Living in Satu Mare

Satu Mare had 91,520 residents in December 2021 and is a city in Romania. Registered unemployed accounted for 0.4% of residents at the end of 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2411 sources

Which Romania-wide rules apply when you move to Satu Mare?

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 Satu Mare.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Satu Mare. 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
Residential dwellings	38,000 count	31 Dec 2021	migrationfit.com⁷Official
Residential property price per m²	800 EUR/m²	31 Dec 2024	migrationfit.com⁷Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Satu Mare. 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

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Schools	26 count (K-12)	31 Dec 2024	migrationfit.com⁷Official

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; Satu Mare's school authority applies it locally.

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

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Transport authority	Transurban Satu Mare name	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁷Official
Destinations from nearest airport	1 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁹Official
Nearest airport	SUJ	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official
Distance to nearest airport	11 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Satu Mare. 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

Open official information

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

Open official information

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

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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

PM2.521.8WHO 5 · EU 25

NO₂17.3WHO 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 RomaniaOf 19 cities with data, 4 have annual PM2.5 of 15 to under 16 µg/m³.

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Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	17.31 µg/m³country median 22.6	31 Dec 2012	Eurostat⁴Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	21.78 µg/m³country median 15.4	31 Dec 2022	cdn.who.int¹Official
Monthly extreme high temperature	Jan 11.58 · Feb 15.53 · Mar 21.15 · Apr 28.54 · May 30.89 · Jun 36.29 · Jul 37.99 · Aug 38.14 · Sep 35.75 · Oct 28.22 · Nov 24.14 · Dec 13.21 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁸Official
Monthly extreme low temperature	Jan -25.01 · Feb -22.74 · Mar -14.99 · Apr -4.78 · May -2.29 · Jun 4.73 · Jul 8.21 · Aug 7.15 · Sep 1.91 · Oct -6.04 · Nov -8.95 · Dec -19.44 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁸Official
Average temperature by month	Jan -3.05 · Feb -0.92 · Mar 4.12 · Apr 10.47 · May 15.76 · Jun 19.74 · Jul 21.9 · Aug 22.09 · Sep 16.58 · Oct 10.31 · Nov 4.72 · Dec -1.19 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center⁸Official

Population and city profile

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	148.8 km²	31 Dec 2024	Eurostat GISCO, European Commission⁵Official
City area	152 km²	31 Dec 2022	migrationfit.com⁷Official
Population density	601.8 per km2	31 Dec 2022	migrationfit.com⁷Official
Population	91,520 people	1 Dec 2021	INS — RPL 2021 definitive results, resident population by municipality⁶Official
Registered unemployed, share of residents	0.39 %	31 Dec 2025	ANOFM — registered unemployed by county and locality, 31 December 2025¹¹Independent

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Flat personal income tax rate	10 %	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁷Official
Local tax rate	0.1 percent of property value	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁷Official
Official handoff information	https://igi.mai.gov.ro/ URL	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁷Official
Digital nomad visa eligibility	true	31 Dec 2025	migrationfit.com⁷Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Satu Mare 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.

Alternative cities in Romania

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

All Romania cities

Buzău103,481 residents Baia Mare108,759 residents Târgu Mureș116,033 residents Slatina63,487 residents Sibiu134,309 residents Bacău136,087 residents

Common questions

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

Is the air quality good in Satu Mare?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 21.78 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 Satu Mare?

The published population is 91,520 people. Source: INS — RPL 2021 definitive results, resident population by municipality.

Is Satu Mare a good place to live?

ImmigrationDB does not yet have enough current, multi-domain evidence and internal comparison context to answer that reliably. This stable data record remains available while the missing evidence is collected.

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APA citation

ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Satu Mare, Romania: population, cost of living, jobs, taxes [ImmigrationDB compilation; version c756f165a390309be7b3d3943a413c7e]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/satu-mare/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_satu-mare-romania-population-cost-of-living-jobs-taxes_033def0be5eb,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Satu Mare, Romania: population, cost of living, jobs, taxes},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {c756f165a390309be7b3d3943a413c7e},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/ro/satu-mare/},
  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
Digi Fiber 1000 digi.ro · checked 2026-09-15
Digi mobile plan digi.ro · checked 2026-09-15
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

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ANOFM — registered unemployed by county and locality, 31 December 2025 ANOFM · anofm.ro · checked 2026-07-26

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