Living in Nové Zámky

In Nové Zámky, unemployment is 3.5% (2025).

Residents of Nové Zámky numbered 35,628 at the end of 2025. Nové Zámky had an unemployment rate of 3.53% at the end of 2025. Annual PM2.5 levels for Nové Zámky stood at 12 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0727 sources

Population35,628people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Average gross salary1,534EUR/month31 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)

Unemployment rate3.53%country median 4.1% — 15% belowOfficial source · Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny

Recorded crime1,000incidents per 100,000country median 1,100 — 9% belowOfficial source · MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety

PM2.5, annual mean12µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Which Slovakia-wide rules apply when you move to Nové Zámky?

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 Nové Zámky.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Nové Zámky. 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 citiesNové Zámky 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 internet⁵Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	22 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	O2 Basic Paušál⁴Official · national market

Is Nové Zámky 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 worker59%strong on work, weak on housing · range 49–69%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–74%

Student53%strong on safety, weak on education · range 42–64%

Family63%strong on family, weak on education · range 53–73%

Retirement57%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 45–69%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Nové Zámky?

The unemployment rate is about 3.5 % (2025-12).

Unemployment rate: 3.53 % · Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny¹⁴

Unemployment across cities in SlovakiaUnemployment in Nové Zámky is 3.5%. Of 143 cities with data, 99 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

0–55–1010–1525–30

Nové Zámky 3.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,534 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)⁸Official · county
Unemployment rate	3.53 %country median 4.1%	31 Dec 2025	Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny¹⁴Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Nové Zámky. 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 Nové Zámky. Sources checked through 12 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Nové Zámky?

Police recorded 1,000 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 — Safety³

Recorded crime across major citiesNové Zámky 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	1,000 incidents per 100,000country median 1,100	31 Dec 2025	MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety³Official

Mobility and administration

Nové Zámky's nearest airport was BTS, 73 km away and offered 18 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	18 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	73 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BTS	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Nové Zámky. 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

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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.

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from 0.1°C in January to 22°C in July. Nové Zámky's monthly precipitation totalled 34.1 mm in January and 69 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Nové Zámky?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency¹

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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18°6°

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23°11°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

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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

PM2.512WHO 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	12 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 3.4 · Feb 6.4 · Mar 11.9 · Apr 18.3 · May 22.8 · Jun 26.4 · Jul 28.5 · Aug 28.4 · Sep 22.8 · Oct 16.6 · Nov 9.8 · Dec 4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3 · Feb -2 · Mar 1.4 · Apr 5.9 · May 10.5 · Jun 13.7 · Jul 15.6 · Aug 15.2 · Sep 11 · Oct 6.4 · Nov 2.7 · Dec -1.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 0.1 · Feb 1.8 · Mar 6.1 · Apr 12 · May 16.6 · Jun 20.3 · Jul 22 · Aug 21.4 · Sep 16.1 · Oct 10.8 · Nov 5.9 · Dec 1 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 34.1 · Feb 30.1 · Mar 35.9 · Apr 32.1 · May 62 · Jun 60.8 · Jul 69 · Aug 54.8 · Sep 56.5 · Oct 46.6 · Nov 47.6 · Dec 40.9 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 70.9 · Feb 99.9 · Mar 152.5 · Apr 210 · May 251.2 · Jun 266 · Jul 281.1 · Aug 273.8 · Sep 190.7 · Oct 136.8 · Nov 78.3 · Dec 58.3 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Slovakia: Petržalka ±1.0 °C. Elsewhere: Kecskemét (Hungary) ±0.2 °C, Arad (Romania) ±0.5 °C, Timișoara (Romania) ±0.8 °C, Craiova (Romania) ±0.9 °C, Iași (Romania) ±0.9 °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

Nové Zámky's total area was 72.6 km² at the end of 2021. Population density was 521 people per km² at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Nové Zámky?

The published population was 35,628 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic⁹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	72.57 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)¹⁰Official
Population density	521 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)¹⁰Official
Population	35,628 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic⁹Official

International community in Nové Zámky

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	37,791	100.0%
inhabitants born in Slovak Republic	36,097	95.5%
inhabitants born abroad	1,592	4.2%
not found out	102	0.3%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

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	37,791	100.0%
inhabitants with the citizenship of the Slovak Republic	37,339	98.8%
foreigners	432	1.1%
not found out	20	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹²

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	37,791	100.0%
Slovak	26,543	70.2%
Hungarian	8,101	21.4%
not found out	2,575	6.8%
Czech	209	0.6%
other	76	0.2%
Ukrainian	43	0.1%
Romani	36	0.1%
Vietnamese	33	0.1%
Chinese	29	0.1%
Polish	23	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Russian	15	0.0%
Bulgarian	15	0.0%
German	12	0.0%
Croatian	12	0.0%
Ruthenian	9	0.0%
Jewish	9	0.0%
Serbian	8	0.0%
Romanian	7	0.0%
English	7	0.0%
Irish	6	0.0%
Albanian	4	0.0%
Italian	4	0.0%
Turkish	4	0.0%
Moravian	3	0.0%
Silesian	2	0.0%
Austrian	2	0.0%
French	2	0.0%
Greek	1	0.0%
Iranian	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹³

Alternatives for people set on Nové Zámky

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.

Šurany as a Nové Zámky alternative in the same region

11 km away, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 500 Šurany vs 1,000 Nové Zámky−50%
Residents: 9,001 Šurany vs 35,628 Nové Zámky−75%
Unemployment: 4.1% Šurany vs 3.5% Nové Zámky+17%
Annual PM2.5: 15.0 µg/m³ Šurany vs 12.0 µg/m³ Nové Zámky+25%

Full comparison More about Šurany

Petržalka as a Nové Zámky alternative in the same country

79 km away, better on 1 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 35,628 Nové Zámky+215%
Unemployment: 2.8% Petržalka vs 3.5% Nové Zámky−22%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,100 Petržalka vs 1,000 Nové Zámkyno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 12.0 µg/m³ Petržalka vs 12.0 µg/m³ Nové Zámkysame level

Full comparison More about Petržalka

Cities near Nové Zámky

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

Alternative cities in Slovakia

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

All Slovakia cities

Dúbravka35,300 residents Michalovce34,894 residents Karlova Ves34,746 residents Považská Bystrica36,690 residents Spišská Nová Ves34,023 residents Zvolen38,747 residents

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Nové Zámky in rankings

#7 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Slovakia #14 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Slovakia #15 of 30 in Largest cities in Slovakia #21 of 30 in Safest cities in Slovakia by recorded crime

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Nové Zámky 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; Nové Zámky's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Nové Zámky part of Nitra?

Nové Zámky is near Nitra, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 34.7 km away by straight-line distance. Nitra city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source²

Common questions

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

How many people live in Nové Zámky?

The published population was 35,628 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

Is the air quality good in Nové Zámky?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 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 Nové Zámky?

Police recorded 1,000 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 Nové Zámky?

The unemployment rate is about 3.5 % (2025-12). Source: Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny.

Is Nové Zámky a good place to live?

Nové Zámky 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 Nové Zámky part of Nitra?

Nové Zámky is near Nitra, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 34.7 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Nové Zámky?

Nesvady, Dvory nad Žitavou, Šurany, Hurbanovo, Kolárovo are near Nové Zámky. 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 Nové Zámky?

The official country of birth distribution records 36,097 people (95.5%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Nové Zámky, Slovakia: population, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version be74d911c9c5d4c54a8ce26e35b8c1ee]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/sk/nove-zamky/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Nové Zámky, Slovakia: population, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {be74d911c9c5d4c54a8ce26e35b8c1ee},
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  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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