Living in Spišská Belá

In Spišská Belá, unemployment is 7% (2025).

At the end of 2025, Spišská Belá had a population of 6,648. Spišská Belá registered an unemployment rate of 7.03% at the end of 2025. The annual PM2.5 concentration measured 8 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0724 sources

Population6,648people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Average gross salary1,446EUR/month31 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)

Unemployment rate7.03%country median 4.1% — 70% 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 mean8µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency

Which Slovakia-wide rules apply when you move to Spišská Belá?

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 Spišská Belá.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Spišská Belá. 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 citiesSpišská Belá 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 Spišská Belá a good place to live?

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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%

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

Retirement63%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 51–75%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Spišská Belá?

The unemployment rate is about 7 % (2025-12).

Unemployment rate: 7.03 % · Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny¹²

Unemployment across cities in SlovakiaUnemployment in Spišská Belá is 7.0%. Of 143 cities with data, 99 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

0–55–1010–1525–30

Spišská Belá 7.0%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,446 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)⁶Official · county
Unemployment rate	7.03 %country median 4.1%	31 Dec 2025	Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny¹²Official

Public employment service

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

Safety

How safe is Spišská Belá?

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 — Safety²

Recorded crime across major citiesSpišská Belá 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 — Safety²Official

Mobility and administration

Spišská Belá's nearest major airport was 20 km away.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Distance to the nearest major airport	20 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	TAT	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁵Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Spišská Belá's monthly mean temperatures were −10.1°C in January and 5.2°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 176.9 mm in January and 193.7 mm in July. Average monthly sunshine totalled 124 hours in January and 168.7 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Spišská Belá?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 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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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

177

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165

149

157

194

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126

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

124

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165

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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

PM2.58WHO 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	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan -7.3 · Feb -7.7 · Mar -5.8 · Apr -1.7 · May 2.9 · Jun 6.9 · Jul 8.7 · Aug 9 · Sep 4.5 · Oct 1.1 · Nov -2.7 · Dec -6.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹³Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -12.9 · Feb -13.4 · Mar -11.8 · Apr -7.5 · May -2.9 · Jun 0.6 · Jul 2.4 · Aug 2.9 · Sep -0.9 · Oct -4.1 · Nov -7.8 · Dec -11.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁴Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -10.1 · Feb -10.6 · Mar -8.9 · Apr -4.7 · May -0.2 · Jun 3.5 · Jul 5.2 · Aug 5.6 · Sep 1.6 · Oct -1.6 · Nov -5.3 · Dec -8.8 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁵Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 176.9 · Feb 170.3 · Mar 182.1 · Apr 165.3 · May 149.1 · Jun 156.5 · Jul 193.7 · Aug 140.8 · Sep 120.3 · Oct 126.3 · Nov 154 · Dec 167.1 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 124 · Feb 129.1 · Mar 164.8 · Apr 172.6 · May 168.9 · Jun 159.3 · Jul 168.7 · Aug 179.6 · Sep 166.4 · Oct 165.8 · Nov 121.1 · Dec 111.2 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁷Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Slovakia: Petržalka ±13.8 °C. Elsewhere: Bad Aibling (Germany) ±5.9 °C, Kolbermoor (Germany) ±5.9 °C, Miesbach (Germany) ±5.9 °C, Jönköping (Sweden) ±9.0 °C, Gatineau (Canada) ±9.6 °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 33.9 km² at the end of 2021. At the end of 2021, the population density reached 196 people per km².

How many people live in Spišská Belá?

The published population was 6,648 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic⁷

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	33.89 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)⁸Official
Population density	196 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)⁸Official
Population	6,648 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic⁷Official

International community in Spišská Belá

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	6,646	100.0%
inhabitants born in Slovak Republic	6,476	97.4%
inhabitants born abroad	162	2.4%
not found out	8	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁹

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	6,646	100.0%
inhabitants with the citizenship of the Slovak Republic	6,605	99.4%
foreigners	36	0.5%
not found out	5	0.1%

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

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	6,646	100.0%
Slovak	5,986	90.1%
not found out	537	8.1%
Romani	61	0.9%
Polish	15	0.2%
Czech	13	0.2%
other	8	0.1%
German	5	0.1%
Vietnamese	5	0.1%
Hungarian	4	0.1%
Ukrainian	4	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
Ruthenian	3	0.1%
Russian	2	0.0%
Jewish	1	0.0%
Romanian	1	0.0%
Iranian	1	0.0%

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

Alternatives for people set on Spišská Belá

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.

Svit as a Spišská Belá alternative in the same region

23 km away, better on 1 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Unemployment: 3.7% Svit vs 7.0% Spišská Belá−47%
Residents: 7,642 Svit vs 6,648 Spišská Belá+15%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 500 Svit vs 500 Spišská Belásame level
Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Svit vs 8.0 µg/m³ Spišská Belásame level

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Petržalka as a Spišská Belá alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 272 km, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 112,118 Petržalka vs 6,648 Spišská Belá+1586%
Unemployment: 2.8% Petržalka vs 7.0% Spišská Belá−61%
Annual PM2.5: 12.0 µg/m³ Petržalka vs 8.0 µg/m³ Spišská Belá+50%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,100 Petržalka vs 500 Spišská Beláno percentage

Full comparison More about Petržalka

Cities near Spišská Belá

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

Alternative cities in Slovakia

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

All Slovakia cities

Tornaľa6,646 residents Turzovka6,769 residents Rovinka6,528 residents Želiezovce6,519 residents Nová Baňa6,799 residents Lipany6,475 residents

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

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

Common questions

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

How many people live in Spišská Belá?

The published population was 6,648 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

Is the air quality good in Spišská Belá?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 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 Spišská Belá?

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 Spišská Belá?

The unemployment rate is about 7 % (2025-12). Source: Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny.

Is Spišská Belá a good place to live?

Spišská Belá 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.

Which cities are near Spišská Belá?

Kežmarok, Lendak, Poprad, Levoča, Stará Ľubovňa are near Spišská Belá. 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 Spišská Belá?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,476 people (97.4%) 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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  title = {Spišská Belá, Slovakia: population, salary, cost of living},
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  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {1c226ff2fa34a3cacaf8ae53fd2dc93f},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/sk/spisska-bela/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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O2 Basic Paušál spolocnost.o2.sk · checked 2026-09-15
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