Living in Trnava

At the end of 2025, Trnava had a population of 63,184. At the end of 2009, unemployment in Trnava reached 7.09%. Trnava recorded annual PM2.5 of 13 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0231 sources

Population63,184people31 Dec 2025Official source · Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic

Average gross salary1,982EUR/month31 Dec 2025District figureOfficial source · Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)

Unemployment rate7.09%country median 4.1% — 71% aboveOfficial source · Eurostat

Recorded crime1,100incidents per 100,000country median 1,100 — about the sameOfficial source · MuMAP, Quality of Life — Safety: number of crimes per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025

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

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

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 Trnava.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Trnava. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month3 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€28

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Transport pass€20

Net rent across major citiesTrnava 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 internet⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	22 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	O2 Basic Paušál⁶Official · national market
Monthly transport pass	19.5 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic¹³Official

Is Trnava 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 employee57%strong on work, weak on education · range 47–67%

Student58%strong on cost, weak on education · range 47–69%

Family60%strong on family, weak on education · range 50–70%

Retirement61%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 49–73%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Trnava?

The unemployment rate is about 7.1 % (2009).

Unemployment rate: 7.09 % · Eurostat²

Unemployment across cities in SlovakiaUnemployment in Trnava is 7.1%. Of 143 cities with data, 99 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

0–55–1010–1525–30

Trnava 7.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Average gross earnings	1,982 EUR/month	31 Dec 2025	Regionálna štatistika práce v roku 2025 (Regional labour statistics in 2025)¹⁰Official · county
Unemployment rate	7.09 %country median 4.1%	31 Dec 2009	Eurostat²Official

Unemployment rate over time7 published observations, 2001–2009

2.5%

7.1%

11.8%

16.4%

7.1%2001200520072009

Unemployment rate fell 54.1% between 2001 and 2009, from 15.4% to 7.1%.

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Trnava. 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

Search jobs

Open the Slovakia service overview

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

Safety

How safe is Trnava?

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: number of crimes per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025⁵

Recorded crime across major citiesTrnava 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 — Safety: number of crimes per 1,000 inhabitants in 2025⁵Official

Mobility and administration

Trnava's nearest airport was BTS, 36 km away and offered 18 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	18 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights⁸Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	36 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	BTS	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports⁹Official

Language courses and integration

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

Open official information

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 Trnava.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperature moved from −0.7°C in January to 20.9°C in July. Trnava's monthly precipitation totalled 35.2 mm in January and 64.7 mm in July. Trnava's average monthly sunshine was 65.9 hours in January and 266.2 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Trnava?

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

0°

2°-4°

5°-2°

10°1°

17°5°

21°9°

25°13°

28°14°

27°14°

22°11°

15°6°

8°2°

3°-2°

JFMAMJJASOND

Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

149

214

247

259

266

259

185

129

JFMAMJJASOND

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 2.2 · Feb 5 · Mar 10.4 · Apr 17 · May 21.3 · Jun 25.1 · Jul 27.5 · Aug 27.3 · Sep 21.6 · Oct 15.2 · Nov 8.5 · Dec 2.9 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -3.5 · Feb -2.4 · Mar 0.8 · Apr 5 · May 9.3 · Jun 12.6 · Jul 14.4 · Aug 14.5 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 6.2 · Nov 2.4 · Dec -2 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -0.7 · Feb 1.1 · Mar 5.2 · Apr 10.9 · May 15.3 · Jun 18.9 · Jul 20.9 · Aug 20.6 · Sep 15.5 · Oct 10.2 · Nov 5.3 · Dec 0.5 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 35.2 · Feb 30.8 · Mar 33.8 · Apr 33.9 · May 58.4 · Jun 59.3 · Jul 64.7 · Aug 60 · Sep 60.4 · Oct 47 · Nov 43.8 · Dec 41.5 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²²Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 65.9 · Feb 97.4 · Mar 149.3 · Apr 213.5 · May 247.1 · Jun 259.1 · Jul 266.2 · Aug 259.4 · Sep 184.5 · Oct 129.1 · Nov 66.5 · Dec 52.4 hours	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²³Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Slovakia: Petržalka ±0.7 °C. Elsewhere: Cottbus (Germany) ±1.0 °C, Berlin (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Hoyerswerda (Germany) ±1.2 °C, Brno (Czechia) ±0.5 °C, Traunreut (Germany) ±1.4 °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 population density reached 892 people per km².

How many people live in Trnava?

The published population was 63,184 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic¹²

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport98.5%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Cars per 1,000 residents	416.6 cars/1000 residents	31 Dec 2024	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic¹³Official
Foreign-resident share	1.54 %	7 Aug 2026	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic¹¹Official
Foreign residents	971 people	7 Aug 2026	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic¹¹Official
Population density	892 people/km²	31 Dec 2021	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021)¹⁵Official
Population	63,184 people	31 Dec 2025	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic¹²Official

International community in Trnava

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	63,803	100.0%
inhabitants born in Slovak Republic	60,854	95.4%
inhabitants born abroad	2,730	4.3%
not found out	219	0.3%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁶

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	63,803	100.0%
inhabitants with the citizenship of the Slovak Republic	62,882	98.6%
foreigners	903	1.4%
not found out	18	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁷

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	63,803	100.0%
Slovak	57,763	90.5%
not found out	4,791	7.5%
Czech	301	0.5%
Hungarian	189	0.3%
other	162	0.3%
Romani	143	0.2%
Ukrainian	69	0.1%
Serbian	51	0.1%
Polish	49	0.1%
Russian	39	0.1%

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Published group	People	Share
German	33	0.1%
Vietnamese	28	0.0%
Chinese	24	0.0%
Ruthenian	22	0.0%
Romanian	21	0.0%
Croatian	20	0.0%
Moravian	17	0.0%
French	16	0.0%
Bulgarian	15	0.0%
Korean	14	0.0%
Italian	10	0.0%
Albanian	6	0.0%
English	6	0.0%
Jewish	4	0.0%
Austrian	4	0.0%
Turkish	3	0.0%
Silesian	1	0.0%
Greek	1	0.0%
Irish	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁸

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median age	44.9 years	7 Aug 2026	Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic¹⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Trnava

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.

Petržalka as a Trnava alternative in the same region

44 km away, better on 1 of 3 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Residents: 112,118 Petržalka vs 63,184 Trnava+77%
Annual PM2.5: 12.0 µg/m³ Petržalka vs 13.0 µg/m³ Trnava−8%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 1,100 Petržalka vs 1,100 Trnavasame level

Full comparison More about Petržalka

Trenčín as a Trnava alternative in the same country

66 km away, better on 1 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.

Recorded crime, per 100k: 900 Trenčín vs 1,100 Trnava−18%
Unemployment: 7.7% Trenčín vs 7.1% Trnava+9%
Foreign residents: 1.4% Trenčín vs 1.5% Trnava−10%
Residents: 54,104 Trenčín vs 63,184 Trnava−14%
Annual PM2.5: 13.0 µg/m³ Trenčín vs 13.0 µg/m³ Trnavasame level

Full comparison More about Trenčín

Cities near Trnava

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

Alternative cities in Slovakia

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

All Slovakia cities

Banská Bystrica73,054 residents Trenčín54,104 residents Nitra75,301 residents Martin50,153 residents Žilina79,873 residents Prešov81,223 residents

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Trnava in rankings

#8 of 30 in Largest cities in Slovakia #18 of 30 in Cities with cleanest air in Slovakia #30 of 30 in Safest cities in Slovakia by recorded crime

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

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

Is Trnava part of Nitra?

Trnava 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 38.0 km away by straight-line distance. Nitra city profile

Relationship type: Nearby Independent Place. Source⁴

Common questions

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

How many people live in Trnava?

The published population was 63,184 people in 2025. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

Is the air quality good in Trnava?

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 Trnava?

What is the unemployment rate in Trnava?

The unemployment rate is about 7.1 % (2009). Source: Eurostat.

How many foreign residents live in Trnava?

971 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

How much is public transport in Trnava?

A monthly transport pass is 19.5 EUR/month. Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.

Is Trnava a good place to live?

Trnava 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 Trnava part of Nitra?

Trnava 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 38.0 km away by straight-line distance.

Which cities are near Trnava?

Sereď, Šenkvice, Sládkovičovo, Modra, Senec are near Trnava. 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 Trnava?

The official country of birth distribution records 60,854 people (95.4%) 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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  year = {2026},
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}

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