Living in Åkarp
In Åkarp (Västra Götaland County), average gross earnings are €3,316 a month (2025).
The city faced an unemployment rate of 10.9% at the end of 2024. Åkarp recorded annual PM2.5 of 5.3 µg/m³ in 2023.
Which Sweden-wide rules apply when you move to Åkarp?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
No city-level rent figure is published for Åkarp. The available city-level cost figures remain below.
Is Åkarp 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.
Work and income
Åkarp 10.9%
Unemployment rate (%)
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Åkarp. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Arbetsförmedlingen — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Åkarp. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 10,351 incidents per 100,000country median 9,986 | 31 Dec 2025 | Anmälda brott i kommunerna 2025 (Reported offences in municipalities 2025)1Official |
Mobility and administration
Åkarp's nearest airport was JKG, 58 km away and offered 2 direct destinations.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Åkarp. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Municipal civic orientation for newly arrived residents — Civic Orientation
Swedish municipalities
For newly arrived residents with residence permits.
Swedish for immigrants (SFI) municipal adult education — State Language Course
Swedish municipalities under the national SFI framework
For persons over 16 eligible for SFI.
Climate and air quality
Monthly mean temperature moved from −1.3°C in January to 16.8°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 43.4 mm in January and 77.3 mm in July.
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 0.6 · Feb 0.9 · Mar 4.6 · Apr 10.7 · May 15.8 · Jun 19.1 · Jul 21.3 · Aug 20.3 · Sep 15.6 · Oct 9.7 · Nov 4.7 · Dec 1.8 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO3Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan -3.6 · Feb -3.9 · Mar -2.2 · Apr 1.5 · May 5.7 · Jun 9.4 · Jul 12 · Aug 11.6 · Sep 8.1 · Oct 4 · Nov 0.8 · Dec -2.3 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO4Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan -1.3 · Feb -1.5 · Mar 1 · Apr 5.9 · May 10.8 · Jun 14.3 · Jul 16.8 · Aug 15.9 · Sep 11.7 · Oct 6.8 · Nov 2.8 · Dec 0 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO5Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 43.4 · Feb 39.1 · Mar 32.4 · Apr 38.1 · May 53.4 · Jun 80.8 · Jul 77.3 · Aug 76.1 · Sep 58.8 · Oct 62.7 · Nov 54 · Dec 53 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO6Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In Sweden: Jönköping ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Naila (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Schwarzenbach an der Saale (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Selb (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Tartu linn (Estonia) ±1.3 °C, Espoo (Finland) ±1.1 °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.
Alternatives for people set on Åkarp
Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Åkarp from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.
Cities near Åkarp
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 8.99 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
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- 8.28 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
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- 9.91 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
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- 8.72 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
How does Åkarp compare?
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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Åkarp 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 guideSchool for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: förberedelseklass (reception class) + språkförskola (special language preschool). How to enrol a child (skolverket.se).
A country-wide rule for Sweden; Åkarp's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
What is the unemployment rate in Åkarp?
The unemployment rate is 10.9 %. Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024.
How safe is Åkarp?
Police recorded 10,351 incidents per 100,000. This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Anmälda brott i kommunerna 2025 (Reported offences in municipalities 2025).
Is Åkarp a good place to live?
Åkarp 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.
Which cities are near Åkarp?
Falköping, Tidaholm, Skövde, Skara are near Åkarp. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Åkarp (Västra Götaland County), Sweden: salary, jobs, safety [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a467ae81a37e3c15e0dff4b076ca9768]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/se/akarp/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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- Anmälda brott i kommunerna 2025 (Reported offences in municipalities 2025) bra.se · checked 2026-10-05
- api.scb.se api.scb.se · checked 2026-08-27
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-06
- OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
- OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
- Statistics Sweden Kommun17g — Average monthly salary in the municipalities Statistics Sweden Kommun17g · api.scb.se · checked 2026-09-23
- Tele2 mobile plan tele2.se · checked 2026-09-15
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- Telia 100 Mbps broadband telia.se · checked 2026-09-15
- Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
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- Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
- Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
- Coordinate identity evidence wikidata.org · checked 2026-09-06
- SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024 api.scb.se · checked 2026-07-26
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