Living in Piešťany

In Piešťany, unemployment is 2.5% (2025).

Piešťany numbered 26,086 residents at the end of 2025. The unemployment rate was 2.52% at the end of 2025. Population density was 626 people per km² at the end of 2021.

Last checked 2026-10-0719 sources

Population26,086people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Average gross salary1,683EUR/month31 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)

Unemployment rate2.52%country median 4.1% — 39% belowOfficial source · Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny

Recorded crime1,100incidents per 100,000country median 1,100 — about the sameOfficial source · MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety

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

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 Piešťany.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Piešťany. 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 citiesPiešťany 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 internet⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	22 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	O2 Basic Paušál³Official · national market

Is Piešťany a good place to live?

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Remote worker61%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 51–71%

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

Student51%strong on safety, weak on education · range 40–62%

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

Retirement55%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 43–67%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Piešťany?

The unemployment rate is about 2.5 % (2025-12).

Unemployment rate: 2.52 % · Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny¹³

Unemployment across cities in SlovakiaUnemployment in Piešťany is 2.5%. Of 143 cities with data, 99 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

0–55–1010–1525–30

Piešťany 2.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,683 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)⁷Official · county
Unemployment rate	2.52 %country median 4.1%	31 Dec 2025	Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny¹³Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Piešťany. 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

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

Safety

How safe is Piešťany?

Police recorded 1,100 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 — Safety²

Recorded crime across major citiesPiešťany 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	1,100 incidents per 100,000country median 1,100 — about the same	31 Dec 2025	MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety²Official

Mobility and administration

Piešťany's nearest airport was BTS, 65 km away and offered 18 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	18 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁵Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	65 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BTS	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official

Language courses and integration

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

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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 Piešťany.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from −0.8°C in January to 20.8°C in July. Piešťany's monthly precipitation totalled 31.6 mm in January and 70.2 mm in July. Piešťany's average monthly sunshine was 60.4 hours in January and 273 hours in July.

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

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2°-4°

5°-3°

11°0°

17°4°

22°9°

25°13°

27°14°

21°10°

15°6°

9°2°

3°-2°

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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

142

205

247

259

273

261

181

126

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hours

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.5 · Feb 5.3 · Mar 10.6 · Apr 17.1 · May 21.5 · Jun 25.2 · Jul 27.4 · Aug 27.2 · Sep 21.3 · Oct 15.4 · Nov 9 · Dec 3.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -4.1 · Feb -3.2 · Mar 0.2 · Apr 4.4 · May 9.1 · Jun 12.7 · Jul 13.9 · Aug 14.4 · Sep 10.3 · Oct 5.7 · Nov 2.1 · Dec -2.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.8 · Feb 1 · Mar 5.1 · Apr 10.8 · May 15.4 · Jun 19.1 · Jul 20.8 · Aug 20.4 · Sep 15.3 · Oct 10.2 · Nov 5.5 · Dec 0.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 31.6 · Feb 29.8 · Mar 32.6 · Apr 37.6 · May 58.4 · Jun 70.7 · Jul 70.2 · Aug 58.1 · Sep 59.6 · Oct 48.3 · Nov 41 · Dec 38.3 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 60.4 · Feb 90 · Mar 142.2 · Apr 205.4 · May 246.8 · Jun 258.5 · Jul 273 · Aug 260.5 · Sep 180.9 · Oct 125.5 · Nov 62 · Dec 49 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Slovakia: Petržalka ±0.9 °C. Elsewhere: Cottbus (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±1.3 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±1.3 °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

At the end of 2021, the city's area measured 44.2 km².

How many people live in Piešťany?

The published population was 26,086 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic⁸

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	44.2 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)⁹Official
Population density	626 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)⁹Official
Population	26,086 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic⁸Official

International community in Piešťany

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	27,681	100.0%
inhabitants born in Slovak Republic	25,863	93.4%
inhabitants born abroad	1,675	6.0%
not found out	143	0.5%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

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	27,681	100.0%
inhabitants with the citizenship of the Slovak Republic	27,180	98.2%
foreigners	473	1.7%
not found out	28	0.1%

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

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	27,681	100.0%
Slovak	24,949	90.1%
not found out	1,957	7.1%
Czech	313	1.1%
other	91	0.3%
Hungarian	74	0.3%
Russian	57	0.2%
Ukrainian	51	0.2%
Vietnamese	37	0.1%
German	20	0.1%
Serbian	19	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Polish	14	0.1%
Romani	13	0.1%
Ruthenian	10	0.0%
Croatian	10	0.0%
Moravian	10	0.0%
Bulgarian	7	0.0%
Romanian	7	0.0%
Albanian	6	0.0%
Chinese	6	0.0%
English	6	0.0%
French	6	0.0%
Italian	5	0.0%
Austrian	4	0.0%
Silesian	3	0.0%
Turkish	3	0.0%
Korean	2	0.0%
Jewish	1	0.0%

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

Alternatives for people set on Piešťany

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.

Vrbové as a Piešťany alternative in the same region

9 km away, better on 2 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 500 Vrbové vs 1,100 Piešťany−55%
Residents: 5,523 Vrbové vs 26,086 Piešťany−79%
Unemployment: 2.2% Vrbové vs 2.5% Piešťany−15%

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Cities near Piešťany

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

Alternative cities in Slovakia

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

All Slovakia cities

Ružomberok26,099 residents Lučenec24,427 residents Pezinok24,340 residents Topoľčany23,638 residents Humenné29,179 residents Bardejov29,495 residents

How does Piešťany compare?

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Piešťany in rankings

#1 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Slovakia #26 of 30 in Largest cities in Slovakia #29 of 30 in Safest cities in Slovakia by recorded crime

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

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

Is Piešťany part of Nitra?

Piešťany 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 38.2 km away by straight-line distance. Nitra city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source¹

Common questions

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

How many people live in Piešťany?

The published population was 26,086 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

How safe is Piešťany?

Police recorded 1,100 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 Piešťany?

The unemployment rate is about 2.5 % (2025-12). Source: Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny.

Is Piešťany a good place to live?

Piešťany 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 Piešťany part of Nitra?

Piešťany 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 38.2 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Piešťany?

Vrbové, Hlohovec, Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Stará Turá are near Piešťany. 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 Piešťany?

The official country of birth distribution records 25,863 people (93.4%) 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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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Piešťany, Slovakia: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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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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