Living in Toruń

In Toruń, unemployment is 3.1% (2025).

Toruń is a city in Poland. The unemployment rate was 3.1% at the end of 2025. For Toruń, annual PM2.5 was 14 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-09-1921 sources

Population204,954people31 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)1,830EUR/month27 Aug 2026Official source · bdl.stat.gov.pl

Unemployment rate3.1%country median 4.4% — 30% belowOfficial source · Local Data Bank — Share of registered unemployed persons in the working-age population by sex, total, 2025

Recorded crime2,405incidents per 100,000country median 2,452 — 2% belowOfficial source · bdl.stat.gov.pl

PM2.5, annual mean14µg/m³country median 16.0 — 12% belowOfficial source · EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — Poland 2024 PM2.5 city station means

Lower unemployment than 78% of Polish cities that publish it and cleaner air than 80% of Polish cities that publish it.

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

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 Toruń.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month6 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Private kindergarten€191

Utilities, 85 m² flat€152

Fitness club€42

Transport pass€21

Internet, 60 Mbps€14

Mobile plan, 10 GB€10

Supplemental estimate lane; these items are not official statistics.

Net rent across major citiesToruń highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Szczecin€10.25

Katowice€8.83

Poznań€8.54

Łódź€6.55

Radom€3.27

Częstochowa€2.99

Show the other 6 cities

Kielce€5.27

Opole€4.98

Bydgoszcz€4.41

Lublin€4.27

Białystok€3.99

Rzeszów€3.56

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fitness club membership, monthly	41.73 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Numbeo — Cost of Living in Torun (Wayback capture 20250111043549)²¹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	13.56 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Numbeo — Cost of Living in Torun (Wayback capture 20250111043549)²¹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Private kindergarten, monthly	191.3 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Numbeo — Cost of Living in Torun (Wayback capture 20250111043549)²¹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB	10.05 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Numbeo — Cost of Living in Torun (Wayback capture 20250111043549)²¹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Monthly transport pass	20.63 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Numbeo — Cost of Living in Torun (Wayback capture 20250111043549)²¹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Basic utilities, 85 m² home	152 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Numbeo — Cost of Living in Torun (Wayback capture 20250111043549)²¹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context

Is Toruń a good place to live?

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Remote worker51%strong on work, weak on housing · range 42–60%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–72%

Student52%strong on safety, weak on education · range 42–62%

Family66%strong on family, weak on education · range 57–75%

Retirement49%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 39–59%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Toruń?

The unemployment rate is 3.1 % (2025). Source: Local Data Bank — Share of registered unemployed persons in the working-age population by sex, total, 2025¹⁵

Unemployment across cities in PolandUnemployment in Toruń is 3.1%. Of 632 cities with data, 125 have unemployment of 3 to under 4%.

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Toruń 3.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary (regional)	1,830 EUR/month	27 Aug 2026	bdl.stat.gov.pl²Official
Unemployment rate	3.1 %country median 4.4%	31 Dec 2025	Local Data Bank — Share of registered unemployed persons in the working-age population by sex, total, 2025¹⁵Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Toruń. 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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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Toruń. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospitals	7 count	15 Sept 2026	RPWDL 2.0 — Rejestr Podmiotów Wykonujących Działalność Leczniczą²⁰Official
Pharmacies	68 count	15 Sept 2026	Apteki — Rejestr Aptek¹Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Toruń 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 Toruń?

Police recorded 2,405 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 citiesToruń highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Katowice4,141

Gdańsk3,165

Warsaw2,970

Wrocław2,879

Kraków2,546

Poznań2,539

Szczecin2,519

Bydgoszcz2,423

Toruń2,405

Łódź2,401

Lublin2,363

Białystok1,708

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	2,405 incidents per 100,000country median 2,452	31 Dec 2024	bdl.stat.gov.pl³Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	3 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁷Official
Nearest airport	BZG	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁸Official
Distance to nearest airport	42 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁸Official

Language courses and integration in Toruń

1 exact course-location record is linked to this city. Check the linked source for dates, availability and enrolment.

Verified locally

1verified local records

Centre for the Development of Polish Education Abroad (ORPEG)

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Exact city-linked record checked 2026-08-10. Provider-supplied records are supplemental and are not presented as official accreditation.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −1.1°C in January and 19.3°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 32.7 mm in January and 90.6 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Toruń?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 14 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 city station means⁴

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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1°-4°

3°-3°

8°-1°

15°3°

20°8°

23°11°

25°14°

25°13°

19°9°

13°5°

7°2°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

124

196

244

237

239

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107

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hours

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

PM2.514WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1022WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂15WHO 10 · EU 40

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 Toruń is 14.0 µg/m³. Of 200 cities with data, 32 have annual PM2.5 of 16 to under 17 µg/m³.

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Toruń 14.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	15 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PL NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Toruń, ul. Przy Kaszowniku)⁵Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	22 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — PL PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Toruń, ul. Wały gen. Sikorskiego)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	14 µg/m³country median 16.0	31 Dec 2024	EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — Poland 2024 PM2.5 city station means⁴Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 1.4 · Feb 3.2 · Mar 7.6 · Apr 14.6 · May 19.8 · Jun 23 · Jul 25.1 · Aug 24.9 · Sep 19.3 · Oct 13.1 · Nov 6.6 · Dec 2.7 °C	31 Dec 2020	IMGW-PIB climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, TORUŃ, 1991-2020¹¹Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.8 · Feb -3.1 · Mar -0.9 · Apr 3.1 · May 7.8 · Jun 11.3 · Jul 13.6 · Aug 13.2 · Sep 9.1 · Oct 5 · Nov 1.5 · Dec -2.1 °C	31 Dec 2020	IMGW-PIB climate normal — mean monthly minimum air temperature, TORUŃ, 1991-2020¹²Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.1 · Feb -0.1 · Mar 3.2 · Apr 8.8 · May 13.8 · Jun 17.1 · Jul 19.3 · Aug 18.9 · Sep 13.9 · Oct 8.7 · Nov 4 · Dec 0.4 °C	31 Dec 2020	IMGW-PIB climate normal — mean monthly air temperature, TORUŃ, 1991-2020¹⁰Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 32.7 · Feb 27.3 · Mar 32.2 · Apr 29.6 · May 51.2 · Jun 55.7 · Jul 90.6 · Aug 63.9 · Sep 55.8 · Oct 37.9 · Nov 33.5 · Dec 38.5 mm	31 Dec 2020	IMGW-PIB climate normal — monthly total precipitation, TORUŃ, 1991-2020¹⁴Official
Average sunshine by month	Jan 44.7 · Feb 68.2 · Mar 124 · Apr 196.1 · May 244 · Jun 237.4 · Jul 239.2 · Aug 233.5 · Sep 157.3 · Oct 106.7 · Nov 44.2 · Dec 34.9 hours	31 Dec 2020	IMGW-PIB climate normal — mean monthly sunshine duration, TORUŃ, 1991-2020¹³Official

Population and city profile

The city covered 116 km² in 2024. Population density was 1,670 people per km² in 2024.

How many people live in Toruń?

The published population was 204,954 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)¹⁶

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 615 is not 0.1% of the population. Each row names its source.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport99.7%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	116 km²	31 Dec 2024	GUS BDL / GUGiK area variable 2018⁸Official
Foreign-resident share	0.1 %	31 Dec 2011	Eurostat⁷Official
Foreign residents	615 people	31 Mar 2021	GUS BDL / NSP 2021 non-Polish citizenship variable 1653367⁹Official
Population density	1,670 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Reproducible gmina density for Toruń: population_total_2024 / official area_2024, rounded to the metric contract precision 0.¹⁹Official
Population	204,954 people	31 Mar 2011	Ludność w gminach. Stan w dniu 31 marca 2011 r. (NSP 2011 — National Census 2011, population of gminas at 31 March 2011)¹⁶Official

Population over time11 published observations, 2011–2025

191,813

196,506

201,199

205,892

192,784201120132017201920212025

Population fell 5.9% between 2011 and 2025, from 204,921 to 192,784.

Alternatives for people set on Toruń

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.

Gdynia as a Toruń alternative in the same country

Better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Foreign residents: 0.2% Gdynia vs 0.1% Toruń+100%
Basic utilities, 85 m²: €275 Gdynia vs €152 Toruń+81%
Unemployment: 2.3% Gdynia vs 3.1% Toruń−26%
Nearest airport: 16.0 km Gdynia vs 42.0 km Toruń−62%
Median gross pay, region: €2,111 Gdynia vs €1,830 Toruń+15%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,736 Gdynia vs 2,405 Toruń+14%
Residents: 249,139 Gdynia vs 204,954 Toruń+22%

Full comparison More about Gdynia

Budapest as a Toruń alternative in another country

Better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Median gross pay, region and recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Median gross pay, region: €2,534 Budapest vs €1,830 Toruńno percentage
Nearest airport: 18.0 km Budapest vs 42.0 km Toruń−57%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,396 (2025) Budapest vs 2,405 (2024) Toruńno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 13.0 µg/m³ Budapest vs 14.0 µg/m³ Toruń−7%

Full comparison More about Budapest

Alternative cities in Poland

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

All Poland cities

Kielce202,196 residents Sosnowiec216,420 residents Radom221,287 residents Gliwice187,474 residents Zabrze181,128 residents Rzeszów179,386 residents

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Toruń in rankings

#15 of 30 in Largest cities in Poland #25 of 30 in Safest cities in Poland by recorded crime

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; Toruń'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.

How many people live in Toruń?

The published population was 204,954 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).

Is the air quality good in Toruń?

How safe is Toruń?

Police recorded 2,405 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 Toruń?

The unemployment rate is 3.1 % (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 Toruń?

The median gross salary is 1,830 EUR/month. Source: bdl.stat.gov.pl.

How many foreign residents live in Toruń?

615 people residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: GUS BDL / NSP 2021 non-Polish citizenship variable 1653367.

Is Toruń a good place to live?

Toruń 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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  title = {Toruń, Poland: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-19},
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}

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IMGW-PIB climate normal — mean monthly minimum air temperature, TORUŃ, 1991-2020 IMGW-PIB climate normal · klimat.imgw.pl · checked 2026-07-27
IMGW-PIB climate normal — mean monthly sunshine duration, TORUŃ, 1991-2020 IMGW-PIB climate normal · klimat.imgw.pl · checked 2026-07-27
IMGW-PIB climate normal — monthly total precipitation, TORUŃ, 1991-2020 IMGW-PIB climate normal · klimat.imgw.pl · checked 2026-07-27
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