Living in Szombathely

In Szombathely, unemployment is 3.3% (2022).

Szombathely's population was 78,190 at the end of 2022. Szombathely had an unemployment rate of 3.27% at the end of 2022. A foreign population count of 1,631 was recorded at the end of 2022.

Last checked 2026-10-0419 sources

Population78,190people31 Dec 2022Official source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Average gross salary1,601EUR/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 rent4.33EUR/m²/month31 Oct 2018Regional figureOfficial source · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei

Unemployment rate3.27%country median 4.6% — 30% belowOfficial source · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database

Recorded crime272.8incidents 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 Szombathely?

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 Szombathely.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

At the end of 2022, the vacancy rate reached 8.42%. The number of dwellings in Szombathely reached 36,364 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)	8.42 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁴Official
Dwellings	36,364 dwellings	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁵Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4.33 EUR/m²/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	238.3 EUR/month	31 Oct 2018	Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei¹¹Official · regional context

Is Szombathely a good place to live?

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Remote worker58%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 47–69%

Skilled employee65%strong on work, weak on safety · range 56–74%

Student50%strong on education, weak on work · range 40–60%

Family54%strong on family, weak on cost · range 43–65%

Retirement52%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 38–66%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Szombathely?

The unemployment rate is about 3.3 % (2022).

Unemployment rate: 3.27 % · Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Unemployment across cities in HungaryUnemployment in Szombathely is 3.3%. Of 277 cities with data, 124 have unemployment of 4 to under 6%.

124

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Szombathely 3.3%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,601 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	3.27 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

What does a salary buy in Szombathely?

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

Left over each month€368of €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€4.33/m² · official · Magánlakásbérlés, bérleti díjak – a 2018. évi lakbérfelmérés főbb eredményei · 2018-10-31	− €260
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	€368

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Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Szombathely?

Police recorded about 273 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: 272.8 incidents per 100,000 · 11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region¹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	272.8 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	11.1.2.1 Registered crimes by county and region¹Official · county

Mobility and administration

Szombathely's nearest major airport was 73 km away.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	73 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 Szombathely. 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

Szombathely's monthly mean temperatures were −0.2°C in January and 21°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 23.9 mm in January and 77 mm in July.

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

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11°1°

17°5°

21°10°

25°13°

27°15°

22°10°

16°6°

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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 3.2 · Feb 6.3 · Mar 11.3 · Apr 17 · May 21.2 · Jun 24.9 · Jul 27.3 · Aug 27.1 · Sep 21.7 · Oct 15.9 · Nov 9.2 · Dec 3.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.1 · Feb -2.2 · Mar 1.4 · Apr 5.4 · May 9.8 · Jun 13.1 · Jul 14.8 · Aug 14.6 · Sep 10.5 · Oct 6 · Nov 2.3 · Dec -1.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.2 · Feb 1.8 · Mar 5.9 · Apr 11.1 · May 15.5 · Jun 19.2 · Jul 21 · Aug 20.6 · Sep 15.7 · Oct 10.2 · Nov 5.3 · Dec 0.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 23.9 · Feb 27.6 · Mar 30.3 · Apr 38.8 · May 62.3 · Jun 76 · Jul 77 · Aug 76.3 · Sep 64.6 · Oct 53.6 · Nov 46.8 · Dec 35.4 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Hungary: Kecskemét ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Cottbus (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±1.3 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.3 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±1.5 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±1.5 °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 Szombathely?

The published population was 78,190 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport97.9%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Foreign residents	1,631 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)³Official
Population	78,190 people	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database⁹Official

People and communities

At the end of 2022, 9.37% of Szombathely's population reported other or no religion.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
No religion or other, share	9.37 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁷Official

International community in Szombathely

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	78,190	100.0%
Citizen of Hungary	76,559	97.9%
Foreign national	1,631	2.1%
Non-EU foreign national	1,176	1.5%
EU foreign national	455	0.6%

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	78,190	100.0%
Hungarian language spoken with family members or friends	67,549	86.4%
No answer to question about language spoken with family members or friends	10,042	12.8%
Other language spoken with family members or friends	2,167	2.8%
Language spoken with family members or friends by domestic ethnic groups	1,800	2.3%
German language spoken with family members or friends	970	1.2%
Croatian language spoken with family members or friends	168	0.2%
Serbian language spoken with family members or friends	147	0.2%
Gipsy (Romani, Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	141	0.2%
Ukrainian language spoken with family members or friends	140	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Gipsy (Romani) language spoken with family members or friends	112	0.1%
Romanian language spoken with family members or friends	103	0.1%
Slovenian language spoken with family members or friends	41	0.1%
Gipsy (Boyash) language spoken with family members or friends	31	0.0%
Bulgarian language spoken with family members or friends	23	0.0%
Polish language spoken with family members or friends	22	0.0%
Slovakian language spoken with family members or friends	21	0.0%
Ruthenian language spoken with family members or friends	19	0.0%
Greek language spoken with family members or friends	11	0.0%
Armenian language spoken with family members or friends	7	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	78,190	100.0%
Hungarian	67,592	86.4%
No answer to ethnic groups	9,659	12.4%
Domestic ethnic groups	1,804	2.3%
German	434	0.6%
Croatian	372	0.5%
Other ethnic groups	362	0.5%
Gipsy (Romani)	357	0.5%
Ukrainian	193	0.2%
Serbian	155	0.2%

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Published group	People	Share
Romanian	107	0.1%
Slovenian	90	0.1%
Slovakian	33	0.0%
Bulgarian	26	0.0%
Polish	26	0.0%
Greek	16	0.0%
Ruthenian	15	0.0%
Armenian	12	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	23.5 %	31 Dec 2022	Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH)⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Szombathely

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.

Sárvár as a Szombathely alternative in the same region

23 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.

Unemployment: 2.4% Sárvár vs 3.3% Szombathely−26%
Residents: 14,314 Sárvár vs 78,190 Szombathely−82%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,568 Sárvár vs 273 Szombathelyno percentage
Rent: €4.33/m² Sárvár vs €4.33/m² Szombathelysame level

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Veszprém as a Szombathely alternative in the same country

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

Recorded crime, per 100k: 202 Veszprém vs 273 Szombathely−26%
Rent: €3.78/m² Veszprém vs €4.33/m² Szombathely−13%
Residents: 55,910 Veszprém vs 78,190 Szombathely−28%
Unemployment: 3.3% Veszprém vs 3.3% Szombathelysame level

Full comparison More about Veszprém

Cities near Szombathely

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

Alternative cities in Hungary

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

All Hungary cities

Érd71,253 residents Szolnok66,061 residents Tatabánya65,830 residents Székesfehérvár95,045 residents Sopron60,334 residents Kaposvár59,397 residents

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Szombathely in rankings

#6 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Hungary #10 of 30 in Largest cities in Hungary

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

The published population was 78,190 people in 2022. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How safe is Szombathely?

Police recorded about 273 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 Szombathely?

The unemployment rate is about 3.3 % (2022). Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH), 2022 Census database.

How many foreign residents live in Szombathely?

1,631 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH).

Is Szombathely a good place to live?

Szombathely 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 Szombathely?

Kőszeg, Körmend, Sárvár are near Szombathely. 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 Szombathely?

The official citizenship distribution records 78,190 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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