Living in Varberg

The unemployment rate was 8.6% at the end of 2024.

Pricier rent than 70% of Swedish cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 80% of Swedish cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 84% of Swedish cities that publish it.

Which Sweden-wide rules apply when you move to Varberg?

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 SwedenNational rates and thresholds that apply in Varberg.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Varberg?

Average net cold rent is about 10.95 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

Average net rent (nettokalt): 10.95 EUR/m²/month · api.scb.se¹

City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Varberg yet.

Net rent across major citiesVarberg highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average net rent (nettokalt)	10.95 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €10.00	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se¹Official

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 657 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of about 10.95 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2025

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Varberg?

The unemployment rate is 8.6 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹⁶

Unemployment across cities in SwedenUnemployment in Varberg is 8.6%. Of 216 cities with data, 61 have unemployment of 8 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
People in employment	35,027 people	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁵Official
Fiber Coverage Pct	92	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Employment rate	85.5 %	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁶Official
Median gross salary (regional)	3,425 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	api.scb.se²Official
Unemployment rate	8.6 %country median 10.6%	31 Dec 2024	SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024¹⁶Independent

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Varberg. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Arbetsförmedlingen — Public employment service

Swedish Public Employment Service

Job Search

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

Family and education

Metric	Value	Period	Source
School Rating Avg	3.9	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians Per 1000	3.8	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Varberg 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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Physicians Per 10003.8Verified 2026-08-27

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Varberg?

Police recorded 7,909 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 7,909 offences per 100,000 · Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³

Recorded crime across major citiesVarberg highlighted among comparable cities

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	7,909 offences per 100,000country median 9,986	31 Dec 2025	Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025³Official

Mobility and administration

Car density was 538.9 vehicles per 1,000 residents in 2025.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Immigration Processing Time Days	90	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Destinations from nearest airport	4 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat⁸Official
Nearest airport	HAD	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Distance to nearest airport	57.2 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv⁹Official
Public Transport Score	60	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

Country-level information

Municipal civic orientation for newly arrived residents — Civic Orientation

Swedish municipalities

For newly arrived residents with residence permits.

In Person, Onlinefree

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Swedish for immigrants (SFI) municipal adult education — State Language Course

Swedish municipalities under the national SFI framework

For persons over 16 eligible for SFI.

SwedishIn Person, Online

Open official information

Open the full Sweden section

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

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 0.2°C in January and 17.5°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 74.2 mm in January and 76.8 mm in July. Annual PM2.5 was 6.59 µg/m³ in 2023.

Is the air quality good in Varberg?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.6 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

PM2.5 — annual mean: 6.59 µg/m³ · Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶

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

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in SwedenAnnual PM2.5 in Varberg is 6.6 µg/m³. Of 197 cities with data, 64 have annual PM2.5 of 4 to under 5 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	3.96 µg/m³country median 4.0	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
PM10 — annual mean	9.99 µg/m³country median 9.3	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
PM2.5 — annual mean	6.59 µg/m³country median 5.1	2023	Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features.⁶Official
Average January temperature	0	28 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.33 · Feb 2.55 · Mar 5.64 · Apr 11.5 · May 16.41 · Jun 19.25 · Jul 21.68 · Aug 21.28 · Sep 17.21 · Oct 11.67 · Nov 6.76 · Dec 3.7 °C	31 Dec 2020	SMHI Mean maximum temperature — Varberg, 1991-2020¹¹Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan -1.94 · Feb -2.12 · Mar -0.642 · Apr 2.9 · May 7.29 · Jun 11.1 · Jul 13.59 · Aug 13.44 · Sep 10.04 · Oct 5.77 · Nov 2.42 · Dec -0.467 °C	31 Dec 2020	SMHI Mean minimum temperature — Varberg, 1991-2020¹²Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.248 · Feb 0.158 · Mar 2.33 · Apr 6.98 · May 11.7 · Jun 15.03 · Jul 17.47 · Aug 17.08 · Sep 13.37 · Oct 8.56 · Nov 4.61 · Dec 1.72 °C	31 Dec 2020	SMHI Normal monthly temperature — Varberg, 1991-2020¹⁴Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 74.15 · Feb 55.97 · Mar 49.19 · Apr 43.81 · May 49.16 · Jun 77.76 · Jul 76.75 · Aug 96.15 · Sep 77.15 · Oct 91.49 · Nov 78.02 · Dec 83.64 mm	31 Dec 2020	SMHI Normal monthly precipitation — Varberg, 1991-2020¹³Official

Cities of a similar size in Sweden

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Sweden cities

Mölndal71,420 residents Norrtälje66,585 residents Karlskrona66,301 residents Kalmar72,704 residents Östersund64,979 residents Sollentuna77,624 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 872.9 km² in 2026. Population density was 79.6 people per km² in 2025.

How many people live in Varberg?

The published population was 69,070 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹⁰

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Area	872.9 km²	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁷Official
Cars per 1,000 residents	538.9 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2025	Official vehicles-in-use table: Fordonsslag=10 is passenger cars, stock at the last month of 2025; divided by official SCB population at 31 December 2025.⁷Official
City area	872.9 km²	1 Jan 2026	Official SCB population density per square kilometre at municipality grain. SCB states that it uses the population figure at 31 December with the following 1 January land-area figure.¹⁰Official
Foreign-resident share	4.08 %	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁸Official
Foreign residents	2,836 people	31 Dec 2025	Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.⁵Official
Population density	79.6 people/km²	31 Dec 2025	Official SCB population density per square kilometre at municipality grain. SCB states that it uses the population figure at 31 December with the following 1 January land-area figure.¹⁰Official
Population Female	34,744 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)²⁰Official
Population Male	34,744 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistics Sweden (SCB)²⁰Official
Population	69,070 people	31 Dec 2024	SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.¹⁰Official

International community in Varberg

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Registered population by municipality and country of birth; total sex · 2024

Published group	People	Share
All birth countries	69,070	100.0%
Sweden	60,905	88.2%
Yugoslavia	700	1.0%
Syrian Arab Republic	664	1.0%
Poland	515	0.7%
Bulgaria	490	0.7%
Thailand	352	0.5%
Finland	304	0.4%
Kosovo	300	0.4%
Norway	296	0.4%

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Published group	People	Share
Denmark	253	0.4%
Germany	233	0.3%
other countries	219	0.3%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	202	0.3%
Afghanistan	193	0.3%
Ukraine	179	0.3%
Romania	171	0.2%
Chile	162	0.2%
Türkiye	150	0.2%
United Kingdom	143	0.2%
Iraq	139	0.2%
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	123	0.2%
Eritrea	120	0.2%
United States of America	97	0.1%
India	90	0.1%
El Salvador	88	0.1%
China	83	0.1%
Philippines	80	0.1%
Serbia	79	0.1%
Iceland	68	0.1%
Greece	67	0.1%
Lebanon	67	0.1%
Russian Federation	65	0.1%
Albania	57	0.1%
Serbia and Montenegro	56	0.1%
Viet Nam	56	0.1%
Kingdom of the Netherlands	55	0.1%
Colombia	53	0.1%
Lithuania	52	0.1%
Sudan	51	0.1%
Brazil	45	0.1%
Italy	45	0.1%
Hungary	44	0.1%
North Macedonia	44	0.1%
Spain	43	0.1%
Somalia	42	0.1%
Austria	38	0.1%
Korea, Republic of Korea	37	0.1%
Sri Lanka	37	0.1%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	36	0.1%
Croatia	33	0.0%
Estonia	31	0.0%
Palestinian territory, occupied	29	0.0%
Ethiopia	27	0.0%
France	26	0.0%
Australia	25	0.0%
Burundi	24	0.0%
Saudi Arabia	24	0.0%
Tanzania, United Republic of	24	0.0%
Uruguay	22	0.0%
Canada	21	0.0%
Argentina	20	0.0%
Portugal	20	0.0%
Latvia	19	0.0%
Indonesia	18	0.0%
Switzerland	17	0.0%
Kenya	17	0.0%
Zambia	17	0.0%
Pakistan	16	0.0%
South Africa	16	0.0%
Japan	15	0.0%
Czechoslovakia	15	0.0%
Belgium	14	0.0%
Ghana	14	0.0%
Ireland	14	0.0%
Israel	14	0.0%
Moldova, Republic of	14	0.0%
Morocco	13	0.0%
Nepal	13	0.0%
Azerbaijan	12	0.0%
Jordan	12	0.0%
Slovenia	12	0.0%
United Arab Emirates	11	0.0%
Belarus	11	0.0%
Czech Republic	11	0.0%
Uganda	11	0.0%
Egypt	10	0.0%
Peru	10	0.0%
Taiwan	10	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²²

Citizenship

Registered population by municipality and citizenship; total sex · 2024

Published group	People	Share
total	69,070	100.0%
Swedish	66,185	95.8%
European citizenship except Swedish	1,831	2.7%
Rest of the world incl. Stateless and unknown	1,054	1.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source²¹

Is Varberg 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.

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Remote worker57%strong on work, weak on safety · range 49–65%

Skilled employee62%strong on work, weak on safety · range 54–70%

Student58%strong on education, weak on safety · range 51–65%

Family44%strong on family, weak on housing · range 37–51%

Retirement53%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 44–62%

Foreign residents2,836 people31 Dec 2025Official source · Official number of foreign citizens at municipality grain, all ages and all sexes, reference 31 December 2025.

Population69,070 people31 Dec 2024Official source · SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year.

Average net rent (nettokalt)10.95 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se

People in employment35,027 people31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Employment rate85.5 %31 Dec 2024Official source · Statistics Sweden (SCB)

Median gross salary (regional)3,425 EUR/month31 Dec 2025Official source · api.scb.se

Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-09-03

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	31,849 households	31 Dec 2024	Statistics Sweden (SCB)¹⁹Official
Municipal Tax Rate Percent	20.85	27 Aug 2026	migrationfit.com⁴Official

Common questions

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

How many people live in Varberg?

The published population was 69,070 people in 2024. Source: SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year..

How much does it cost to rent in Varberg?

Average net cold rent is about 10.95 EUR/m² per month (2025), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 766 EUR a month before utilities. Source: api.scb.se.

Is the air quality good in Varberg?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 6.6 µg/m³ (2023) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features..

How safe is Varberg?

Police recorded 7,909 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Brå — reported offences by municipality, 2025.

What is the unemployment rate in Varberg?

The unemployment rate is 8.6 % (2024). Source: SCB labour-market variables by municipality, 2022–2024.

What is the typical salary around Varberg?

The median gross salary is 3,425 EUR/month. Source: api.scb.se.

Is Varberg a good place to live?

Varberg 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 born in United Arab Emirates live in Varberg?

The official country of birth distribution records 11 people (0.0%) in the source-defined population for 2024. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Varberg, Sweden: rent, salary, jobs, safety},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Official SMHI 2023 national model values are derived from exact-kommun receptor/grid features. natmodluft.smhi.se · checked 2026-07-15
Official vehicles-in-use table: Fordonsslag=10 is passenger cars, stock at the last month of 2025; divided by official SCB population at 31 December 2025. api.scb.se · checked 2025-12-31
OpenFlights — routes.dat OpenFlights · raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-07-14
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SCB table BefArealTathetKon: municipality land area/population by year. api.scb.se · checked 2026-07-14

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SMHI Mean maximum temperature — Varberg, 1991-2020 SMHI Mean maximum temperature · smhi.se · checked 2026-07-26
SMHI Mean minimum temperature — Varberg, 1991-2020 SMHI Mean minimum temperature · smhi.se · checked 2026-07-26
SMHI Normal monthly precipitation — Varberg, 1991-2020 SMHI Normal monthly precipitation · smhi.se · checked 2026-07-26
SMHI Normal monthly temperature — Varberg, 1991-2020 SMHI Normal monthly temperature · smhi.se · checked 2026-07-26
Statistics Sweden (SCB) api.scb.se · checked 2026-08-07
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Statistics Sweden (SCB) country_of_birth distribution api.scb.se · checked 2026-08-28

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