Living in Piwniczna-Zdrój

In Piwniczna-Zdrój, unemployment is 4.8% (2025).

Piwniczna-Zdrój had a population of 9,750 at the end of 2025. Piwniczna-Zdrój had an unemployment rate of 4.8% at the end of 2025. Piwniczna-Zdrój recorded annual PM2.5 of 19 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-2614 sources

Population9,750people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistics Poland (GUS), Local Data Bank

Median gross salary (region)1,526EUR/month27 Aug 2026Official source · bdl.stat.gov.pl

Unemployment rate4.8%country median 4.4% — 9% aboveOfficial source · Statistics Poland (GUS), Local Data Bank

Recorded crime10,111incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Crime ascertained by the Police, total per 1,000 population (P2290)

PM2.5, annual mean19µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

More recorded crime than any other Polish city that publishes it and dirtier air than 79% of Polish cities that publish it.

Which Poland-wide rules apply when you move to Piwniczna-Zdrój?

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 Piwniczna-Zdrój.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€12

Mobile plan, 10 GB€10

Net rent across major citiesPiwniczna-Zdrój highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Gdańsk€15.01

Gdynia€14.87

Szczecin€10.25

Katowice€8.83

Radom€3.27

Częstochowa€2.99

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Poznań€8.54

Łódź€6.55

Bydgoszcz€4.41

Lublin€4.27

Białystok€3.99

Rzeszów€3.56

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	11.56 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Netia 600 Mbps fixed internet⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	10.4 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Orange Poland mobile plan⁷Official · national market

Is Piwniczna-Zdrój a good place to live?

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Remote worker48%strong on work, weak on housing · range 37–59%

Skilled employee56%strong on work, weak on education · range 46–66%

Student48%strong on cost, weak on education · range 36–60%

Family52%strong on family, weak on education · range 40–64%

Retirement49%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 35–63%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Piwniczna-Zdrój?

The unemployment rate is 4.8 % (2025). Source: Statistics Poland (GUS), Local Data Bank¹⁰

Unemployment across cities in PolandUnemployment in Piwniczna-Zdrój is 4.8%. Of 632 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Piwniczna-Zdrój 4.8%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	1,526 EUR/month	27 Aug 2026	bdl.stat.gov.pl¹Official
Unemployment rate	4.8 %country median 4.4%	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Poland (GUS), Local Data Bank¹⁰Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Piwniczna-Zdrój. 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

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Safety

How safe is Piwniczna-Zdrój?

Police recorded 10,111 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Crime ascertained by the Police, total per 1,000 population (P2290)²

Recorded crime across major citiesPiwniczna-Zdrój highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Katowice4,141

Gdańsk3,165

Warsaw2,970

Wrocław2,879

Gdynia2,736

Kraków2,546

Poznań2,539

Szczecin2,519

Bydgoszcz2,423

Łódź2,401

Lublin2,363

Białystok1,708

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	10,111 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Crime ascertained by the Police, total per 1,000 population (P2290)²Official · county

Mobility and administration

Piwniczna-Zdrój's nearest airport was KRK, 97 km away and offered 52 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	52 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	97 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	KRK	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁸Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Piwniczna-Zdrój. 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

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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

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Piwniczna-Zdrój.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from −1.5°C in January to 19°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 31.5 mm in January and 110.7 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Piwniczna-Zdrój?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 19 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency³

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

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15°4°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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111

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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

PM2.519WHO 5 · EU 25

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 Piwniczna-Zdrój is 19.0 µg/m³. Of 203 cities with data, 32 have annual PM2.5 of 16 to under 17 µg/m³.

8–910–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2223–2425–26

Piwniczna-Zdrój 19.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	19 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency³Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.3 · Feb 4.3 · Mar 9 · Apr 15.4 · May 20.2 · Jun 23.5 · Jul 25.4 · Aug 25.4 · Sep 19.9 · Oct 14.7 · Nov 8.7 · Dec 3.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -4.9 · Feb -3.7 · Mar -0.6 · Apr 3.5 · May 8.1 · Jun 11.8 · Jul 13.4 · Aug 13 · Sep 9 · Oct 5 · Nov 1.1 · Dec -3.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹²Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.5 · Feb 0 · Mar 3.7 · Apr 9.2 · May 13.8 · Jun 17.3 · Jul 19 · Aug 18.6 · Sep 13.9 · Oct 9.2 · Nov 4.5 · Dec -0.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 31.5 · Feb 31.3 · Mar 36.9 · Apr 50 · May 95.3 · Jun 105 · Jul 110.7 · Aug 83.5 · Sep 66 · Oct 51.6 · Nov 35.7 · Dec 30.1 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Poland: Bytom ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±0.7 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±0.7 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±0.8 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±0.8 °C, Trostberg (Germany) ±0.8 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Piwniczna-Zdrój?

The published population was 9,750 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Poland (GUS), Local Data Bank⁹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Population	9,750 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Poland (GUS), Local Data Bank⁹Official

Alternatives for people set on Piwniczna-Zdrój

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.

Grodzisk Mazowiecki as a Piwniczna-Zdrój alternative in the same country

Better on 4 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 57,387 Grodzisk Mazowiecki vs 9,750 Piwniczna-Zdrój+489%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,451 Grodzisk Mazowiecki vs 10,111 Piwniczna-Zdrój−86%
Unemployment: 2.0% Grodzisk Mazowiecki vs 4.8% Piwniczna-Zdrój−58%
Median gross pay, region: €2,108 Grodzisk Mazowiecki vs €1,526 Piwniczna-Zdrój+38%
Annual PM2.5: 14.0 µg/m³ Grodzisk Mazowiecki vs 19.0 µg/m³ Piwniczna-Zdrój−26%

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Alternative cities in Poland

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

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

Is Piwniczna-Zdrój part of Nowy Sącz?

Piwniczna-Zdrój is in the published commuting zone of Nowy Sącz; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Nowy Sącz city profile

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Common questions

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

How many people live in Piwniczna-Zdrój?

The published population was 9,750 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Poland (GUS), Local Data Bank.

Is the air quality good in Piwniczna-Zdrój?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 19 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 Piwniczna-Zdrój?

What is the unemployment rate in Piwniczna-Zdrój?

The unemployment rate is 4.8 % (2025). Source: Statistics Poland (GUS), Local Data Bank.

What is the typical salary around Piwniczna-Zdrój?

The median gross salary is 1,526 EUR/month. Source: bdl.stat.gov.pl.

Is Piwniczna-Zdrój a good place to live?

Piwniczna-Zdrój 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 Piwniczna-Zdrój part of Nowy Sącz?

Piwniczna-Zdrój is in the published commuting zone of Nowy Sącz; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Piwniczna-Zdrój, Poland: population, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 69f47a786dc39692d3c4a9bba6a72f3e]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pl/piwniczna-zdroj/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Piwniczna-Zdrój, Poland: population, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {69f47a786dc39692d3c4a9bba6a72f3e},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pl/piwniczna-zdroj/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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bdl.stat.gov.pl bdl.stat.gov.pl · checked 2026-08-27
Crime ascertained by the Police, total per 1,000 population (P2290) bdl.stat.gov.pl · checked 2026-09-25
European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-05
GISCO Urban Audit 2021 — Functional Urban Areas (URAU_RG_100K_2021_4326_FUA) GISCO Urban Audit 2021 · gisco-services.ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-09-19
Netia 600 Mbps fixed internet netia.pl · checked 2026-09-15
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
Orange Poland mobile plan orange.pl · checked 2026-09-15
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Statistics Poland (GUS), Local Data Bank bdl.stat.gov.pl · checked 2026-08-05
Statistics Poland (GUS), Local Data Bank bdl.stat.gov.pl · checked 2026-08-05

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World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05

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