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Living in Klaipėdos municipality

In Klaipėdos municipality, unemployment is 8.2% (2025).

The unemployment rate was 8.2% at the end of 2025. The nearest airport was PLQ, 30.2 km away, with 3 listed destinations in June 2026. The population of Klaipėdos municipality, in Lithuania, was 160,026 at the start of 2026. The city covered 109 km² in 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2422 sources

Population160,026people1 Jan 2026Official source · Statistics Lithuania OSP — resident population by county and municipality
Unemployment rate8.2%country median 8.8% — 6% belowOfficial source · Statistics Lithuania / OSP — registered unemployment by county and municipality
Recorded crime1,697offences per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · Information Technology and Communications Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania
PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — LT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Klaipeda - Silutes")

Which Lithuania-wide rules apply when you move to Klaipėdos municipality?

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 Klaipėdos municipality.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Klaipėdos municipality recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Mobile plan, 10 GB€20
Internet, 60 Mbps€17
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited16.9 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telia Lithuania fixed broadband17Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.89 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Telia Lithuania mobile plan18Official · national market
Dwellings80,061 dwellings31 Dec 2024VĮ Registrų centras (RC)21Official
Residential property price per m²1,850 EUR/m²31 Dec 2024VĮ Registrų centras (RC)21Official

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Klaipėdos municipality?

The unemployment rate is 8.2 % (2025). Source: Statistics Lithuania / OSP — registered unemployment by county and municipality13

Unemployment across cities in LithuaniaUnemployment in Klaipėdos municipality is 8.2%. Of 44 cities with data, 10 have unemployment of 7 to under 8%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fibre coverage92 %31 Dec 2024Ryšių reguliavimo tarnyba (RRT)12Official
Top income-tax rate32 %31 Dec 2024Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija (VMI)20Official
Unemployment rate8.2 %country median 8.8%31 Dec 2025Statistics Lithuania / OSP — registered unemployment by county and municipality13Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Klaipėdos municipality. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Employment Service of Lithuania — Public employment service

Užimtumo tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos

Job Search
Open official service
Open the Lithuania service overview

Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Klaipėdos municipality. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
International school in the citytrue31 Dec 2024Švietimo, mokslo ir sporto ministerija (ŠMSM)16Official
Schools38 schools31 Dec 2024Švietimo, mokslo ir sporto ministerija (ŠMSM)16Official

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; Klaipėdos municipality's school authority applies it locally.

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents612 beds/100k31 Dec 2024Higienos institutas (HI)4Official
Physicians per 100,000 residents510 physicians/100k31 Dec 2024Higienos institutas (HI)4Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Klaipėdos municipality 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.

Open the official coverage guide
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents612 beds/100kVerified 2026-08-27
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Klaipėdos municipality?

Police recorded about 1,697 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: 1,697 offences per 100,000 · Information Technology and Communications Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania5
Recorded crime across major citiesKlaipėdos municipality highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Klaipėdos municipality highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Vilnius1,929
Klaipėda1,697
Kaunas1,666
Alytus1,565
Panevėžys1,502
Marijampolė1,343
Šiauliai1,321
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents1,697 offences per 100,00031 Dec 2025Information Technology and Communications Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania5Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport3 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat10Official
Nearest airportPLQ13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv11Official
Distance to nearest airport30.2 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv11Official

Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Klaipėdos municipality?

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: EEA air quality statistics — LT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Klaipeda - Silutes")3

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

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean16 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — LT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station "Klaipeda - Centras")1Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean14 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — LT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station "Klaipeda - Centras")2Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean10 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — LT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Klaipeda - Silutes")3Official · nearest-station reading
Average January temperature-1.5 °C31 Dec 2024Lietuvos hidrometeorologijos tarnyba (LHMT)6Official
Annual mean temperature (modelled)7.91 °C2001-2020NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology9Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
Annual precipitation (modelled)810.9 mm/year2001-2020NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology9Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
January mean temperature (modelled)-1.95 °C2001-2020NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology9Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
January minimum temperature (modelled)-25.04 °C2001-2020NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology9Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
July maximum temperature (modelled)29.08 °C2001-2020NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology9Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
July mean temperature (modelled)18.23 °C2001-2020NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology9Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
Daily precipitation rate (modelled)2.22 mm/day2001-2020NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology9Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
Solar exposure (modelled)2.93 kWh/m²/day2001-2020NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology9Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate

Population and city profile

How many people live in Klaipėdos municipality?

The published population was 160,026 people in January 2026. Source: Statistics Lithuania OSP — resident population by county and municipality15

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area1,336 km²31 Dec 2024Valstybės duomenų agentūra (VDA)19Official
City area109 km²1 Jan 2024www.geoportal.lt22Official
Foreign residents2,750 people1 Jan 2021Statistics Lithuania OSP — population by citizenship and municipality14Official
Population density1,468 people/km²1 Jan 2026OSP resident population by municipality (1 Jan 2026) and VDA administrative units area15Official
Population160,026 people1 Jan 2026Statistics Lithuania OSP — resident population by county and municipality15Official

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median age43.2 years31 Dec 2024Lietuvos statistikos departamentas (LSD)7Official
Standard VAT rate21 %31 Dec 2024Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija (VMI)20Official

Alternative cities in Lithuania

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

All Lithuania cities
Klaipėda160,026 residentsŠiauliai110,965 residentsKaunas302,835 residentsPanevėžys84,319 residentsMarijampolė53,498 residentsMazeikiai50,934 residents

Common questions

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

How many people live in Klaipėdos municipality?

The published population was 160,026 people in January 2026. Source: Statistics Lithuania OSP — resident population by county and municipality.

Is the air quality good in Klaipėdos municipality?

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: EEA air quality statistics — LT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Klaipeda - Silutes").

How safe is Klaipėdos municipality?

Police recorded about 1,697 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Information Technology and Communications Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania.

What is the unemployment rate in Klaipėdos municipality?

The unemployment rate is 8.2 % (2025). Source: Statistics Lithuania / OSP — registered unemployment by county and municipality.

How many foreign residents live in Klaipėdos municipality?

2,750 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Statistics Lithuania OSP — population by citizenship and municipality.

Is Klaipėdos municipality a good place to live?

ImmigrationDB does not yet have enough current, multi-domain evidence and internal comparison context to answer that reliably. This stable data record remains available while the missing evidence is collected.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 29). Klaipėdos municipality, Lithuania: population, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version cbe4d6ad2dbc0e28fe5ef43b41a89425]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/lt/lt-00001801/ Retrieved 2026-10-29. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_klaipedos-municipality-lithuania-population-salary-jobs_8b211d8652a2,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Klaipėdos municipality, Lithuania: population, salary, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-29},
  version = {cbe4d6ad2dbc0e28fe5ef43b41a89425},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/lt/lt-00001801/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-29. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

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  1. EEA air quality statistics — LT NO2 annual mean 2024 (station "Klaipeda - Centras") EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
  2. EEA air quality statistics — LT PM10 annual mean 2024 (station "Klaipeda - Centras") EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
  3. EEA air quality statistics — LT PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station "Klaipeda - Silutes") EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
  4. Higienos institutas (HI) get.data.gov.lt · checked 2026-06-12
  5. Information Technology and Communications Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania ird.lt · checked 2026-08-04
  6. Lietuvos hidrometeorologijos tarnyba (LHMT) api.meteo.lt · checked 2026-06-12
  7. Lietuvos statistikos departamentas (LSD) get.data.gov.lt · checked 2026-06-12
  8. Lietuvos užimtumo tarnyba + LSD get.data.gov.lt · checked 2026-06-12
  9. NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology NASA POWER · power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-10-29
  10. OpenFlights — routes.dat OpenFlights · raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-07-14
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  1. OurAirports — airports.csv OurAirports · davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-07-14
  2. Ryšių reguliavimo tarnyba (RRT) rrt.lt · checked 2026-06-12
  3. Statistics Lithuania / OSP — registered unemployment by county and municipality Statistics Lithuania / OSP · osp.stat.gov.lt · checked 2026-07-26
  4. Statistics Lithuania OSP — population by citizenship and municipality Statistics Lithuania OSP · osp.stat.gov.lt · checked 2026-07-26
  5. Statistics Lithuania OSP — resident population by county and municipality Statistics Lithuania OSP · osp.stat.gov.lt · checked 2026-07-26
  6. Švietimo, mokslo ir sporto ministerija (ŠMSM) get.data.gov.lt · checked 2026-06-12
  7. Telia Lithuania fixed broadband telia.lt · checked 2026-09-15
  8. Telia Lithuania mobile plan telia.lt · checked 2026-09-15
  9. Valstybės duomenų agentūra (VDA) get.data.gov.lt · checked 2026-06-12
  10. Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija (VMI) vmi.lt · checked 2026-06-12
  11. VĮ Registrų centras (RC) registrucentras.lt · checked 2026-06-12
  12. www.geoportal.lt geoportal.lt · checked 2026-07-14

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