Living in Kėdainiai

In Kėdainiai, average gross earnings are €2,472 a month (2026) and unemployment is 8.5% (2025).

Kėdainiai registered an unemployment rate of 8.5% at the end of 2025. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 10 µg/m³.

Last checked 2026-10-0713 sources

Population44,998people5 Aug 2026Official source · State Data Agency of Lithuania (LSD)

Average gross salary2,472EUR/month30 Jun 2026Official source · Statistics Lithuania OSP S3R0050_M3060322 — Monthly gross wages by administrative territory

Unemployment rate8.5%country median 8.8% — 3% belowOfficial source · Užimtumo tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos

Recorded crime1,409incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · Nusikalstamumas pagal savivaldybes (Crime by municipalities)

PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

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

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 Kėdainiai.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Kėdainiai. 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 Kėdainiai a good place to live?

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Remote worker56%strong on work, weak on housing · range 46–66%

Skilled employee60%strong on work, weak on education · range 50–70%

Student60%strong on cost, weak on education · range 49–71%

Family59%strong on safety, weak on education · range 49–69%

Retirement61%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 49–73%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Kėdainiai?

The unemployment rate is 8.5 % (2025-12). Source: Užimtumo tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos¹³

Unemployment across cities in LithuaniaUnemployment in Kėdainiai is 8.5%. Of 44 cities with data, 10 have unemployment of 7 to under 8%.

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Kėdainiai 8.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	2,472 EUR/month	30 Jun 2026	Statistics Lithuania OSP S3R0050_M3060322 — Monthly gross wages by administrative territory¹⁰Official
Unemployment rate	8.5 %country median 8.8%	31 Dec 2025	Užimtumo tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos¹³Official

Public employment offices in Kėdainiai

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

Verified locally

Kėdainių skyrius — Verified local office

J. Basanavičiaus g. 18, Kėdainiai

Info.Kedainiai@uzt.lt

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Safety

How safe is Kėdainiai?

Police recorded about 1,409 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 citiesKėdainiai 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	1,409 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Nusikalstamumas pagal savivaldybes (Crime by municipalities)³Official

Mobility and administration

Kėdainiai's nearest airport was KUN, 37 km away and offered 19 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	19 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁴Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	37 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	KUN	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −5.9°C in January and 18.1°C in July.

Is the air quality good in Kėdainiai?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency¹

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

PM2.510WHO 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	10 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency¹Official · nearest-station reading
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 9.25 · Feb 8.84 · Mar 16.84 · Apr 24.53 · May 28.33 · Jun 31.54 · Jul 30.44 · Aug 32.18 · Sep 27.04 · Oct 20.12 · Nov 13.67 · Dec 9.45 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official · coordinate grid
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -39.71 · Feb -30.61 · Mar -21.35 · Apr -9.99 · May -4.54 · Jun 1.49 · Jul 5.4 · Aug 6.07 · Sep -1.68 · Oct -7 · Nov -13.91 · Dec -24.18 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -5.87 · Feb -5.04 · Mar -0.44 · Apr 5.96 · May 12.11 · Jun 15.57 · Jul 18.12 · Aug 17.12 · Sep 12.41 · Oct 6.23 · Nov 1.78 · Dec -2.84 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Kėdainiai?

The published population was 44,998 people in January 2026. Source: State Data Agency of Lithuania (LSD)⁶

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	44,998 people	5 Aug 2026	State Data Agency of Lithuania (LSD)⁶Official

International community in Kėdainiai

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	46,382	100.0%
Lietuva	44,722	96.4%
Kaimas	24,816	53.5%
Miestas	19,909	42.9%
Užsienio valstybės	1,660	3.6%
Rusija	740	1.6%
Jungtinė Karalystė	226	0.5%
Kitos valstybės	196	0.4%
Ukraina	134	0.3%
Baltarusija	123	0.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Kazachstanas	114	0.2%
Latvija	68	0.1%
Uzbekistanas	14	0.0%
Vokietija	13	0.0%
Estija	12	0.0%
Lenkija	11	0.0%
Azerbaidžanas	6	0.0%
Jungtinės Valstijos	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	46,382	100.0%
Gyventojai, turintys vieną pilietybę	46,279	99.8%
Lietuvos Respublikos	46,147	99.5%
Rusijos Federacijos	84	0.2%
Gyventojai, turintys daugiau nei vieną pilietybę	78	0.2%
Be pilietybės	26	0.1%
Kitų valstybių	25	0.1%
Ukrainos	17	0.0%
Baltarusijos Respublikos	5	0.0%
Lenkijos Respublikos	4	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 Lithuania 2021 Census; all persons; official OSP municipality table · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
Iš viso pagal tautybę	46,382	100.0%
Lietuviai	44,382	95.7%
Rusai	814	1.8%
Nenurodyta	580	1.3%
Lenkai	268	0.6%
Kitos	132	0.3%
Ukrainiečiai	109	0.2%
Baltarusiai	101	0.2%

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

Alternatives for people set on Kėdainiai

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Kėdainiai from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Alternative cities in Lithuania

Other cities in Lithuania to compare with Kėdainiai, nearest in population first.

All Lithuania cities

Jonava41,382 residents Alytus49,940 residents Mazeikiai50,934 residents Silute37,906 residents Telsiai37,902 residents Marijampolė53,498 residents

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Kėdainiai in rankings

#4 of 12 in Cities with cleanest air in Lithuania #9 of 28 in Largest cities in Lithuania #13 of 27 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Lithuania #16 of 21 in Safest cities in Lithuania by recorded crime #18 of 24 in Cities with the highest published monthly salaries

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

The published population was 44,998 people in January 2026. Source: State Data Agency of Lithuania (LSD).

Is the air quality good in Kėdainiai?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 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.

How safe is Kėdainiai?

What is the unemployment rate in Kėdainiai?

The unemployment rate is 8.5 % (2025-12). Source: Užimtumo tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos.

Is Kėdainiai a good place to live?

Kėdainiai 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 born in Iš viso pagal gimimo vietą live in Kėdainiai?

The official country of birth distribution records 46,382 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). Kėdainiai, Lithuania: population, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 3e55595db1b10e322ab0b4cfe45984d2]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/lt/kedainiai/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Kėdainiai, Lithuania: population, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/lt/kedainiai/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Sources

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European Environment Agency 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

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