Living in Baia Sprie
Residents of Baia Sprie numbered 16,914 at the end of 2025. Registered unemployed accounted for 0.3% of residents in 2025.
Which Romania-wide rules apply when you move to Baia Sprie?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
The dwelling count was 7,265 at the end of 2021.
No city-level rent figure is published for Baia Sprie. The available city-level cost figures remain below.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 7.61 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Digi Fiber 10002Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 5 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Digi mobile plan3Official · national market |
| Dwellings | 7,265 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 20215Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 5,598 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 20215Official |
Is Baia Sprie 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.
Work and income
At the end of 2021, employment in Baia Sprie reached 6,251.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average gross earnings | 1,362 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Castigul salarial nominal mediu brut lunar pe activitati ale economiei nationale (sectiuni si diviziuni) CAEN Rev.2, sexe, macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare si judete1Official · county |
| People in employment | 6,251 people | 31 Dec 2021 | Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 20216Official |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Baia Sprie. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
National Agency for Employment — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Baia Sprie. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 1,359 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2024 | Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B)11Official · county |
Mobility and administration
Baia Sprie's nearest airport was BAY, 17 km away and offered 1 direct destinations.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Baia Sprie. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Integration Programme for beneficiaries of international protection and other eligible foreigners — Integration course
General Inspectorate for Immigration
For refugees, persons with subsidiary protection, other eligible foreigners.
Piloting integration — regional integration-centre route — Welcome Program
General Inspectorate for Immigration
For beneficiaries of protection, other foreigners with a right of residence.
Climate and air quality
Baia Sprie's monthly mean temperatures were −2.2°C in January and 19°C in July.
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
hours
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 1.6 · Feb 3.8 · Mar 8.6 · Apr 15.3 · May 20.2 · Jun 23.5 · Jul 25.1 · Aug 25.4 · Sep 20 · Oct 14.7 · Nov 8.7 · Dec 2.4 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI12Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -5 · Feb -3.9 · Mar -0.7 · Apr 4.2 · May 8.5 · Jun 11.9 · Jul 13.3 · Aug 13.1 · Sep 9 · Oct 4.9 · Nov 1 · Dec -3.7 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI13Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan -2.2 · Feb -0.7 · Mar 3.3 · Apr 9.3 · May 14.1 · Jun 17.5 · Jul 19 · Aug 18.9 · Sep 13.8 · Oct 9 · Nov 4.3 · Dec -1 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI14Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 39.8 · Feb 41.8 · Mar 49 · Apr 50.4 · May 92.3 · Jun 99.8 · Jul 100.9 · Aug 76.5 · Sep 66.9 · Oct 61.4 · Nov 48.5 · Dec 51.5 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI15Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 73.1 · Feb 90.8 · Mar 148.1 · Apr 192.6 · May 239.5 · Jun 259.3 · Jul 272.1 · Aug 275.7 · Sep 190.3 · Oct 151.9 · Nov 94.8 · Dec 58.2 hours | 31 Dec 1991 | World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI16Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In Romania: Cluj-Napoca ±0.8 °C. Elsewhere: Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Trostberg (Germany) ±0.9 °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
At the end of 2021, Baia Sprie had 7,347 residents who were female. Baia Sprie had 6,982 male residents at the end of 2021.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female residents | 7,347 people | 31 Dec 2021 | Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 20214Official |
| Male residents | 6,982 people | 31 Dec 2021 | Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 20214Official |
| Population | 16,914 people | 31 Dec 2025 | Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online8Official |
| Registered unemployed, share of residents | 0.302 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online8Official |
International community in Baia Sprie
Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.
Ancestry or ethnicity
Resident population at 1 December 2021 in the UAT; ethnicity/mother tongue are source-native census response categories · 2021-12-01
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| POPULATIA REZIDENTA TOTAL | 14,329 | 100.0% |
| Români | 9,818 | 68.5% |
| Informație nedisponibila | 2,516 | 17.6% |
| Maghiari | 1,672 | 11.7% |
| Romi | 299 | 2.1% |
| Ucraineni | 9 | 0.1% |
| Germani | 7 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source7
Additional context
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered jobseekers | 69 people | 7 Aug 2026 | Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / TEMPO-INS8Official |
Alternatives for people set on Baia Sprie
Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Baia Sprie from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.
Alternative cities in Romania
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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Baia Sprie 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 guideSchool for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 4 to 18, and public school is free. How to enrol a child (edu.ro).
A country-wide rule for Romania; Baia Sprie'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 safe is Baia Sprie?
Police recorded 1,359 incidents per 100,000. This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B).
How many people live in Baia Sprie?
The published population is 16,914 people. Source: Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online.
Is Baia Sprie a good place to live?
Baia Sprie 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.
How many people are in the POPULATIA REZIDENTA TOTAL ancestry or ethnicity group in Baia Sprie?
The official ancestry or ethnicity distribution records 14,329 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2021-12-01. This is a ancestry or ethnicity measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Baia Sprie, Romania: population, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 61059d2ec489af455a2a0384708c00f0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/baia-sprie/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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