Living in Lechinţa

Residents of Lechinţa numbered 6,089 at the end of 2025. Registered unemployed accounted for 0.9% of residents in 2025. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 19 µg/m³.

Last checked 2026-10-0717 sources

Population6,089people31 Dec 2025Official source · Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online

Average gross salary1,275EUR/month31 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Castigul salarial nominal mediu brut lunar pe activitati ale economiei nationale (sectiuni si diviziuni) CAEN Rev.2, sexe, macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare si judete

Recorded crime1,325incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024District figureOfficial source · Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B)

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

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

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 Lechinţa.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

Lechinţa recorded 2,592 dwellings at the end of 2021.

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€8

Mobile plan, 10 GB€5

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	2,592 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁶Official
Main residence dwellings	1,892 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁶Official

Is Lechinţa a good place to live?

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Remote worker40%strong on work, weak on housing · range 29–51%

Skilled employee50%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 40–60%

Student47%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 35–59%

Family50%strong on family, weak on education · range 36–64%

Retirement51%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 37–65%

Work and income

The employment figure in Lechinţa was 2,117 at the end of 2021.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,275 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	2,117 people	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁷Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Lechinţa. 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 Lechinţa. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Lechinţa?

Police recorded 1,325 incidents per 100,000 (2024). 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)¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	1,325 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Rata infracționalității pe macroregiuni, regiuni de dezvoltare și județe (JUS107B)¹²Official · county

Mobility and administration

Lechinţa's nearest airport was CLJ, 57 km away and offered 18 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	18 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁰Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	57 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	CLJ	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Lechinţa. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

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.

RomanianIn PersonCost varies

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Piloting integration — regional integration-centre route — Welcome Program

General Inspectorate for Immigration

For beneficiaries of protection, other foreigners with a right of residence.

RomanianIn Person

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Lechinţa.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Lechinţa?

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 (EEA)⁴

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

0°

2°-6°

4°-5°

10°-1°

17°4°

22°9°

25°12°

27°14°

22°9°

16°4°

10°0°

3°-4°

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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

153

197

249

268

282

193

162

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

PM2.519WHO 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 RomaniaOf 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

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	19 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 1.7 · Feb 4.4 · Mar 10.1 · Apr 16.9 · May 21.9 · Jun 25.2 · Jul 27 · Aug 27.3 · Sep 21.8 · Oct 16.1 · Nov 9.6 · Dec 2.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -6 · Feb -5 · Mar -0.8 · Apr 4.4 · May 9 · Jun 12.5 · Jul 13.9 · Aug 13.6 · Sep 9.3 · Oct 4.4 · Nov 0.2 · Dec -4.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.6 · Feb -1 · Mar 3.9 · Apr 10.2 · May 15.2 · Jun 18.8 · Jul 20.2 · Aug 19.9 · Sep 14.6 · Oct 9.1 · Nov 4 · Dec -1.1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 42.6 · Feb 39.7 · Mar 43.7 · Apr 50.7 · May 81.5 · Jun 87.4 · Jul 87.4 · Aug 63.3 · Sep 65.6 · Oct 53.9 · Nov 44.6 · Dec 51.1 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 70.5 · Feb 93.2 · Mar 153.4 · Apr 197.3 · May 249 · Jun 267.5 · Jul 282.3 · Aug 282.4 · Sep 193.3 · Oct 161.8 · Nov 98.6 · Dec 56.5 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Romania: Cluj-Napoca ±0.5 °C. Elsewhere: Cottbus (Germany) ±1.4 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.6 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±1.6 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±1.6 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±1.6 °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

Lechinţa was home to 2,725 women at the end of 2021. The count of male residents in Lechinţa was 2,744 at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Lechinţa?

The published population was 6,089 people in 2025. Source: Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online⁹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Female residents	2,725 people	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁵Official
Male residents	2,744 people	31 Dec 2021	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / Recensământul Populației și Locuințelor 2021⁵Official
Population	6,089 people	31 Dec 2025	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online⁹Official
Registered unemployed, share of residents	0.92 %	31 Dec 2025	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online⁹Official

International community in Lechinţa

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	5,469	100.0%
Români	3,526	64.5%
Romi	1,107	20.2%
Informație nedisponibila	464	8.5%
Maghiari	368	6.7%
Germani	4	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Registered jobseekers	62 people	7 Aug 2026	Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE) / TEMPO-INS⁹Official

Alternatives for people set on Lechinţa

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.

Floreşti as a Lechinţa alternative in the same country

Better on 1 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 55,766 Floreşti vs 6,089 Lechinţa+816%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,448 (2023) Floreşti vs 1,325 (2024) Lechinţano percentage
Annual PM2.5: 17.0 µg/m³ Floreşti vs 19.0 µg/m³ Lechinţa−11%

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Alternative cities in Romania

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

All Romania cities

Secusigiu6,091 residents Dărmăneşti6,094 residents Mihăeşti6,062 residents Ruginoasa6,062 residents Bolintin Deal6,118 residents Târnova6,056 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Lechinţa 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 4 to 18, and public school is free. How to enrol a child (edu.ro).

A country-wide rule for Romania; Lechinţa's school authority applies it locally.

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

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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 Lechinţa?

The published population was 6,089 people in 2025. Source: Institutul Național de Statistică (INSSE), TEMPO-Online.

Is the air quality good in Lechinţa?

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 (EEA).

How safe is Lechinţa?

Is Lechinţa a good place to live?

Lechinţa 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 Lechinţa?

The official ancestry or ethnicity distribution records 5,469 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). Lechinţa, Romania: population, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version ef6463d59d1d89967efe01f1f494a461]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/lechinta/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_lechinta-romania-population-salary-cost-of-living-jobs_c1c2e10aeda3,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Lechinţa, Romania: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {ef6463d59d1d89967efe01f1f494a461},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/lechinta/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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