Living in Visaginas

In Visaginas, average gross earnings are €2,479 a month (2026) and unemployment is 11.8% (2025).

Visaginas had an unemployment rate of 11.8% at the end of 2025.

Last checked 2026-10-0713 sources

Population19,075people5 Aug 2026Official source · State Data Agency of Lithuania (LSD)

Average gross salary2,479EUR/month30 Jun 2026Official source · Statistics Lithuania OSP S3R0050_M3060322 — Monthly gross wages by administrative territory

Unemployment rate11.8%country median 8.8% — 35% aboveOfficial source · Užimtumo tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos

Recorded crime1,243incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Official source · Nusikalstamumas pagal savivaldybes (Crime by municipalities)

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

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 Visaginas.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Visaginas. 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 broadband¹⁰Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	19.89 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Telia Lithuania mobile plan¹¹Official · national market

Is Visaginas a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–68%

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

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 Visaginas?

The unemployment rate is 11.8 % (2025-12). Source: Užimtumo tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos¹²

Unemployment across cities in LithuaniaUnemployment in Visaginas is 11.8%. Of 44 cities with data, 10 have unemployment of 7 to under 8%.

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Visaginas 11.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	2,479 EUR/month	30 Jun 2026	Statistics Lithuania OSP S3R0050_M3060322 — Monthly gross wages by administrative territory⁹Official
Unemployment rate	11.8 %country median 8.8%	31 Dec 2025	Užimtumo tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos¹²Official

Public employment offices in Visaginas

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

Verified locally

Visagino skyrius — Verified local office

Atgimimo al. 25, Visaginas

Info.Visaginas@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 Visaginas?

Police recorded about 1,243 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)²

Recorded crime across major citiesVisaginas 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	1,243 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Nusikalstamumas pagal savivaldybes (Crime by municipalities)²Official

Mobility and administration

Visaginas's nearest airport was VNO, 130 km away and offered 46 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	46 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights³Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	130 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁴Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	VNO	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁴Official

Climate and air quality

Visaginas's monthly mean temperatures were −7.2°C in January and 18.3°C in July.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
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 Center¹Official · 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 Center¹Official · 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 Center¹Official · coordinate grid

Population and city profile

How many people live in Visaginas?

The published population was 19,075 people in January 2026. Source: State Data Agency of Lithuania (LSD)⁵

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	19,075 people	5 Aug 2026	State Data Agency of Lithuania (LSD)⁵Official

International community in Visaginas

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	19,633	100.0%
Užsienio valstybės	9,869	50.3%
Lietuva	9,761	49.7%
Miestas	7,212	36.7%
Rusija	4,760	24.2%
Kaimas	2,551	13.0%
Baltarusija	2,296	11.7%
Ukraina	999	5.1%
Kazachstanas	551	2.8%
Latvija	444	2.3%

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Published group	People	Share
Kitos valstybės	358	1.8%
Uzbekistanas	238	1.2%
Azerbaidžanas	78	0.4%
Jungtinė Karalystė	74	0.4%
Vokietija	38	0.2%
Estija	27	0.1%
Lenkija	6	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Citizenship

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

Published group	People	Share
Iš viso pagal pilietybę	19,633	100.0%
Gyventojai, turintys vieną pilietybę	19,243	98.0%
Lietuvos Respublikos	17,844	90.9%
Rusijos Federacijos	1,033	5.3%
Gyventojai, turintys daugiau nei vieną pilietybę	268	1.4%
Baltarusijos Respublikos	170	0.9%
Ukrainos	130	0.7%
Be pilietybės	121	0.6%
Kitų valstybių	71	0.4%

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

Published group	People	Share
Iš viso pagal tautybę	19,633	100.0%
Rusai	9,299	47.4%
Lietuviai	3,953	20.1%
Lenkai	2,009	10.2%
Baltarusiai	1,884	9.6%
Ukrainiečiai	1,027	5.2%
Nenurodyta	909	4.6%
Kitos	547	2.8%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁶

Alternatives for people set on Visaginas

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.

Marijampolė as a Visaginas alternative in the same country

Better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 53,498 Marijampolė vs 19,075 Visaginas+180%
Unemployment: 9.3% Marijampolė vs 11.8% Visaginas−21%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,343 Marijampolė vs 1,243 Visaginasno percentage

Full comparison More about Marijampolė

Alternative cities in Lithuania

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

All Lithuania cities

Palanga19,172 residents Varėna19,233 residents Naujoji Akmene18,696 residents Joniškis19,732 residents Druskininkai19,837 residents Pasvalys21,228 residents

How does Visaginas compare?

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Visaginas 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; Visaginas's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Visaginas part of Vilnius?

Visaginas belongs to the official functional urban area of Vilnius; this describes an urban and commuting relationship, not municipal ownership. It is about 126.2 km away by straight-line distance. Vilnius city profile

Relationship type: Fua Member Of. Source¹³

Common questions

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

How many people live in Visaginas?

The published population was 19,075 people in January 2026. Source: State Data Agency of Lithuania (LSD).

How safe is Visaginas?

What is the unemployment rate in Visaginas?

The unemployment rate is 11.8 % (2025-12). Source: Užimtumo tarnyba prie Lietuvos Respublikos socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos.

Is Visaginas a good place to live?

Visaginas 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 Visaginas part of Vilnius?

Visaginas belongs to the official functional urban area of Vilnius; this describes an urban and commuting relationship, not municipal ownership. It is about 126.2 km away by straight-line distance.

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

The official country of birth distribution records 19,633 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). Visaginas, Lithuania: population, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 38043493fe3eb38be2f6ea8e7757b6bb]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/lt/visaginas/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  title = {Visaginas, Lithuania: population, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {38043493fe3eb38be2f6ea8e7757b6bb},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/lt/visaginas/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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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
Telia Lithuania fixed broadband telia.lt · checked 2026-09-15

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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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