Living in Ignalina

In Ignalina, average gross earnings are €2,059 a month (2026) and unemployment is 12.4% (2025).

Ignalina registered an unemployment rate of 12.4% at the end of 2025. Annual PM2.5 levels for Ignalina stood at 8 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0714 sources

Population13,127people5 Aug 2026Official source · State Data Agency of Lithuania (LSD)

Average gross salary2,059EUR/month30 Jun 2026Official source · Statistics Lithuania OSP S3R0050_M3060322 — Monthly gross wages by administrative territory

Unemployment rate12.4%country median 8.8% — 42% aboveOfficial source · Užimtumo tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos

Recorded crime1,326incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · Nusikalstamumas pagal savivaldybes (Crime by municipalities)

PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

Which Lithuania-wide rules apply when you move to Ignalina?

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 LithuaniaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Ignalina.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Ignalina. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20

Internet, 60 Mbps€17

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	16.9 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telia Lithuania fixed broadband¹¹Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.89 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telia Lithuania mobile plan¹²Official · national market

Is Ignalina a good place to live?

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Remote worker54%strong on work, weak on housing · range 44–64%

Skilled employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 47–67%

Student59%strong on cost, weak on education · range 48–70%

Family58%strong on safety, weak on education · range 48–68%

Retirement62%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 50–74%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Ignalina?

The unemployment rate is 12.4 % (2025-12). Source: Užimtumo tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos¹³

Unemployment across cities in LithuaniaUnemployment in Ignalina is 12.4%. Of 44 cities with data, 10 have unemployment of 7 to under 8%.

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Ignalina 12.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	2,059 EUR/month	30 Jun 2026	Statistics Lithuania OSP S3R0050_M3060322 — Monthly gross wages by administrative territory¹⁰Official
Unemployment rate	12.4 %country median 8.8%	31 Dec 2025	Užimtumo tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos¹³Official

Public employment offices in Ignalina

Exact offices linked to this city from official sources. Check the office page before visiting because hours and appointment rules can change.

Verified locally

Ignalinos skyrius — Verified local office

Atgimimo g. 24, Ignalina

info.Ignalina@uzt.lt

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Only exact city-linked public offices are listed; this is not a complete directory of private recruiters or every employment provider. Sources checked through 12 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Ignalina?

Police recorded 1,326 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Nusikalstamumas pagal savivaldybes (Crime by municipalities)³

Recorded crime across major citiesIgnalina highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Vilnius1,929

Klaipėda1,697

Kaunas1,666

Alytus1,565

Panevėžys1,502

Marijampolė1,343

Šiauliai1,321

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	1,326 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Nusikalstamumas pagal savivaldybes (Crime by municipalities)³Official

Mobility and administration

Ignalina's nearest airport was VNO, 96 km away and offered 46 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	46 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁴Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	96 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	VNO	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −7.2°C in January and 18.3°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Ignalina?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency (EEA)¹

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

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

PM2.58WHO 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	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)¹Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 8.84 · Feb 7.79 · Mar 15.04 · Apr 24.58 · May 27.67 · Jun 32.46 · Jul 31.81 · Aug 33.19 · Sep 28.68 · Oct 20.62 · Nov 11.76 · Dec 9.31 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -39.5 · Feb -31.85 · Mar -24.59 · Apr -9.09 · May -3.49 · Jun 1.16 · Jul 6.41 · Aug 5.42 · Sep -1.87 · Oct -6.97 · Nov -14.56 · Dec -23.81 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -7.19 · Feb -6.39 · Mar -1.35 · Apr 5.79 · May 12.21 · Jun 15.77 · Jul 18.31 · Aug 17.23 · Sep 12.22 · Oct 5.64 · Nov 0.93 · Dec -4.03 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Ignalina?

The published population was 13,127 people in January 2026. Source: State Data Agency of Lithuania (LSD)⁶

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	13,127 people	5 Aug 2026	State Data Agency of Lithuania (LSD)⁶Official

International community in Ignalina

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Population enumerated in the Lithuania 2021 Census; all persons; official OSP municipality table · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Iš viso pagal gimimo vietą	14,782	100.0%
Lietuva	13,633	92.2%
Kaimas	9,178	62.1%
Miestas	4,458	30.2%
Užsienio valstybės	1,147	7.8%
Baltarusija	456	3.1%
Rusija	382	2.6%
Ukraina	69	0.5%
Kazachstanas	68	0.5%
Latvija	68	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Kitos valstybės	31	0.2%
Estija	29	0.2%
Jungtinė Karalystė	28	0.2%
Uzbekistanas	8	0.1%
Vokietija	6	0.0%
Jungtinės Valstijos	6	0.0%
Azerbaidžanas	3	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

Citizenship

Population enumerated in the Lithuania 2021 Census; all persons; official OSP municipality table · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Iš viso pagal pilietybę	14,782	100.0%
Gyventojai, turintys vieną pilietybę	14,715	99.5%
Lietuvos Respublikos	14,633	99.0%
Rusijos Federacijos	48	0.3%
Gyventojai, turintys daugiau nei vieną pilietybę	38	0.3%
Be pilietybės	36	0.2%
Baltarusijos Respublikos	22	0.1%
Kitų valstybių	9	0.1%

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 Lithuania 2021 Census; all persons; official OSP municipality table · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Iš viso pagal tautybę	14,782	100.0%
Lietuviai	12,229	82.7%
Rusai	1,096	7.4%
Lenkai	882	6.0%
Baltarusiai	231	1.6%
Nenurodyta	194	1.3%
Ukrainiečiai	77	0.5%
Kitos	73	0.5%

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

Alternatives for people set on Ignalina

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.

Mazeikiai as an Ignalina alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 262 km, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Residents: 50,934 Mazeikiai vs 13,127 Ignalina+288%
Unemployment: 9.4% Mazeikiai vs 12.4% Ignalina−24%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,405 Mazeikiai vs 1,326 Ignalina+6%

Full comparison More about Mazeikiai

Alternative cities in Lithuania

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Zarasai13,635 residents Širvintos14,432 residents Skuodas14,686 residents Gargždai15,065 residents Kupiskis15,092 residents Kuršėnai10,916 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Ignalina when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

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 5 to 16. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Lietuvių kalbos mokymas (Lithuanian language teaching for foreign pupils). How to enrol a child (smsm.lrv.lt).

A country-wide rule for Lithuania; Ignalina's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Ignalina part of Vilnius?

Ignalina belongs to the official functional urban area of Vilnius; this describes an urban and commuting relationship, not municipal ownership. It is about 102.1 km away by straight-line distance. Vilnius city profile

Relationship type: Fua Member Of. Source¹⁴

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Ignalina?

The published population was 13,127 people in January 2026. Source: State Data Agency of Lithuania (LSD).

Is the air quality good in Ignalina?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency (EEA).

How safe is Ignalina?

What is the unemployment rate in Ignalina?

The unemployment rate is 12.4 % (2025-12). Source: Užimtumo tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos.

Is Ignalina a good place to live?

Ignalina 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.

Is Ignalina part of Vilnius?

Ignalina belongs to the official functional urban area of Vilnius; this describes an urban and commuting relationship, not municipal ownership. It is about 102.1 km away by straight-line distance.

How many people born in Iš viso pagal gimimo vietą live in Ignalina?

The official country of birth distribution records 14,782 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Ignalina, Lithuania: population, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 8bcafab48f11aabdfa66025b5429ffe6]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/lt/ignalina/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_ignalina-lithuania-population-salary-cost-of-living_195f89092803,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Ignalina, Lithuania: population, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {8bcafab48f11aabdfa66025b5429ffe6},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/lt/ignalina/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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European Environment Agency (EEA) air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
Nusikalstamumas pagal savivaldybes (Crime by municipalities) ird.lt · checked 2026-10-05
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
State Data Agency of Lithuania (LSD) osp-rs.stat.gov.lt · checked 2026-08-05
State Data Agency of Lithuania (Official Statistics Portal) ancestry or ethnicity distribution osp.stat.gov.lt · checked 2026-08-28
State Data Agency of Lithuania (Official Statistics Portal) citizenship distribution osp.stat.gov.lt · checked 2026-08-28
State Data Agency of Lithuania (Official Statistics Portal) country of birth distribution osp.stat.gov.lt · checked 2026-08-28
Statistics Lithuania OSP S3R0050_M3060322 — Monthly gross wages by administrative territory Statistics Lithuania OSP S3R0050_M3060322 · osp-rs.stat.gov.lt · checked 2026-09-23

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Telia Lithuania fixed broadband telia.lt · checked 2026-09-15
Telia Lithuania mobile plan telia.lt · checked 2026-09-15
Užimtumo tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos uzt.lt · checked 2026-08-05
wikidata.org place coordinates wikidata.org · checked 2026-08-28

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