Living in Sabinov

In Sabinov, unemployment is 6.5% (2025).

The population of Sabinov totalled 11,981 at the end of 2025. The city faced an unemployment rate of 6.52% at the end of 2025. Annual PM2.5 in the air was 17 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0724 sources

Population11,981people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Average gross salary1,405EUR/month31 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)

Unemployment rate6.52%country median 4.1% — 57% aboveOfficial source · Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny

Recorded crime600incidents per 100,000country median 1,100 — 45% belowOfficial source · MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety

PM2.5, annual mean17µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

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

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 Sabinov.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Sabinov. 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 citiesSabinov 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 Sabinov 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 worker54%strong on work, weak on housing · range 44–64%

Skilled employee58%strong on work, weak on education · range 48–68%

Student59%strong on safety, weak on education · range 48–70%

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

Retirement62%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 50–74%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Sabinov?

The unemployment rate is about 6.5 % (2025-12).

Unemployment rate: 6.52 % · Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny¹⁴

Unemployment across cities in SlovakiaUnemployment in Sabinov is 6.5%. Of 143 cities with data, 99 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

0–55–1010–1525–30

Sabinov 6.5%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,405 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)⁸Official · county
Unemployment rate	6.52 %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 Sabinov. 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 Sabinov. Sources checked through 12 Aug 2026.

Safety

How safe is Sabinov?

Police recorded 600 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 citiesSabinov 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	600 incidents per 100,000country median 1,100	31 Dec 2025	MuMAP Quality of Life — Safety³Official

Mobility and administration

Sabinov's nearest airport was KSC, 50 km away and offered 4 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	4 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	50 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	KSC	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁷Official

Language courses and integration

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

SlovakIn Person

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

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from −2.6°C in January to 19.4°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 21.7 mm in January and 110.2 mm in July.

Is the air quality good in Sabinov?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 17 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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0°-6°

3°-5°

9°-1°

16°3°

20°8°

24°12°

26°13°

20°9°

14°4°

7°0°

1°-4°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

110

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

133

182

214

219

233

239

167

114

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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

PM2.517WHO 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	17 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 0.2 · Feb 2.7 · Mar 8.7 · Apr 15.6 · May 20.4 · Jun 23.9 · Jul 25.7 · Aug 25.8 · Sep 20.1 · Oct 13.8 · Nov 7.1 · Dec 1.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -5.5 · Feb -4.7 · Mar -1.2 · Apr 3.2 · May 7.8 · Jun 11.7 · Jul 13.3 · Aug 12.8 · Sep 8.6 · Oct 4.3 · Nov 0.5 · Dec -4 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -2.6 · Feb -1 · Mar 3.5 · Apr 9.6 · May 14.2 · Jun 17.9 · Jul 19.4 · Aug 19 · Sep 13.9 · Oct 8.7 · Nov 3.7 · Dec -1.3 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 21.7 · Feb 24.8 · Mar 24.1 · Apr 43.2 · May 82.8 · Jun 95 · Jul 110.2 · Aug 76.8 · Sep 56.7 · Oct 53.8 · Nov 33 · Dec 25.9 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 46 · Feb 68.3 · Mar 132.9 · Apr 181.5 · May 213.9 · Jun 219.1 · Jul 232.8 · Aug 239.2 · Sep 167 · Oct 114 · Nov 56.1 · Dec 35.2 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Slovakia: Petržalka ±2.2 °C. Elsewhere: Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Cottbus (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±1.3 °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 23.4 km². The population density of Sabinov stood at 528 people per km² at the end of 2021.

How many people live in Sabinov?

The published population was 11,981 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic⁹

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	23.38 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)¹⁰Official
Population density	528 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)¹⁰Official
Population	11,981 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic⁹Official

International community in Sabinov

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	12,349	100.0%
inhabitants born in Slovak Republic	11,958	96.8%
inhabitants born abroad	379	3.1%
not found out	12	0.1%

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	12,349	100.0%
inhabitants with the citizenship of the Slovak Republic	12,299	99.6%
foreigners	47	0.4%
not found out	3	0.0%

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	12,349	100.0%
Slovak	11,254	91.1%
not found out	492	4.0%
Romani	421	3.4%
Ruthenian	89	0.7%
Czech	32	0.3%
Ukrainian	25	0.2%
Polish	8	0.1%
Russian	7	0.1%
Hungarian	4	0.0%
other	4	0.0%

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Published group	People	Share
Bulgarian	2	0.0%
Romanian	2	0.0%
Irish	2	0.0%
German	1	0.0%
Croatian	1	0.0%
Jewish	1	0.0%
Moravian	1	0.0%
Austrian	1	0.0%
Italian	1	0.0%
English	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 Sabinov

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.

Veľký Šariš as a Sabinov alternative in the same region

10 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 500 Veľký Šariš vs 600 Sabinov−17%
Residents: 7,035 Veľký Šariš vs 11,981 Sabinov−41%
Unemployment: 6.0% Veľký Šariš vs 6.5% Sabinov−8%
Annual PM2.5: 17.0 µg/m³ Veľký Šariš vs 17.0 µg/m³ Sabinovsame level

Full comparison More about Veľký Šariš

Petržalka as a Sabinov alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 312 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 11,981 Sabinov+836%
Unemployment: 2.8% Petržalka vs 6.5% Sabinov−58%
Annual PM2.5: 12.0 µg/m³ Petržalka vs 17.0 µg/m³ Sabinov−29%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,100 Petržalka vs 600 Sabinovno percentage

Full comparison More about Petržalka

Cities near Sabinov

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

Alternative cities in Slovakia

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

All Slovakia cities

Zlaté Moravce11,733 residents Bytča11,729 residents Stupava12,979 residents Revúca10,778 residents Holíč10,735 residents Detva13,416 residents

How does Sabinov compare?

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

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

Is Sabinov part of Prešov?

Sabinov is near Prešov, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 16.8 km away by straight-line distance. Prešov 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 Sabinov?

The published population was 11,981 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

Is the air quality good in Sabinov?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 17 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 Sabinov?

Police recorded 600 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 Sabinov?

The unemployment rate is about 6.5 % (2025-12). Source: Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny.

Is Sabinov a good place to live?

Sabinov 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 Sabinov part of Prešov?

Sabinov is near Prešov, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 16.8 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Sabinov?

Jarovnice, Veľký Šariš, Lipany, Bardejov are near Sabinov. 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 Sabinov?

The official country of birth distribution records 11,958 people (96.8%) 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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  title = {Sabinov, Slovakia: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
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  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/sk/sabinov/},
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}

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