Pécs?

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

Left over each month€479of €1,177 take-home

Rent
Utilities
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.	€1,177
Rent, 60 m²€8.96/m² · market price · Ingatlannet city statistics · 2026-06-30	− €538
Public transport pass€22 · market price · Global Cost of Living · 2022-12-31	− €22
Utilities, 85 m²€107 · market price · Global Cost of Living · 2022-12-31	− €107
Internet€13 · market price · Global Cost of Living · 2022-12-31	− €13
Mobile plan€18 · official · Domino Next renewing prepaid package · 2026-09-30	− €18
Left over	€479

Take-home pay for other salaries and households

Public employment service

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

Mobility and administration

Household broadband subscription was 76.6% in 2022. An estimate placed a monthly public-transport pass at €22 in December 2022.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	PEV	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Distance to nearest airport	10 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁴Official
Public transport monthly pass	18.47 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Eurostat⁴Official

Language courses and integration in Pécs

1 exact course-location record is linked to this city. Check the linked source for dates, availability and enrolment.

Verified locally

1verified local records

University of Pécs — International Studies Center

7624 Pécs, Damjanich utca 30

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Pécs?

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: EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — validated PM2.5 station data²

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

0°

4°-2°

6°-1°

12°2°

17°7°

22°11°

26°15°

28°16°

22°12°

17°8°

10°3°

4°-1°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

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

NO₂19.4WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	19.4 µg/m³	31 Dec 2013	Eurostat³Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	13 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — validated PM2.5 station data²Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 3.5 · Feb 6.2 · Mar 11.5 · Apr 17.3 · May 21.8 · Jun 25.6 · Jul 27.7 · Aug 27.6 · Sep 22.2 · Oct 16.6 · Nov 9.9 · Dec 4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 station CSV¹⁵Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan -2.4 · Feb -1.2 · Mar 2.4 · Apr 6.9 · May 11.3 · Jun 14.9 · Jul 16.5 · Aug 16.5 · Sep 12.2 · Oct 7.5 · Nov 3.1 · Dec -1.4 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 station CSV¹⁵Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.4 · Feb 2.1 · Mar 6.6 · Apr 11.9 · May 16.4 · Jun 20.2 · Jul 22 · Aug 22 · Sep 16.9 · Oct 11.7 · Nov 6.1 · Dec 1.2 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 station CSV¹⁵Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 31.2 · Feb 37.4 · Mar 33.6 · Apr 43.6 · May 81.3 · Jun 82.8 · Jul 69.4 · Aug 63.5 · Sep 71.6 · Oct 57.3 · Nov 51.8 · Dec 47.4 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 station CSV¹⁵Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Pécs?

The published population was 139,412 people in 2025. Source: Largest settlements by population, 1 January 2025¹³

Foreign residents and their share come from different publications that count different groups (for example citizens of another country, or people born abroad, or of foreign origin), so 5,165 is not 5% of the population. Each row names its source.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport96.3%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	405.4 cars per 1000 people	31 Dec 2024	Eurostat⁴Official
City area	162.8 km²	1 Jan 2025	KSH official data¹¹Official
Foreign-resident share	5 %	31 Dec 2024	Eurostat⁵Official
Foreign residents	5,165 people	1 Oct 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office — Census 2022, population data by settlement⁶Official
Population density	856.4 people/km²	1 Jan 2025	KSH official data¹¹Official
Population	139,412 people	1 Jan 2025	Largest settlements by population, 1 January 2025¹³Official

Population over time35 published observations, 1990–2025

135,563

149,373

163,182

176,992

139,412199019962005201120192025

Population fell 18.0% between 1990 and 2025, from 170,039 to 139,412.

Foreign residents over time10 published observations, 2015–2024

3,923

5,036

6,150

7,263

7,03320152017201920212024

Foreign residents rose 69.3% between 2015 and 2024, from 4,153 to 7,033.

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Catholic share	30.53 %	2022	KSH official data¹²Official
No religion or other, share	17.31 %	2022	KSH official data¹²Official
Protestant share	4.4 %	2022	KSH official data¹²Official

International community in Pécs

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	139,330	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	134,165	96.3%
Foreign national	5,165	3.7%
Non-EU foreign national	3,116	2.2%
EU foreign national	2,048	1.5%

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
German language spoken with family members or friends	1,850	1.3%
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	665	0.5%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	446	0.3%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	282	0.2%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	172	0.1%

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 German ethnic group	4,949	3.6%
Belong to Gipsy (Romani) ethnic group	2,045	1.5%
Belong to Croatian ethnic group	1,391	1.0%
Belong to Serbian ethnic group	259	0.2%
Belong to Romanian ethnic group	130	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
G07 Bachelors Or Higher Share Pct	25.98 %	2022	KSH official data¹⁰Official

Alternatives for people set on Pécs

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.

Vilnius as a Pécs alternative in another country

Better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €12.16/m² (2024) Vilnius vs €8.96/m² (2026) Pécsno percentage
Foreign residents: 8.0% Vilnius vs 5.0% Pécs+60%
Nearest airport: 6.0 km Vilnius vs 10.0 km Pécs−40%

Full comparison More about Vilnius

Alternatives with a better balance

same official-source families, comparable grain — left of gross salary after the same fixed costs

Pécs€851this city Budapest€866+€15 Miskolc€793−€58

Nearby is not always better: the greyed row leaves less than Pécs at the same fixed-cost basket. Every alternative publishes the same metric families, each with its own source and date.

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Miskolc141,440 residents Győr127,599 residents Szeged157,282 residents Nyíregyháza116,282 residents Kecskemét108,120 residents Debrecen202,130 residents

How does Pécs compare?

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Pécs in rankings

#5 of 30 in Largest cities in Hungary #24 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Hungary

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Pécs 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; Pécs'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.

Is Pécs expensive?

Fixed monthly costs for one person in an 85 m² flat — net rent, utilities, a transport pass, internet and mobile — came to about €922 against a median gross salary of €1,773 (figures), leaving about €851 before income tax. Sources: the rent, recurring-cost and salary series published on this page, each with its own source and date.

How many people live in Pécs?

The published population was 139,412 people in 2025. Source: Largest settlements by population, 1 January 2025.

How much does it cost to rent in Pécs?

Average net cold rent is 8.96 EUR/m² per month (2026-06), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 627 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Ingatlannet city statistics — Albérlet rent per m².

Is the air quality good in Pécs?

What is the unemployment rate in Pécs?

The unemployment rate is 4.6 % (2022). Source: KSH official data.

What is the typical salary around Pécs?

The median gross salary is 1,773 EUR/month. Source: www.ksh.hu.

How many foreign residents live in Pécs?

5,165 people residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office — Census 2022, population data by settlement.

Is Pécs a good place to live?

Pécs 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.

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

The official citizenship distribution records 139,330 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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