Living in Čaňa

In Čaňa, unemployment is 4.7% (2025).

At the end of 2025, Čaňa had a population of 6,151. The city faced an unemployment rate of 4.65% at the end of 2025. Annual PM2.5 was 16 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0726 sources

Population6,151people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Average gross salary1,726EUR/month31 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)

Unemployment rate4.65%country median 4.1% — 12% aboveOfficial source · Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny

Recorded crime500incidents per 100,000country median 1,100 — 55% belowOfficial source · MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety

PM2.5, annual mean16µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Which Slovakia-wide rules apply when you move to Čaňa?

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 SlovakiaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Čaňa.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

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

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€28

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Net rent across major citiesČaňa highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Žilina€4.83

Prešov€4.67

Nitra€3.93

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	27.68 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	O2 Zlatý home internet⁸Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	22 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	O2 Basic Paušál⁷Official · national market

Is Čaňa 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 housing · range 47–67%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on education · range 53–73%

Student56%strong on safety, weak on education · range 45–67%

Family64%strong on family, weak on education · range 54–74%

Retirement60%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 48–72%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Čaňa?

The unemployment rate is about 4.7 % (2025-12).

Unemployment rate: 4.65 % · Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny¹⁷

Unemployment across cities in SlovakiaUnemployment in Čaňa is 4.7%. Of 143 cities with data, 99 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

0–55–1010–1525–30

Čaňa 4.7%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,726 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)¹¹Official · county
Unemployment rate	4.65 %country median 4.1%	31 Dec 2025	Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny¹⁷Official

Public employment service

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

Country-level information

Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family — Public employment service

Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny

Job SearchTraining

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Čaňa. Sources checked through 12 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Čaňa?

Police recorded 500 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety⁶

Recorded crime across major citiesČaňa highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Žilina1,300

Banská Bystrica1,200

Petržalka1,100

Nitra1,100

Trnava1,100

Martin1,000

Trenčín900

Prešov800

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	500 incidents per 100,000country median 1,100	31 Dec 2025	MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety⁶Official

Mobility and administration

Čaňa's nearest airport was KSC, 9 km away and offered 4 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	4 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁹Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	9 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	KSC	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁰Official

Language courses and integration

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

Country-level information

Integration of third-country nationals including migrants — national project — Integration course

Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic

For third-country nationals, migrants.

SlovakIn Person

Open official information

Integration policy of the Slovak Republic — Welcome Program

Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic / Government of Slovakia

For foreigners with long-term residence, third-country nationals.

SlovakIn Person

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were −1.9°C in January and 20.8°C in July. Čaňa's monthly precipitation totalled 25.7 mm in January and 93.5 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Čaňa?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 16 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency⁴

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

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16°5°

21°10°

25°13°

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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

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253

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265

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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

PM2.516WHO 5 · EU 25

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	16 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 1 · Feb 3.7 · Mar 9.9 · Apr 16.5 · May 21.2 · Jun 24.8 · Jul 26.6 · Aug 26.8 · Sep 21.2 · Oct 14.8 · Nov 8.2 · Dec 1.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -4.8 · Feb -3.6 · Mar 0 · Apr 5 · May 9.6 · Jun 13.2 · Jul 14.8 · Aug 14.6 · Sep 10.1 · Oct 5.3 · Nov 1.2 · Dec -3.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.9 · Feb 0 · Mar 4.7 · Apr 10.9 · May 15.5 · Jun 19.2 · Jul 20.8 · Aug 20.5 · Sep 15.2 · Oct 9.7 · Nov 4.5 · Dec -0.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 25.7 · Feb 26.8 · Mar 23.6 · Apr 42.4 · May 69.4 · Jun 87.5 · Jul 93.5 · Aug 66.5 · Sep 50.1 · Oct 51.1 · Nov 40.2 · Dec 36.1 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 57 · Feb 83.9 · Mar 155.5 · Apr 200.5 · May 239.9 · Jun 253.4 · Jul 258.9 · Aug 264.7 · Sep 189.4 · Oct 131 · Nov 66.7 · Dec 41 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²²Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Slovakia: Petržalka ±1.1 °C. Elsewhere: Cluj-Napoca (Romania) ±0.3 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Bacău (Romania) ±0.7 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±1.3 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.4 °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

Čaňa covered an area of 11.6 km² at the end of 2021. The population density of Čaňa stood at 507 people per km² at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Čaňa?

The published population was 6,151 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic¹²

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	11.56 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)¹³Official
Population density	507 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)¹³Official
Population	6,151 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic¹²Official

International community in Čaňa

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

Country of birth

Population covered by the Slovak 2021 Census basic-result tables; total published row for each official municipality/urban-part geography · SODB 2021 Population and Housing Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	5,864	100.0%
inhabitants born in Slovak Republic	5,629	96.0%
inhabitants born abroad	232	4.0%
not found out	3	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁴

Citizenship

Population covered by the Slovak 2021 Census basic-result tables; total published row for each official municipality/urban-part geography · SODB 2021 Population and Housing Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	5,864	100.0%
inhabitants with the citizenship of the Slovak Republic	5,829	99.4%
foreigners	32	0.6%
not found out	3	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁵

Ancestry or ethnicity

Population covered by the Slovak 2021 Census basic-result tables; total published row for each official municipality/urban-part geography · SODB 2021 Population and Housing Census

Published group	People	Share
Total	5,864	100.0%
Slovak	5,212	88.9%
Romani	309	5.3%
not found out	258	4.4%
Hungarian	24	0.4%
Czech	20	0.3%
Ruthenian	14	0.2%
Polish	13	0.2%
other	5	0.1%
Ukrainian	4	0.1%
German	2	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Moravian	1	0.0%
Korean	1	0.0%
English	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁶

Alternatives for people set on Čaňa

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.

Petržalka as a Čaňa alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 315 km, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 112,118 Petržalka vs 6,151 Čaňa+1723%
Unemployment: 2.8% Petržalka vs 4.7% Čaňa−41%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,100 Petržalka vs 500 Čaňano percentage
Annual PM2.5: 12.0 µg/m³ Petržalka vs 16.0 µg/m³ Čaňa−25%

Full comparison More about Petržalka

Cities near Čaňa

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Slovakia

Other cities in Slovakia to compare with Čaňa, nearest in population first.

All Slovakia cities

Nemšová6,132 residents Beluša6,199 residents Slovenský Grob6,290 residents Svätý Jur5,997 residents Turčianske Teplice5,996 residents Hnúšťa6,386 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Čaňa 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 6 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: jazykové kurzy pre deti cudzincov (language courses for children of foreigners, organised and funded by self-governing regions). How to enrol a child (minedu.sk).

A country-wide rule for Slovakia; Čaňa's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Čaňa part of Košice?

Čaňa belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Košice; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 12.5 km away by straight-line distance. Košice city profile

Relationship type: Metro Member Of. Source⁵

Common questions

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

How many people live in Čaňa?

The published population was 6,151 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

Is the air quality good in Čaňa?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 16 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.

How safe is Čaňa?

Police recorded 500 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety.

What is the unemployment rate in Čaňa?

The unemployment rate is about 4.7 % (2025-12). Source: Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny.

Is Čaňa a good place to live?

Čaňa 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.

Is Čaňa part of Košice?

Čaňa belongs to the same official metropolitan area as Košice; that does not by itself make it an administrative part of the hub. It is about 12.5 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Čaňa?

Košice, Moldava nad Bodvou are near Čaňa. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in inhabitants born in Slovak Republic live in Čaňa?

The official country of birth distribution records 5,629 people (96.0%) in the source-defined population for SODB 2021 Population and Housing Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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