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Living in Kielce

In Kielce, unemployment is 5.1% (2025).

The unemployment rate was 5.1% at the end of 2025. Monthly precipitation was 37.3 mm in January and 94.3 mm in July.

Last checked 2026-09-1921 sources

Population202,196people31 Mar 2011Official source · Ludność w gminach. Stan w dniu 31 marca 2011 r. (NSP 2011 — National Census 2011, population of gminas at 31 March 2011)
Median gross salary (region)1,757EUR/month27 Aug 2026Official source · bdl.stat.gov.pl
Average net rent5.27EUR/m²/monthcountry median €4.13 — 28% aboveOfficial source · Eurostat
Unemployment rate5.1%country median 4.4% — 16% aboveOfficial source · Local Data Bank — Share of registered unemployed persons in the working-age population by sex, total, 2025
Recorded crime2,664incidents per 100,000country median 2,452 — 9% aboveOfficial source · bdl.stat.gov.pl
PM2.5, annual mean15µg/m³country median 16.0 — 6% belowOfficial source · EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — Poland 2024 PM2.5 station data

Pricier rent than 69% of Polish cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 61% of Polish cities that publish it and cleaner air than 66% of Polish cities that publish it.

Which Poland-wide rules apply when you move to Kielce?

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 PolandNational rates and thresholds that apply in Kielce.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Kielce?

Average net cold rent is 5.27 EUR/m² per month (2008), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

  • Average net rent (nettokalt): 5.27 EUR/m²/month · Eurostat7
What recurs every month6 published recurring costs, € per month
Kielce recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Utilities, 85 m² flat€180
Private kindergarten€174
Transport pass€28
Fitness club€27
Internet, 60 Mbps€11
Mobile plan, 10 GB€7

Supplemental estimate lane; these items are not official statistics.

Net rent across major citiesKielce highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Kielce highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Szczecin€10.25
Katowice€8.83
Poznań€8.54
Kielce€5.27
Radom€3.27
Częstochowa€2.99
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Łódź€6.55
Opole€4.98
Bydgoszcz€4.41
Lublin€4.27
Białystok€3.99
Rzeszów€3.56
MetricValuePeriodSource
Fitness club membership, monthly26.97 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Numbeo — Cost of Living in Kielce (Wayback capture 20241204151440)21Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited10.82 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Numbeo — Cost of Living in Kielce (Wayback capture 20241204151440)21Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Private kindergarten, monthly173.9 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Numbeo — Cost of Living in Kielce (Wayback capture 20241204151440)21Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB7.07 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Numbeo — Cost of Living in Kielce (Wayback capture 20241204151440)21Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Monthly transport pass27.82 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Numbeo — Cost of Living in Kielce (Wayback capture 20241204151440)21Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Basic utilities, 85 m² home180.1 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Numbeo — Cost of Living in Kielce (Wayback capture 20241204151440)21Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Average net rent (nettokalt)5.27 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €4.1331 Dec 2008Eurostat7Official

Cost of living

Fixed monthly costs for one person in an 85 m² flat were about €674 in the latest published figures. From a median gross salary of €1,757, that leaves €1,083 before income tax and social contributions.

Where a Kielce salary goesfixed monthly costs, share of the €674 basket · median gross salary €1,757/month
  • Net rent, 85 m² · 66%€448
  • Utilities, 85 m² · 27%€180
  • Transport pass · 4%€28
  • Internet and mobile · 3%€18

One person, 85 m² flat; the ring splits the €674 fixed basket before income tax and social contributions, latest published figures (checked 2026-09-17).

Is Kielce 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 worker54%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 46–62%
Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–70%
Student60%strong on cost, weak on education · range 51–69%
Family67%strong on family, weak on education · range 59–75%
Retirement55%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 46–64%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 316 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5.27 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2008

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Kielce?

The unemployment rate is 5.1 % (2025). Source: Local Data Bank — Share of registered unemployed persons in the working-age population by sex, total, 202516

Unemployment across cities in PolandUnemployment in Kielce is 5.1%. Of 632 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Median gross salary (regional)1,757 EUR/month27 Aug 2026bdl.stat.gov.pl2Official
Unemployment rate5.1 %country median 4.4%31 Dec 2025Local Data Bank — Share of registered unemployed persons in the working-age population by sex, total, 202516Official

What does a salary buy in Kielce?

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

regional median gross pay: €1,757 (bdl.stat.gov.pl, 2026-08-27).
Left over each month€799of €1,341 take-home
  • Rent
  • Utilities
  • Transport
  • 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.€1,341
Rent, 60 m²€5.27/m² · official · Eurostat · 2008-12-31− €316
Public transport pass€28 · market price · Numbeo · 2024-12-31− €28
Utilities, 85 m²€180 · market price · Numbeo · 2024-12-31− €180
Internet€11 · market price · Numbeo · 2024-12-31− €11
Mobile plan€7 · market price · Numbeo · 2024-12-31− €7
Left over€799
Take-home pay for other salaries and households

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Public Employment Services Poland — Public employment service

Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy / public employment offices

Job SearchTraining
Search jobs
Open the Poland service overview

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospitals15 count15 Sept 2026RPWDL 2.0 — Rejestr Podmiotów Wykonujących Działalność Leczniczą20Official
Pharmacies76 count15 Sept 2026Apteki — Rejestr Aptek1Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Kielce 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.

Safety

How safe is Kielce?

Police recorded 2,664 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: bdl.stat.gov.pl3

Recorded crime across major citiesKielce highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Kielce highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Katowice4,141
Gdańsk3,165
Warsaw2,970
Wrocław2,879
Kielce2,664
Kraków2,546
Poznań2,539
Szczecin2,519
Bydgoszcz2,423
Łódź2,401
Lublin2,363
Białystok1,708
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents2,664 incidents per 100,000country median 2,45231 Dec 2024bdl.stat.gov.pl3Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Nearest airportRDO3 Aug 2026OurAirports18Official
Distance to nearest airport71 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports18Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Kielce. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Polish language classes for foreigners seeking international protection — State Language Course

Office for Foreigners of Poland

For foreigners seeking international protection and receiving social assistance, temporary-protection beneficiaries receiving support.

PolishIn Person, Onlinefree
Open official information

Polish-language and adaptation courses for repatriates and their families — Newcomer Adaptation

Centre for the Development of Polish Education Abroad (ORPEG)

For repatriates, repatriate family members.

PolishIn Personfree
Open official information
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Kielce.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −2.2°C in January and 18.7°C in July. Annual PM2.5 was 15 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in Kielce?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 15 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 Annual Statistics — Poland 2024 PM2.5 station data4

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

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
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.

PM2.5 across cities in PolandAnnual PM2.5 in Kielce is 15.0 µg/m³. Of 200 cities with data, 32 have annual PM2.5 of 16 to under 17 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean15 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — PL NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Kielce, ul. Targowa)5Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean22 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — PL PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Kielce, ul. Targowa)6Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean15 µg/m³country median 16.031 Dec 2024EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — Poland 2024 PM2.5 station data4Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 0.8 · Feb 2.6 · Mar 7.4 · Apr 14.4 · May 19.4 · Jun 22.7 · Jul 24.9 · Aug 24.6 · Sep 19 · Oct 13.1 · Nov 6.6 · Dec 1.9 °C31 Dec 2020IMGW-PIB climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, KIELCE, 1991-202012Official
Average night-time low by monthJan -5.1 · Feb -4.4 · Mar -1.7 · Apr 2.7 · May 7.5 · Jun 11 · Jul 12.9 · Aug 12.3 · Sep 8.2 · Oct 4 · Nov 0.3 · Dec -3.6 °C31 Dec 2020IMGW-PIB climate normal — mean monthly minimum air temperature, KIELCE, 1991-202013Official
Average temperature by monthJan -2.2 · Feb -1.1 · Mar 2.5 · Apr 8.4 · May 13.4 · Jun 16.9 · Jul 18.7 · Aug 18.2 · Sep 13.2 · Oct 8.1 · Nov 3.3 · Dec -0.9 °C31 Dec 2020IMGW-PIB climate normal — mean monthly air temperature, KIELCE, 1991-202011Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 37.3 · Feb 34 · Mar 40.2 · Apr 39.5 · May 70.1 · Jun 70.2 · Jul 94.3 · Aug 67.6 · Sep 55.1 · Oct 45.2 · Nov 40.2 · Dec 37.4 mm31 Dec 2020IMGW-PIB climate normal — monthly total precipitation, KIELCE, 1991-202015Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 55.8 · Feb 71.3 · Mar 126.2 · Apr 181.4 · May 228.2 · Jun 232.4 · Jul 241.3 · Aug 238.9 · Sep 162.2 · Oct 112.8 · Nov 56.1 · Dec 45.2 hours31 Dec 2020IMGW-PIB climate normal — mean monthly sunshine duration, KIELCE, 1991-202014Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 110 km² in 2024. Population density was 1,641 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Kielce?

The published population was 202,196 people in March 2011. Source: Ludność w gminach. Stan w dniu 31 marca 2011 r. (NSP 2011 — National Census 2011, population of gminas at 31 March 2011)17

Foreign residents and their share come from different publications that count different groups (for example citizens of another country, or people born abroad, or of foreign origin), so 360 is not 0.1% of the population. Each row names its source.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area110 km²31 Dec 2024GUS BDL / GUGiK area variable 20189Official
Foreign-resident share0.1 %31 Dec 2011Eurostat8Official
Foreign residents360 people31 Mar 2021GUS BDL / NSP 2021 non-Polish citizenship variable 165336710Official
Population density1,641 people/km²31 Dec 2024Reproducible gmina density for Kielce: population_total_2024 / official area_2024, rounded to the metric contract precision 0.19Official
Population202,196 people31 Mar 2011Ludność w gminach. Stan w dniu 31 marca 2011 r. (NSP 2011 — National Census 2011, population of gminas at 31 March 2011)17Official
Population over time11 published observations, 2011–2025

Population fell 11.4% between 2011 and 2025, from 201,815 to 178,837.

Alternatives for people set on Kielce

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.

Rzeszów as a Kielce alternative in the same country

Better on 6 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

  • Rent: €3.56/m² Rzeszów vs €5.27/m² Kielce−32%
  • Foreign residents: 0.2% Rzeszów vs 0.1% Kielce+100%
  • Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,460 Rzeszów vs 2,664 Kielce−45%
  • Nearest airport: 8.0 km Rzeszów vs 71.0 km Kielce−89%
  • Basic utilities, 85 m²: €231 Rzeszów vs €180 Kielce+28%
  • Unemployment: 4.6% Rzeszów vs 5.1% Kielce−10%
  • Median gross pay, region: €1,875 Rzeszów vs €1,757 Kielce+7%
Full comparisonMore about Rzeszów

Budapest as a Kielce alternative in another country

Better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.

  • Rent: €16.94/m² (2026) Budapest vs €5.27/m² (2008) Kielceno percentage
  • Nearest airport: 18.0 km Budapest vs 71.0 km Kielce−75%
  • Median gross pay, region: €2,534 Budapest vs €1,757 Kielceno percentage
  • Annual PM2.5: 13.0 µg/m³ Budapest vs 15.0 µg/m³ Kielce−13%
Full comparisonMore about Budapest

Alternatives with a better balance

same official-source families, comparable grain — left of gross salary after the same fixed costs
Kielce€1,083this cityRzeszów€1,304+€221

Nearby is not always better: the greyed row leaves less than Kielce at the same fixed-cost basket. Every alternative publishes the same metric families, each with its own source and date.

Alternative cities in Poland

Other cities in Poland to compare with Kielce, nearest in population first.

All Poland cities
Toruń204,954 residentsSosnowiec216,420 residentsGliwice187,474 residentsRadom221,287 residentsZabrze181,128 residentsRzeszów179,386 residents

How does Kielce compare?

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Kielce in rankings

#12 of 17 in Cheapest cities to rent in Poland #16 of 30 in Largest cities in Poland

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 7 to 18, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: oddział przygotowawczy (preparatory unit; min 3 h/week Polish as foreign language within 20-26 h/week). How to enrol a child (gov.pl).

A country-wide rule for Poland; Kielce's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Common questions

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

Is Kielce expensive?

Fixed monthly costs for one person in an 85 m² flat — net rent, utilities, a transport pass, internet and mobile — came to about €674 against a median gross salary of €1,757 (figures), leaving about €1,083 before income tax. Sources: the rent, recurring-cost and salary series published on this page, each with its own source and date.

How many people live in Kielce?

The published population was 202,196 people in March 2011. Source: Ludność w gminach. Stan w dniu 31 marca 2011 r. (NSP 2011 — National Census 2011, population of gminas at 31 March 2011).

How much does it cost to rent in Kielce?

Average net cold rent is 5.27 EUR/m² per month (2008), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 369 EUR a month before utilities. Source: Eurostat.

Is the air quality good in Kielce?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 15 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 Annual Statistics — Poland 2024 PM2.5 station data.

How safe is Kielce?

Police recorded 2,664 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: bdl.stat.gov.pl.

What is the unemployment rate in Kielce?

The unemployment rate is 5.1 % (2025). Source: Local Data Bank — Share of registered unemployed persons in the working-age population by sex, total, 2025.

What is the typical salary around Kielce?

The median gross salary is 1,757 EUR/month. Source: bdl.stat.gov.pl.

Is Kielce a good place to live?

Kielce 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.

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  4. IMGW-PIB climate normal — mean monthly sunshine duration, KIELCE, 1991-2020 IMGW-PIB climate normal · klimat.imgw.pl · checked 2026-07-27
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