Living in Oradea

Oradea is in Romania; its population was 183,105 in December 2021. Practical estimates in December 2022 placed basic utilities for an 85 m² home at €72.12 per month, fixed internet at €7.66 per month, and an inexpensive restaurant meal at €7.07.

Last checked 2026-09-2412 sources

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

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 Oradea.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month6 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Private kindergarten€468

Utilities, 85 m² flat€72

Fitness club€30

Transport pass€16

Internet, 60 Mbps€8

Mobile plan, 10 GB€6

Supplemental estimate lane; these items are not official statistics.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Fitness club membership, monthly	29.82 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹²Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	7.66 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹²Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Private kindergarten, monthly	468.4 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹²Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Meal at an inexpensive restaurant	7.07 EUR	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹²Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Mobile plan, 10 GB	5.79 EUR/month	31 Jul 2026	Cost of Living in Oradea. Jun 2026. Prices in Oradea¹¹Commercial estimate · Supplemental context
Monthly transport pass	16.18 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹²Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Basic utilities, 85 m² home	72.12 EUR/month	31 Dec 2022	Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2¹²Supplemental estimate · Supplemental context
Residential dwellings	82,000 count	31 Dec 2021	migrationfit.com⁶Official
Residential property price per m²	1,200 EUR/m²	31 Dec 2024	migrationfit.com⁶Official

Is Oradea a good place to live?

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Remote worker43%strong on work, weak on safety · range 31–55%

Skilled employee58%strong on legal route, weak on safety · range 48–68%

Student55%strong on education, weak on safety · range 46–64%

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

Retirement41%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 30–52%

Public employment service

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	60 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; Oradea's school authority applies it locally.

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

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Transport authority	OTL name	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁶Official
Destinations from nearest airport	1 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁸Official
Nearest airport	OMR	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	3 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official

Language courses and integration in Oradea

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

Verified locally

1verified local records

Oradea Regional Integration Center

str. Buzăului, nr. 2B, Oradea

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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

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

PM2.515.8WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1019WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂26.1WHO 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 Oradea is 15.8 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

Oradea 15.8

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	26.1 µg/m³country median 22.6	31 Dec 2011	Eurostat³Official
PM10 — annual mean	19 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — RO PM10 annual mean 2024 (station BH-3)²Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	15.82 µg/m³country median 15.4	31 Dec 2022	cdn.who.int¹Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 14.44 · Feb 17.32 · Mar 22.39 · Apr 30.85 · May 32.69 · Jun 37.98 · Jul 39.76 · Aug 39.91 · Sep 36.32 · Oct 30.21 · Nov 24.6 · Dec 15.16 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -22.89 · Feb -17.57 · Mar -12.48 · Apr -4.72 · May 0.16 · Jun 5.64 · Jul 8.87 · Aug 8.28 · Sep 2.31 · Oct -5.37 · Nov -6.6 · Dec -15.87 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.26 · Feb 0.89 · Mar 5.64 · Apr 11.76 · May 17.04 · Jun 21.2 · Jul 23.39 · Aug 23.42 · Sep 17.76 · Oct 11.6 · Nov 5.99 · Dec 0.2 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁷Official

Population and city profile

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	115.2 km²	31 Dec 2024	Eurostat GISCO, European Commission⁴Official
City area	115.5 km²	31 Dec 2024	migrationfit.com⁶Official
Population density	1,585 per km2	31 Dec 2024	migrationfit.com⁶Official
Population	183,105 people	1 Dec 2021	INS — RPL 2021 definitive results, resident population by municipality⁵Official
Registered unemployed, share of residents	0.32 %	31 Dec 2025	ANOFM — registered unemployed by county and locality, 31 December 2025¹⁰Independent

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 Oradea

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Oradea from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Alternative cities in Romania

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

All Romania cities

Ploiești180,540 residents Brăila154,686 residents Galați217,851 residents Arad145,078 residents Craiova234,140 residents Pitești141,275 residents

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Oradea in rankings

#9 of 30 in Largest cities in Romania #29 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Romania

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Oradea 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 Oradea?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 15.82 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: cdn.who.int.

How many people live in Oradea?

The published population is 183,105 people. Source: INS — RPL 2021 definitive results, resident population by municipality.

How much is public transport in Oradea?

A monthly transport pass is 16.18 EUR/month. This is a supplemental estimate, not an official municipal measurement. Source: Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2.

Is Oradea a good place to live?

Oradea 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 16). Oradea, Romania: population, cost of living, jobs, climate [ImmigrationDB compilation; version beddf468a839cf25b20834337f8d9e03]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/oradea/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_oradea-romania-population-cost-of-living-jobs-climate_71a35a8d5497,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Oradea, Romania: population, cost of living, jobs, climate},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {beddf468a839cf25b20834337f8d9e03},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/oradea/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Sources

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cdn.who.int cdn.who.int · checked 2026-08-26
EEA air quality statistics — RO PM10 annual mean 2024 (station BH-3) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
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
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-03
OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
ANOFM — registered unemployed by county and locality, 31 December 2025 ANOFM · anofm.ro · checked 2026-07-26

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Cost of Living in Oradea. Jun 2026. Prices in Oradea numbeo.com · checked 2026-07-27
Global Cost of Living — Kaggle snapshot v2 Global Cost of Living · kaggle.com · checked 2026-07-27

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