Living in Szeged

In Szeged, unemployment is 4.2% (2022).

Szeged is a city in Hungary. The city had 88,249 dwellings in 2022. The housing vacancy rate was 18.6% in 2022. A monthly estimate placed internet service at €18 in August 2026. A monthly estimate placed basic utilities for an 85 m² home at €115.29 in August 2026. The unemployment rate was 4.2% in 2022. Szeged had a population of 157,282 in 2025. The city covered 281 km² in 2025. Population density was 559.7 people per km² in 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-1719 sources

Population157,282people1 Jan 2025Official source · Largest settlements by population, 1 January 2025

Median gross salary (region)1,792EUR/month27 Aug 2026Official source · www.ksh.hu

Average net rent10.82EUR/m²/month30 Jun 2026Commercial source · Ingatlannet city statistics — Albérlet rent per m²

Unemployment rate4.2%country median 4.6% — 9% belowOfficial source · KSH official data

PM2.5, annual mean12µg/m³31 Dec 2025Official source · EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — HU 2025 PM2.5 exact station temporal replacement

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

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Housing and cost

A monthly estimate placed a 10 GB mobile plan at €20.13 in July 2026. An inexpensive restaurant meal was estimated at €7.690 in August 2026.

How much does it cost to rent in Szeged?

Average net cold rent is 10.82 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): 10.82 EUR/m²/month · Ingatlannet city statistics — Albérlet rent per m²¹⁸

What recurs every month6 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Private kindergarten€223

Utilities, 85 m² flat€115

Fitness club€43

Transport pass€26

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Internet, 60 Mbps€18

Supplemental estimate lane; these items are not official statistics.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fitness club membership, monthly	42.54 EUR/month	3 Aug 2026	Numbeo¹⁹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Col Groceries Index Basket Eur Month	60.19 EUR/month	3 Aug 2026	Numbeo¹⁹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	18 EUR/month	3 Aug 2026	Numbeo¹⁹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Private kindergarten, monthly	223.2 EUR/month	3 Aug 2026	Numbeo¹⁹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant	7.69 eur	3 Aug 2026	Numbeo¹⁹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB	20.13 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Cost of Living in Szeged. Jun 2026. Prices in Szeged¹⁹Commercial estimate · Supplemental context
Monthly transport pass	26.38 EUR/month	3 Aug 2026	Numbeo¹⁹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Basic utilities, 85 m² home	115.3 EUR/month	3 Aug 2026	Numbeo¹⁹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
G02 Vacancy Rate Pct	18.56 %	2022	KSH official data⁷Official
Dwellings	88,249 dwellings	2022	KSH official data⁷Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	10.82 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 €1,100 in the latest published figures. From a median gross salary of €1,792, that leaves €693 before income tax and social contributions.

Where a Szeged salary goesfixed monthly costs, share of the €1,100 basket · median gross salary €1,792/month

€693 left of €1,792

Net rent, 85 m² · 84%€920
Utilities, 85 m² · 10%€115
Transport pass · 2%€26
Internet and mobile · 3%€38

One person, 85 m² flat; the ring splits the €1,100 fixed basket before income tax and social contributions, latest published figures (checked 2026-09-17).

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Remote worker52%strong on work, weak on safety · range 42–62%

Skilled employee59%strong on work, weak on safety · range 50–68%

Student57%strong on education, weak on safety · range 47–67%

Family58%strong on family, weak on safety · range 47–69%

Retirement53%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 41–65%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 649 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 10.82 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

What is the unemployment rate in Szeged?

The unemployment rate is 4.2 % (2022). Source: KSH official data⁹

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

124

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1424–26

Szeged 4.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
G10 Broadband Subscription Pct	78.85 %	2022	KSH official data⁸Official
G10 No Internet Pct	21.15 %	2022	KSH official data⁸Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,792 EUR/month	27 Aug 2026	www.ksh.hu¹⁷Official
Unemployment rate	4.2 %country median 4.6%	2022	KSH official data⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Szeged?

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

Left over each month€361of €1,190 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.	€1,190
Rent, 60 m²€10.82/m² · market price · Ingatlannet city statistics · 2026-06-30	− €649
Public transport pass€26 · market price · Numbeo · 2026-08-03	− €26
Utilities, 85 m²€115 · market price · Numbeo · 2026-08-03	− €115
Internet€18 · market price · Numbeo · 2026-08-03	− €18
Mobile plan€20 · market price · Cost of Living in Szeged. Jun 2026. Prices in Szeged · 2026-07-31	− €20
Left over	€361

Take-home pay for other salaries and households

Public employment service

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

Mobility and administration

Household broadband subscription was 78.9% in 2022.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	77 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁴Official
Nearest airport	BUD	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official
Distance to nearest airport	147 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁵Official
Public transport monthly pass	24.29 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Eurostat³Official

Language courses and integration in Szeged

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 Szeged — Foreign Language Centre (IKI)

6 Honvéd tér, Szeged

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Climate and air quality

A station-based estimate gives a mean annual temperature of 11.8°C. Annual precipitation was 455 mm in 2021. Annual PM2.5 was 12 µg/m³ in 2025. Annual sunshine totalled 2,588 hours in 2021.

Is the air quality good in Szeged?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 µg/m³ (2025) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — HU 2025 PM2.5 exact station temporal replacement¹

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°

3°-3°

6°-2°

12°1°

18°6°

23°11°

27°14°

29°16°

24°11°

18°7°

11°2°

4°-2°

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

PM2.512WHO 5 · EU 25

NO₂18WHO 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	18 µg/m³	31 Dec 2013	Eurostat²Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	12 µg/m³	31 Dec 2025	EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — HU 2025 PM2.5 exact station temporal replacement¹Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 3.4 · Feb 6.3 · Mar 12.1 · Apr 18.5 · May 23.2 · Jun 26.9 · Jul 28.9 · Aug 29.4 · Sep 23.8 · Oct 17.7 · Nov 10.6 · Dec 4.1 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 station CSV¹⁶Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3 · Feb -2.3 · Mar 1.3 · Apr 6.1 · May 10.9 · Jun 14.3 · Jul 15.7 · Aug 15.8 · Sep 11.4 · Oct 6.7 · Nov 2.5 · Dec -1.7 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 station CSV¹⁶Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.1 · Feb 1.6 · Mar 6.4 · Apr 12 · May 16.9 · Jun 20.6 · Jul 22.3 · Aug 22.4 · Sep 17.2 · Oct 11.7 · Nov 6.1 · Dec 1 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 station CSV¹⁶Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 27.3 · Feb 30.1 · Mar 29.7 · Apr 36.6 · May 60.8 · Jun 75.3 · Jul 61.6 · Aug 43.5 · Sep 49.1 · Oct 44.6 · Nov 37 · Dec 39.3 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 station CSV¹⁶Official
Annual sunshine	2,588 hours/year	2021	KSH official data¹⁰Official
G11 Annual Precipitation Mm	455 mm	2021	KSH official data¹⁰Official
Average annual temperature	11.8 °C	2021	KSH official data¹⁰Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Szeged?

The published population was 157,282 people in 2025. Source: Largest settlements by population, 1 January 2025¹³

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport97.2%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	385.2 cars per 1000 people	31 Dec 2024	Eurostat³Official
City area	281 km²	1 Jan 2025	KSH official data¹¹Official
Foreign-resident share	3 %	31 Dec 2024	Eurostat⁴Official
Foreign residents	4,481 people	1 Oct 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office — Census 2022, population data by settlement⁵Official
Population density	559.7 people/km²	1 Jan 2025	KSH official data¹¹Official
Population	157,282 people	1 Jan 2025	Largest settlements by population, 1 January 2025¹³Official

Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2025

156,288

161,094

165,901

170,707

157,28220012008201220182025

Population fell 6.5% between 2001 and 2025, from 168,273 to 157,282.

Foreign residents over time12 published observations, 2013–2024

3,363

3,881

4,400

4,918

4,81120132015201720212024

Foreign residents rose 10.4% between 2013 and 2024, from 4,356 to 4,811.

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Catholic share	28.54 %	2022	KSH official data¹²Official
No religion or other, share	20.01 %	2022	KSH official data¹²Official
Protestant share	4.27 %	2022	KSH official data¹²Official

International community in Szeged

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	158,797	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	154,316	97.2%
Foreign national	4,481	2.8%
Non-EU foreign national	2,894	1.8%
EU foreign national	1,586	1.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁶

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
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends	759	0.5%
German language spoken with family members or friends	702	0.4%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	501	0.3%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	457	0.3%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	205	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁶

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 Serbian ethnic group	1,525	1.0%
Belong to German ethnic group	1,236	0.8%
Belong to Gipsy (Romani) ethnic group	1,134	0.7%
Belong to Romanian ethnic group	426	0.3%
Belong to Croatian ethnic group	243	0.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁶

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
G07 Bachelors Or Higher Share Pct	28.02 %	2022	KSH official data⁹Official

Alternatives for people set on Szeged

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.

Pécs as a Szeged alternative in the same country

Better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Rent: €8.96/m² Pécs vs €10.82/m² Szeged−17%
Foreign residents: 5.0% Pécs vs 3.0% Szeged+67%
Nearest airport: 10.0 km Pécs vs 147.0 km Szeged−93%
Unemployment: 4.6% Pécs vs 4.2% Szeged+10%
Transport pass: €18 Pécs vs €24 Szeged−24%
Residents: 139,412 Pécs vs 157,282 Szeged−11%
Median gross pay, region: €1,773 Pécs vs €1,792 Szegedsame level

Full comparison More about Pécs

Vilnius as a Szeged alternative in another country

Better on 3 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 8.0% Vilnius vs 3.0% Szeged+167%
Rent: €12.16/m² (2024) Vilnius vs €10.82/m² (2026) Szegedno percentage
Nearest airport: 6.0 km Vilnius vs 147.0 km Szeged−96%
Annual PM2.5: 11.0 µg/m³ Vilnius vs 12.0 µg/m³ Szeged−8%

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

Szeged€693this city Budapest€866+€173 Pécs€851+€158 Miskolc€793+€100 Debrecen€457−€236

Nearby is not always better: the greyed row leaves less than Szeged 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 Szeged, nearest in population first.

All Hungary cities

Miskolc141,440 residents Pécs139,412 residents Győr127,599 residents Debrecen202,130 residents Nyíregyháza116,282 residents Kecskemét108,120 residents

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Szeged in rankings

#3 of 30 in Largest cities in Hungary #7 of 9 in Warmest published cities and hubs #12 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Hungary

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Szeged 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; Szeged'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 Szeged expensive?

Fixed monthly costs for one person in an 85 m² flat — net rent, utilities, a transport pass, internet and mobile — came to about €1,100 against a median gross salary of €1,792 (figures), leaving about €693 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 Szeged?

The published population was 157,282 people in 2025. Source: Largest settlements by population, 1 January 2025.

How much does it cost to rent in Szeged?

Average net cold rent is 10.82 EUR/m² per month (2026-06), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 757 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Ingatlannet city statistics — Albérlet rent per m².

Is the air quality good in Szeged?

What is the unemployment rate in Szeged?

The unemployment rate is 4.2 % (2022). Source: KSH official data.

What is the typical salary around Szeged?

The median gross salary is 1,792 EUR/month. Source: www.ksh.hu.

How many foreign residents live in Szeged?

4,481 people residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office — Census 2022, population data by settlement.

Is Szeged a good place to live?

Szeged 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 Szeged?

The official citizenship distribution records 158,797 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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