Living in Prievidza

In Prievidza, unemployment is 4.4% (2025).

Prievidza's population was 41,959 at the end of 2025. An unemployment rate of 4.42% was measured at the end of 2025. The annual PM2.5 concentration measured 13 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0719 sources

Population41,959people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Average gross salary1,588EUR/month31 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)

Unemployment rate4.42%country median 4.1% — 7% aboveOfficial source · Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny

Recorded crime900incidents per 100,000country median 1,100 — 18% belowOfficial source · MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety

PM2.5, annual mean13µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

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

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 Prievidza.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Prievidza. 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 citiesPrievidza 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 Prievidza 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 employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 54–74%

Student55%strong on safety, weak on education · range 44–66%

Family62%strong on family, weak on education · range 52–72%

Retirement59%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 47–71%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Prievidza?

The unemployment rate is about 4.4 % (2025-12).

Unemployment rate: 4.42 % · Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny¹³

Unemployment across cities in SlovakiaUnemployment in Prievidza is 4.4%. Of 143 cities with data, 99 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

0–55–1010–1525–30

Prievidza 4.4%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,588 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)⁷Official · county
Unemployment rate	4.42 %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 Prievidza. 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 Prievidza. Sources checked through 12 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Prievidza?

Police recorded 900 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 citiesPrievidza 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	900 incidents per 100,000country median 1,100	31 Dec 2025	MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety³Official

Mobility and administration

Prievidza was 40 km from its nearest major airport.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	40 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	SLD	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁶Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from −1.1°C in January to 20.4°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 46.1 mm in January and 84 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 65.2 hours in January and 260.2 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Prievidza?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 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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3°-5°

5°-4°

10°0°

17°4°

21°9°

25°12°

27°14°

21°10°

16°5°

9°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

196

234

245

260

254

173

127

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hours

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

PM2.513WHO 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	13 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 2.6 · Feb 5.2 · Mar 10.2 · Apr 17 · May 21.4 · Jun 25 · Jul 27.3 · Aug 27.1 · Sep 21.4 · Oct 15.5 · Nov 9.1 · Dec 3.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -4.6 · Feb -3.5 · Mar 0 · Apr 4.3 · May 8.7 · Jun 12.4 · Jul 13.9 · Aug 13.5 · Sep 9.5 · Oct 5.3 · Nov 1.9 · Dec -2.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -1.1 · Feb 0.6 · Mar 4.7 · Apr 10.6 · May 15.2 · Jun 18.8 · Jul 20.4 · Aug 20 · Sep 14.8 · Oct 9.8 · Nov 5.3 · Dec 0.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 46.1 · Feb 41 · Mar 41.3 · Apr 40.3 · May 65.9 · Jun 78.7 · Jul 84 · Aug 68.4 · Sep 59.2 · Oct 58.1 · Nov 49.9 · Dec 45.8 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 65.2 · Feb 91.7 · Mar 141.8 · Apr 195.9 · May 234.3 · Jun 244.8 · Jul 260.2 · Aug 253.9 · Sep 173.4 · Oct 126.5 · Nov 64.9 · Dec 52.7 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Slovakia: Petržalka ±1.2 °C. Elsewhere: Cottbus (Germany) ±0.9 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±1.1 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Traunstein (Germany) ±1.2 °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

The city covered 43.1 km² at the end of 2021. The city recorded a population density of 1,045 people per km² at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Prievidza?

The published population was 41,959 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic⁸

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	43.06 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)⁹Official
Population density	1,045 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)⁹Official
Population	41,959 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic⁸Official

International community in Prievidza

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	45,017	100.0%
inhabitants born in Slovak Republic	42,922	95.3%
inhabitants born abroad	1,973	4.4%
not found out	122	0.3%

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	45,017	100.0%
inhabitants with the citizenship of the Slovak Republic	44,586	99.0%
foreigners	414	0.9%
not found out	17	0.0%

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	45,017	100.0%
Slovak	40,452	89.9%
not found out	3,791	8.4%
Czech	255	0.6%
Hungarian	135	0.3%
other	70	0.2%
German	43	0.1%
Romani	40	0.1%
Russian	34	0.1%
Vietnamese	29	0.1%
Ukrainian	26	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Polish	26	0.1%
Chinese	18	0.0%
Romanian	14	0.0%
Italian	11	0.0%
Ruthenian	10	0.0%
Croatian	9	0.0%
Albanian	8	0.0%
Irish	8	0.0%
Moravian	7	0.0%
English	7	0.0%
Bulgarian	6	0.0%
Serbian	5	0.0%
Jewish	3	0.0%
Turkish	3	0.0%
Greek	2	0.0%
Austrian	2	0.0%
Silesian	1	0.0%
Korean	1	0.0%
Canadian	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 Prievidza

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.

Partizánske as a Prievidza alternative in the same region

24 km away, better on 3 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 700 Partizánske vs 900 Prievidza−22%
Residents: 20,096 Partizánske vs 41,959 Prievidza−52%
Unemployment: 4.1% Partizánske vs 4.4% Prievidza−7%
Annual PM2.5: 12.0 µg/m³ Partizánske vs 13.0 µg/m³ Prievidza−8%

Full comparison More about Partizánske

Petržalka as a Prievidza alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 132 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 41,959 Prievidza+167%
Unemployment: 2.8% Petržalka vs 4.4% Prievidza−38%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,100 Petržalka vs 900 Prievidzano percentage
Annual PM2.5: 12.0 µg/m³ Petržalka vs 13.0 µg/m³ Prievidza−8%

Full comparison More about Petržalka

Cities near Prievidza

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

Alternative cities in Slovakia

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

All Slovakia cities

Zvolen38,747 residents Považská Bystrica36,690 residents Poprad48,034 residents Nové Zámky35,628 residents Dúbravka35,300 residents Martin50,153 residents

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Prievidza in rankings

#12 of 30 in Largest cities in Slovakia #16 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Slovakia #17 of 30 in Safest cities in Slovakia by recorded crime #24 of 30 in Cities with lowest unemployment in Slovakia

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

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

Is Prievidza part of Žilina?

Prievidza is near Žilina, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 51.8 km away by straight-line distance. Žilina 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 Prievidza?

The published population was 41,959 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

Is the air quality good in Prievidza?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 13 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 Prievidza?

Police recorded 900 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 Prievidza?

The unemployment rate is about 4.4 % (2025-12). Source: Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny.

Is Prievidza a good place to live?

Prievidza 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 Prievidza part of Žilina?

Prievidza is near Žilina, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 51.8 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Prievidza?

Bojnice, Handlová, Turčianske Teplice, Partizánske are near Prievidza. 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 Prievidza?

The official country of birth distribution records 42,922 people (95.3%) 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 = {Prievidza, Slovakia: population, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {63abf458d9efc8a39556ab23e54d074b},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/sk/prievidza/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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