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Living in Cluj-Napoca

Registered unemployed accounted for 0.2% of residents at the end of 2025. Its population was 286,598 in December 2021. A monthly estimate placed private kindergarten fees at €402 in December 2022.

Last checked 2026-09-2413 sources

Which Romania-wide rules apply when you move to Cluj-Napoca?

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Housing and cost

Practical estimates in December 2022 placed basic utilities for an 85 m² home at €139.39 per month, fixed internet at €7.93 per month, and an inexpensive restaurant meal at €6.88.

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

What recurs every month6 published recurring costs, € per month
Cluj-Napoca recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Private kindergarten€402
Utilities, 85 m² flat€139
Fitness club€34
Transport pass€19
Internet, 60 Mbps€8
Mobile plan, 10 GB€7

Supplemental estimate lane; these items are not official statistics.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Fitness club membership, monthly34.44 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v212Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited7.93 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v212Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Private kindergarten, monthly402 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v212Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant6.88 EUR31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v212Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB7.08 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Numbeo — Cost of Living in Cluj Napoca (Wayback capture 20241227090710)13Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Monthly transport pass18.7 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v212Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Basic utilities, 85 m² home139.4 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v212Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Residential dwellings138,000 count31 Dec 2021migrationfit.com6Official
Residential property price per m²1,900 EUR/m²31 Dec 2024migrationfit.com6Official

Is Cluj-Napoca a good place to live?

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Remote worker39%strong on work, weak on safety · range 27–51%
Skilled employee58%strong on education, weak on safety · range 48–68%
Student53%strong on education, weak on safety · range 44–62%
Family60%strong on family, weak on safety · range 51–69%
Retirement38%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 27–49%

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

National Agency for Employment — Public employment service

Agenția Națională pentru Ocuparea Forței de Muncă (ANOFM)

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

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Schools95 count (K-12)31 Dec 2024migrationfit.com6Official

School 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; Cluj-Napoca's school authority applies it locally.

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

Mobility and administration

An estimate placed a monthly public-transport pass at €19 in December 2022.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Transport authorityCTP (Compania de Transport Public) Cluj-Napoca name27 Aug 2026migrationfit.com6Official
Destinations from nearest airport18 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights8Official
Nearest airportCLJ3 Aug 2026OurAirports9Official
Distance to nearest airport7 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports9Official

Language courses and integration in Cluj-Napoca

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

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1verified local records

Institute of Romanian Language as European Language — Babeș-Bolyai University

68 Avram Iancu Street, Cluj-Napoca

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 16.5 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

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 RomaniaAnnual PM2.5 in Cluj-Napoca is 16.5 µg/m³. Of 19 cities with data, 4 have annual PM2.5 of 15 to under 16 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean24 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — RO NO2 annual mean 2024 (station CJ-4)1Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean19 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — RO PM10 annual mean 2024 (station CJ-2)2Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean16.5 µg/m³country median 15.431 Dec 2024EEA City Trend — annual PM2.5 mean within city administrative boundaries3Official
Annual mean temperature (modelled)9.85 °C2001-2020NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology7Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
Annual precipitation (modelled)679.4 mm/year2001-2020NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology7Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
January mean temperature (modelled)-2.95 °C2001-2020NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology7Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
January minimum temperature (modelled)-23.11 °C2001-2020NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology7Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
July maximum temperature (modelled)37.94 °C2001-2020NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology7Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
July mean temperature (modelled)21.48 °C2001-2020NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology7Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
Daily precipitation rate (modelled)1.86 mm/day2001-2020NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology7Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
Solar exposure (modelled)3.51 kWh/m²/day2001-2020NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology7Modelled grid data · coordinate-grid estimate
Average daytime high by monthJan 0.9 · Feb 4.1 · Mar 10.2 · Apr 16.6 · May 21.4 · Jun 24.9 · Jul 26.7 · Aug 27 · Sep 21.5 · Oct 15.6 · Nov 8.4 · Dec 1.9 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Cluj-Napoca10Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan -5.2 · Feb -3.8 · Mar -0.1 · Apr 4.7 · May 9.1 · Jun 12.7 · Jul 14.2 · Aug 13.9 · Sep 9.6 · Oct 4.9 · Nov 0.6 · Dec -3.6 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Cluj-Napoca10Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan -2.5 · Feb -0.4 · Mar 4.3 · Apr 10.1 · May 14.9 · Jun 18.5 · Jul 20.1 · Aug 19.8 · Sep 14.7 · Oct 9.4 · Nov 3.9 · Dec -1.1 °C1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Cluj-Napoca10Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 27.3 · Feb 24.8 · Mar 34.6 · Apr 51 · May 71.2 · Jun 91 · Jul 87.2 · Aug 64.7 · Sep 55.5 · Oct 45.3 · Nov 33.8 · Dec 34 mm1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Cluj-Napoca10Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 70.2 · Feb 100.9 · Mar 159.2 · Apr 188.7 · May 230.1 · Jun 253.1 · Jul 265.7 · Aug 260.7 · Sep 190.2 · Oct 153.5 · Nov 89.4 · Dec 54.6 hours1991–2020WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Cluj-Napoca10Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Romania: Sibiu ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Cottbus (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±1.4 °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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area174.9 km²31 Dec 2024Eurostat GISCO, European Commission4Official
City area179.5 km²31 Dec 2024migrationfit.com6Official
Population density1,597 per km231 Dec 2024migrationfit.com6Official
Population286,598 people1 Dec 2021INS — RPL 2021 definitive results, resident population by municipality5Official
Registered unemployed, share of residents0.24 %31 Dec 2025ANOFM — registered unemployed by county and locality, 31 December 202511Independent

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Flat personal income tax rate10 %27 Aug 2026migrationfit.com6Official
Local tax rate0.1 percent of property value27 Aug 2026migrationfit.com6Official
Official handoff informationhttps://igi.mai.gov.ro/ URL27 Aug 2026migrationfit.com6Official
Digital nomad visa eligibilitytrue31 Dec 2025migrationfit.com6Official

Alternatives for people set on Cluj-Napoca

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.

Alternative cities in Romania

Other cities in Romania to compare with Cluj-Napoca, nearest in population first.

All Romania cities
Iași271,692 residentsConstanța263,688 residentsTimișoara250,849 residentsBrașov237,589 residentsCraiova234,140 residentsGalați217,851 residents

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Cluj-Napoca in rankings

#2 of 30 in Largest cities in Romania #12 of 30 in Major cities with the coldest modelled January mean #17 of 30 in Major cities with the hottest modelled July mean #17 of 30 in Major cities with the lowest modelled annual precipitation #22 of 30 in Major cities with the highest modelled solar exposure #29 of 30 in Major cities with the lowest modelled solar exposure

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Cluj-Napoca 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.

Common questions

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

Is the air quality good in Cluj-Napoca?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 16.5 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is above the WHO guideline but within the EU limit. Source: EEA City Trend — annual PM2.5 mean within city administrative boundaries.

How many people live in Cluj-Napoca?

The published population is 286,598 people. Source: INS — RPL 2021 definitive results, resident population by municipality.

How much is public transport in Cluj-Napoca?

A monthly transport pass is 18.7 EUR/month. This is a supplemental estimate, not an official municipal measurement. Source: Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2.

Is Cluj-Napoca a good place to live?

Cluj-Napoca 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 25). Cluj-Napoca, Romania: population, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version ed3c3110e60795f60423d0ef422d1220]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/cluj-napoca/ Retrieved 2026-10-25. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Cluj-Napoca, Romania: population, cost of living, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-25},
  version = {ed3c3110e60795f60423d0ef422d1220},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/cluj-napoca/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-25. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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Sources

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  1. EEA air quality statistics — RO NO2 annual mean 2024 (station CJ-4) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
  2. EEA air quality statistics — RO PM10 annual mean 2024 (station CJ-2) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
  3. EEA City Trend — annual PM2.5 mean within city administrative boundaries EEA City Trend · eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-27
  4. Eurostat GISCO, European Commission gisco-services.ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-03
  5. INS — RPL 2021 definitive results, resident population by municipality INS · recensamantromania.ro · checked 2026-07-26
  6. migrationfit.com migrationfit.com · checked 2026-06-14
  7. NASA POWER 20-year meteorological and solar climatology NASA POWER · power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-10-25
  8. OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
  9. OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
  10. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Cluj-Napoca WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 · ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-07-31
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  1. ANOFM — registered unemployed by county and locality, 31 December 2025 ANOFM · anofm.ro · checked 2026-07-26
  2. Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2 Global Cost of Living · kaggle.com · checked 2026-07-27
  3. Numbeo — Cost of Living in Cluj Napoca (Wayback capture 20241227090710) Numbeo · web.archive.org · checked 2026-08-01

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