Living in Szolnok

In Szolnok, unemployment is 4.8% (2022).

Szolnok numbered 66,061 residents at the end of 2022. Szolnok had an unemployment rate of 4.76% at the end of 2022. The foreign population count was 745 at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0423 sources

Population66,061people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,457EUR/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 rate4.76%country median 4.6% — 2% aboveOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime946.5incidents 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 Szolnok?

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 Szolnok.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Szolnok had a vacancy rate of 13.95% at the end of 2022. The city had 35,890 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)	13.95 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Dwellings	35,890 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	3.22 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹⁰Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	169.3 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹⁰Official · regional context

Is Szolnok a good place to live?

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

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

Student56%strong on cost, weak on work · range 46–66%

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

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

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Szolnok?

The unemployment rate is about 4.8 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 4.76 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Szolnok is 4.8%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

124

2–44–66–88–1010–1212–1424–26

Szolnok 4.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,457 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	4.76 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Szolnok?

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

Left over each month€435of €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€3.22/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31	− €193
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	€435

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Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Szolnok?

Police recorded about 946 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: 946.5 incidents per 100,000 · 11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	946.5 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Szolnok's nearest airport was BUD, 76 km away and offered 77 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	77 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹²Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	76 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BUD	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹³Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Szolnok. 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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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Szolnok.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −0.5°C in January and 22.6°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 25.4 mm in January and 65.5 mm in July.

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

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23°11°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.6 · Feb 5.5 · Mar 11.5 · Apr 17.6 · May 22.7 · Jun 26.5 · Jul 28.7 · Aug 28.7 · Sep 23 · Oct 16.7 · Nov 9.5 · Dec 3.4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.3 · Feb -2.4 · Mar 1.6 · Apr 6.3 · May 10.9 · Jun 14.9 · Jul 16.4 · Aug 16.2 · Sep 11.8 · Oct 6.8 · Nov 2.4 · Dec -1.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.5 · Feb 1.5 · Mar 6.3 · Apr 12 · May 16.7 · Jun 20.7 · Jul 22.6 · Aug 22.3 · Sep 17 · Oct 11.3 · Nov 5.7 · Dec 0.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 25.4 · Feb 30.1 · Mar 25.8 · Apr 37.9 · May 55.3 · Jun 69 · Jul 65.5 · Aug 52.2 · Sep 51.3 · Oct 41.9 · Nov 38.4 · Dec 38.9 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Hungary: Kecskemét ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Iași (Romania) ±0.7 °C, Arad (Romania) ±0.7 °C, Timișoara (Romania) ±0.8 °C, Brăila (Romania) ±0.8 °C, Galați (Romania) ±0.8 °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 Szolnok?

The published population was 66,061 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸

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 residents	745 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)²Official
Population	66,061 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁸Official

People and communities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	28.28 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

International community in Szolnok

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	66,061	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	65,316	98.9%
Foreign national	745	1.1%
Non-EU foreign national	530	0.8%
EU foreign national	215	0.3%

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	66,061	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	56,393	85.4%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	9,513	14.4%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	2,059	3.1%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	518	0.8%
German language spoken with family members or friends	173	0.3%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	163	0.2%
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	142	0.2%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	45	0.1%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	45	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	25	0.0%
Greek language spoken with family members or friends	21	0.0%
Polish language spoken with family members or friends	18	0.0%
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends	15	0.0%
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	14	0.0%
Ruthenian language spoken with family members or friends	13	0.0%
Armenian language spoken with family members or friends	7	0.0%
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	4	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 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	66,061	100.0%
Hungarian	56,457	85.5%
No answer to ethnic groups	9,167	13.9%
Domestic ethnic groups	1,136	1.7%
Gipsy (Romani)	648	1.0%
Other ethnic groups	190	0.3%
German	122	0.2%
Ukrainian	84	0.1%
Polish	67	0.1%
Greek	53	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Romanian	52	0.1%
Slovakian	32	0.0%
Serbian	28	0.0%
Croatian	23	0.0%
Ruthenian	17	0.0%
Bulgarian	13	0.0%
Armenian	11	0.0%
Slovenian	5	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	25.31 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official

Alternatives for people set on Szolnok

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.

Kecskemét as a Szolnok alternative in the same region

47 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 568 Kecskemét vs 946 Szolnok−40%
Residents: 108,120 Kecskemét vs 66,061 Szolnok+64%
Unemployment: 4.0% Kecskemét vs 4.8% Szolnok−16%
Rent: €3.20/m² Kecskemét vs €3.22/m² Szolnoksame level

Full comparison More about Kecskemét

Békéscsaba as a Szolnok alternative in the same country

88 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 319 Békéscsaba vs 946 Szolnok−66%
Unemployment: 4.3% Békéscsaba vs 4.8% Szolnok−10%
Residents: 55,164 Békéscsaba vs 66,061 Szolnok−16%
Rent: €3.20/m² Békéscsaba vs €3.22/m² Szolnoksame level

Full comparison More about Békéscsaba

Cities near Szolnok

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Tatabánya65,830 residents Érd71,253 residents Sopron60,334 residents Kaposvár59,397 residents Veszprém55,910 residents Szombathely78,190 residents

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Szolnok in rankings

#12 of 30 in Largest cities in Hungary

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

The published population was 66,061 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Szolnok?

Police recorded about 946 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 Szolnok?

The unemployment rate is about 4.8 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Szolnok?

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

Is Szolnok a good place to live?

Szolnok 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 Szolnok?

Rákóczifalva, Abony, Újszász, Törökszentmiklós, Jászladány are near Szolnok. 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 Szolnok?

The official citizenship distribution records 66,061 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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