Living in Stará Ľubovňa

Stará Ľubovňa is a city in Slovakia, and the figures below are its published values. Residents of Stará Ľubovňa numbered 15,534 at the end of 2025. Stará Ľubovňa registered an unemployment rate of 5.26% at the end of 2025. At the end of 2021, the population density reached 518 people per km².

Which Slovakia-wide rules apply when you move to Stará Ľubovňa?

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 Stará Ľubovňa.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent or cost figure is published for Stará Ľubovňa yet. Slovakia has country-level context; it is not substituted for this city.

Net rent across major citiesStará Ľubovňa highlighted among comparable cities

Work and income

Unemployment across cities in SlovakiaUnemployment in Stará Ľubovňa is 5.3%. Of 143 cities with data, 99 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Unemployment rate	5.26 %country median 4.1%	31 Dec 2025	Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny¹⁰Official

Public employment service

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

Mobility and administration

Stará Ľubovňa's nearest major airport was 41 km away.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest Major Airport Distance Km	41 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁴Official
Nearest Major Airport Iata	TAT	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁴Official

Language courses and integration

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

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from −4.7°C in January to 17.9°C in July. Stará Ľubovňa's monthly precipitation totalled 31.5 mm in January and 110.7 mm in July.

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Climate Monthly Extreme High C	Jan 9.29 · Feb 13.8 · Mar 17.43 · Apr 25.01 · May 28.15 · Jun 29.82 · Jul 34.5 · Aug 33.3 · Sep 32.06 · Oct 23.64 · Nov 18.2 · Dec 11.19 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official · coordinate grid
Climate Monthly Extreme Low C	Jan -28.36 · Feb -28.94 · Mar -19.63 · Apr -10.31 · May -3.12 · Jun 2.91 · Jul 4.16 · Aug 4.77 · Sep -0.85 · Oct -7.7 · Nov -15.62 · Dec -20.64 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official · coordinate grid
Average temperature by month	Jan -4.69 · Feb -3.37 · Mar 0.88 · Apr 7.04 · May 12.08 · Jun 15.83 · Jul 17.9 · Aug 17.74 · Sep 12.65 · Oct 7.29 · Nov 2.54 · Dec -2.63 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center²Official · coordinate grid
Average precipitation by month	Jan 31.5 · Feb 31.3 · Mar 36.9 · Apr 50 · May 95.3 · Jun 105 · Jul 110.7 · Aug 83.5 · Sep 66 · Oct 51.6 · Nov 35.7 · Dec 30.1 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO³Official · nearest-station reading

Cities of a similar size in Slovakia

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Slovakia cities

Galanta15,402 residents Skalica15,358 residents Handlová15,289 residents Bánovce nad Bebravou15,872 residents Kežmarok14,984 residents Sereď14,946 residents

Population and city profile

The city covered 30.8 km² at the end of 2021.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	30.79 km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)⁶Official
Population density	518 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)⁶Official
Population	15,534 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic⁵Official

International community in Stará Ľubovňa

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	15,938	100.0%
inhabitants born in Slovak Republic	15,271	95.8%
inhabitants born abroad	637	4.0%
not found out	30	0.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁷

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	15,938	100.0%
inhabitants with the citizenship of the Slovak Republic	15,821	99.3%
foreigners	104	0.7%
not found out	13	0.1%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source⁸

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	2,381	100.0%
Ruthenian	1,016	42.7%
Romani	555	23.3%
Slovak	365	15.3%
not found out	243	10.2%
Czech	40	1.7%
Polish	38	1.6%
other	36	1.5%
German	28	1.2%
Ukrainian	20	0.8%
Hungarian	12	0.5%

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Published group	People	Share
Russian	11	0.5%
English	5	0.2%
Irish	3	0.1%
Croatian	2	0.1%
Jewish	2	0.1%
Serbian	1	0.0%
Moravian	1	0.0%
Romanian	1	0.0%
Vietnamese	1	0.0%
Italian	1	0.0%

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

Is Stará Ľubovňa 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 worker53%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 42–64%

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

Student53%strong on cost, weak on safety · range 41–65%

Family51%strong on family, weak on safety · range 39–63%

Retirement55%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 41–69%

Population15,534 people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Unemployment rate5.26 %31 Dec 2025Official source · Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny

City area30.79 km²31 Dec 2021Official source · Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)

Population density518 people/km²31 Dec 2021Official source · Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)

Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-08-05

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Stará Ľubovňa 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.

Is Stará Ľubovňa part of Prešov?

Stará Ľubovňa 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 53.6 km away by straight-line distance.

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source¹

Common questions

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

What is the unemployment rate in Stará Ľubovňa?

The unemployment rate is 5.26 %. Source: Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny.

How many people live in Stará Ľubovňa?

The published population is 15,534 people. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

Is Stará Ľubovňa a good place to live?

Stará Ľubovňa 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 Stará Ľubovňa part of Prešov?

How many people born in not found out live in Stará Ľubovňa?

The official country of birth distribution records 30 people (0.2%) 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, September 12). Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia: jobs, climate [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0; version approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/sk/stara-lubovna/ Retrieved 2026-09-12. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

BibTeX citation

@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_stara-lubovna-slovakia-jobs-climate_6a9c4e3c4f38,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Stará Ľubovňa, Slovakia: jobs, climate},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-12},
  version = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  snapshot = {approved-static-d7ed373c115d60d0},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/sk/stara-lubovna/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-12. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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Sources

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gisco-services.ec.europa.eu place coordinates gisco-services.ec.europa.eu · checked 2026-08-28
NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center power.larc.nasa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO nodc.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic slovak.statistics.sk · checked 2026-08-05
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021) scitanie.sk · checked 2026-08-03
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021) scitanie.sk · checked 2026-08-30
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021) scitanie.sk · checked 2026-08-30
Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021) ancestry_or_ethnicity distribution scitanie.sk · checked 2026-08-28
Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny upsvr.gov.sk · checked 2026-08-05

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