Living in Galați

Registered unemployed accounted for 0.6% of residents at the end of 2025. The population of Galați, in Romania, was 217,851 in December 2021.

Last checked 2026-09-2411 sources

Which Romania-wide rules apply when you move to Galați?

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 RomaniaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Galați.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Practical estimates in December 2022 placed basic utilities for an 85 m² home at €105.95 per month, fixed internet at €7.3 per month, and an inexpensive restaurant meal at €10.51.

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

What recurs every month6 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Private kindergarten€323

Utilities, 85 m² flat€106

Fitness club€29

Transport pass€11

Internet, 60 Mbps€7

Mobile plan, 10 GB€7

Supplemental estimate lane; these items are not official statistics.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fitness club membership, monthly	28.98 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹⁰Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	7.3 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹⁰Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Private kindergarten, monthly	323.5 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹⁰Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant	10.51 EUR	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹⁰Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB	6.64 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Numbeo — Cost of Living in Galati (Wayback capture 20250113011320)¹¹Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Monthly transport pass	11.12 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹⁰Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Basic utilities, 85 m² home	106 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹⁰Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Residential dwellings	91,000 count	31 Dec 2021	migrationfit.com⁶Official
Residential property price per m²	1,050 EUR/m²	31 Dec 2024	migrationfit.com⁶Official

Is Galați 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.

Try your profile

Remote worker50%strong on work, weak on safety · range 38–62%

Skilled employee59%strong on legal route, weak on safety · range 49–69%

Student57%strong on education, weak on safety · range 48–66%

Family59%strong on family, weak on safety · range 50–68%

Retirement53%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 42–64%

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Galați. 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)

Job Search

Open official service

Open the Romania service overview

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	49 count (K-12)	31 Dec 2024	migrationfit.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; Galați's school authority applies it locally.

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

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Transport authority	Transurb Galați name	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁶Official
Nearest airport	TCE	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Distance to nearest airport	67 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration in Galați

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

Verified locally

1verified local records

Galați Regional Integration Center

str. Brăilei nr.37, et.2, Galați

View official record

Check courses in Galați How the country programme works

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

Find courses near Galați

Climate and air quality

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

0°

2°-4°

5°-2°

11°2°

18°7°

24°12°

28°16°

30°18°

24°13°

17°8°

10°3°

4°-2°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

113

161

203

255

274

299

282

219

156

JFMAMJJASOND

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

PM2.58WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1012WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂5.9WHO 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 RomaniaAnnual PM2.5 in Galați is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 19 cities with data, 4 have annual PM2.5 of 15 to under 16 µg/m³.

1–28–912–1313–1414–1515–1616–1720–2123–2424–2529–30

Galați 8.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	5.9 µg/m³country median 22.6	31 Dec 2012	Eurostat³Official
PM10 — annual mean	12 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — RO PM10 annual mean 2024 (station HD-4)¹Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³country median 15.4	31 Dec 2022	European Environment Agency²Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.3 · Feb 5.2 · Mar 11.1 · Apr 17.7 · May 23.8 · Jun 27.8 · Jul 30.1 · Aug 30 · Sep 24.3 · Oct 17.2 · Nov 10 · Dec 3.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI⁸Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.8 · Feb -2.3 · Mar 1.6 · Apr 6.9 · May 12.2 · Jun 16.3 · Jul 18.1 · Aug 17.7 · Sep 13 · Oct 7.9 · Nov 3 · Dec -2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI⁸Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.1 · Feb 0.9 · Mar 5.7 · Apr 11.7 · May 17.6 · Jun 21.7 · Jul 23.9 · Aug 23.4 · Sep 17.9 · Oct 11.9 · Nov 6 · Dec 0.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI⁸Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 33.6 · Feb 25.9 · Mar 33 · Apr 40.1 · May 49.6 · Jun 62.2 · Jul 55.2 · Aug 34 · Sep 44.9 · Oct 51.3 · Nov 37.7 · Dec 41.3 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI⁸Official
Average sunshine by month	Jan 81 · Feb 113.3 · Mar 161.2 · Apr 203.4 · May 254.6 · Jun 273.7 · Jul 298.6 · Aug 281.6 · Sep 218.8 · Oct 156.4 · Nov 86.1 · Dec 72.7 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI⁸Official

Annual PM2.5 over time4 published observations, 2013–2022

6.9

7.3

7.7

8.1

8.0201320212022

Annual PM2.5 was 8.0 in 2013 and 8.0 in 2022.

Similar climate. In Romania: Buzău ±0.4 °C. Elsewhere: Kecskemét (Hungary) ±1.1 °C, Sliven (Bulgaria) ±1.5 °C, Markham (Canada) ±2.6 °C, Mississauga (Canada) ±2.6 °C, Richmond Hill (Canada) ±2.6 °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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	243.3 km²	31 Dec 2024	Eurostat GISCO, European Commission⁴Official
City area	246.4 km²	31 Dec 2024	migrationfit.com⁶Official
Population density	884.1 per km2	31 Dec 2024	migrationfit.com⁶Official
Population	217,851 people	1 Dec 2021	INS — RPL 2021 definitive results, resident population by municipality⁵Official
Registered unemployed, share of residents	0.59 %	31 Dec 2025	ANOFM — registered unemployed by county and locality, 31 December 2025⁹Independent

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Flat personal income tax rate	10 %	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁶Official
Local tax rate	0.1 percent of property value	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁶Official
Official handoff information	https://igi.mai.gov.ro/ URL	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁶Official
Digital nomad visa eligibility	true	31 Dec 2025	migrationfit.com⁶Official

Alternatives for people set on Galați

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.

Oradea as a Galați alternative in the same country

Better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Nearest airport: 3.0 km Oradea vs 67.0 km Galați−96%
Basic utilities, 85 m²: €72 Oradea vs €106 Galați−32%
A meal out: €7 Oradea vs €11 Galați−33%
Residents: 183,105 Oradea vs 217,851 Galați−16%

Full comparison More about Oradea

Alternative cities in Romania

Other cities in Romania to compare with Galați, nearest in population first.

All Romania cities

Craiova234,140 residents Brașov237,589 residents Timișoara250,849 residents Oradea183,105 residents Ploiești180,540 residents Constanța263,688 residents

How does Galați compare?

Pick a city. The answer appears here and the address bar keeps it, so the comparison can be shared; the page stays Galați's.

Open the full comparison

Galați in rankings

#2 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Romania #8 of 30 in Largest cities in Romania

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Galați 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 guide

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 Galați?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 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: European Environment Agency.

How many people live in Galați?

The published population is 217,851 people. Source: INS — RPL 2021 definitive results, resident population by municipality.

How much is public transport in Galați?

A monthly transport pass is 11.12 EUR/month. This is a supplemental estimate, not an official municipal measurement. Source: Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2.

Is Galați a good place to live?

Galați 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.

Cite this page

Open a format to select or copy this ImmigrationDB compilation citation. The native disclosure and text fallback work without JavaScript.

APA citation

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Galați, Romania: population, cost of living, jobs, climate [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 77ecf51a76f21c1edc0ad24caef3fb6b]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/galati/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_galati-romania-population-cost-of-living-jobs-climate_2a87ff3c0eba,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Galați, Romania: population, cost of living, jobs, climate},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {77ecf51a76f21c1edc0ad24caef3fb6b},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/galati/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

Markdown citation

[Galați, Romania: population, cost of living, jobs, climate](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/galati/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 77ecf51a76f21c1edc0ad24caef3fb6b; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.

This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. View the underlying source records.

Sources

JSON Markdown

EEA air quality statistics — RO PM10 annual mean 2024 (station HD-4) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
European Environment Agency air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-03
Eurostat ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-03
Eurostat GISCO, European Commission gisco-services.ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-03
INS — RPL 2021 definitive results, resident population by municipality INS · recensamantromania.ro · checked 2026-07-26
migrationfit.com migrationfit.com · checked 2026-06-14
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-02
ANOFM — registered unemployed by county and locality, 31 December 2025 ANOFM · anofm.ro · checked 2026-07-26
Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2 Global Cost of Living · kaggle.com · checked 2026-07-27

Show 1 more source

Numbeo — Cost of Living in Galati (Wayback capture 20250113011320) Numbeo · web.archive.org · checked 2026-08-01

Spotted a number that looks wrong? Every value here carries its source and date — tell us what you found and we will re-check it against the source.