--- entity_id: city:pl:slug:zary entity_type: city name: "Żary" country_code: PL country: Poland slug: zary canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pl/zary/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/pl/zary.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/pl/zary.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/pl/zary snapshot_id: approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2 generated_at: 2026-08-04 last_verified: 2026-08-01 fact_count: 12 metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ --- # Żary Annual PM2.5 was 13 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Żary, a city in Poland, had a population of 34,389 at the end of 2024. In March 2021, the foreign population was 99. The unemployment rate was 2.6% at the end of 2025. ## Population The city covered 33 km² in 2024. Population density was 1,042 people per km² in 2024. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Foreign residents | `foreign_population_total` | 99 people | city | 2021-03-31 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [1] | | Population | `population_total` | 34,389 people | gmina | 2024-12-31 | 2026-07-14 | stale | verified | [2] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 2.6 % | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-07-27 | aging | verified | [3] | | NO₂ — annual mean | `air_quality_no2_annual_ug_m3` | 12 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-01 | stale | verified | [4] | | PM10 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm10_annual_ug_m3` | 21 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-01 | stale | verified | [5] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 13 µg/m³ | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-07-29 | stale | verified | [6] | | Average daytime high by month | `climate_monthly_high_c` | Jan 2.2 · Feb 3.8 · Mar 8 · Apr 14.5 · May 19.2 · Jun 22.4 · Jul 24.5 · Aug 24.2 · Sep 18.9 · Oct 13 · Nov 6.8 · Dec 3.1 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average night-time low by month | `climate_monthly_low_c` | Jan -2.6 · Feb -1.8 · Mar 0.8 · Apr 5.2 · May 9.5 · Jun 12.8 · Jul 14.9 · Aug 14.7 · Sep 10.6 · Oct 6.3 · Nov 2 · Dec -1.4 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan -0.3 · Feb 0.7 · Mar 4 · Apr 9.6 · May 14 · Jun 17.3 · Jul 19.3 · Aug 19.1 · Sep 14.4 · Oct 9.3 · Nov 4.2 · Dec 0.8 °C | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | stale | verified | [7] | | Average precipitation by month | `climate_monthly_precip_mm` | Jan 44.2 · Feb 35.6 · Mar 45.2 · Apr 30.6 · May 52.7 · Jun 55.7 · Jul 90.1 · Aug 65.2 · Sep 48.3 · Oct 41 · Nov 40.5 · Dec 39.7 mm | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-07-31 | stale | verified | [7] | | City area | `city_area_km2` | 33 km2 | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [8] | | Population density | `population_density_per_km2` | 1,042 people/km² | city | 2024-12-31 | 2026-07-15 | stale | verified | [9] | Every row keeps the value, unit, geographic scope, observation date, verification date and the numbered source below. A missing metric means the city does not publish it; nothing is imputed. ## Sources 1. GUS BDL / NSP 2021 non-Polish citizenship variable 1653367 — Official source — https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/data/by-unit/{teryt_gmina}?var-id=1653367&year=2021 2. source-073aea78370b — Official source — https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/data/by-unit/020811411021?var-id=72305&year=2024 3. Local Data Bank — Share of registered unemployed persons in the working-age population by sex, total, 2025 — Official source — https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/data/by-variable/79214?lang=en&unit-level=6&year=2025 4. EEA air quality statistics — PL NO2 annual mean 2024 (station Żary, ul. Szymanowskiego ) — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query?where=Country_ISO%3D'PL'%20AND%20AirPollutant%3D'NO2'%20AND%20YearOfStatistics%3D2024&outFields=AirPollutant,AirPollutionLevel,Country_ISO,StationName,YearOfStatistics,UnitOfAirpollutionLevel,ReportingMetric,LatitudeOfMeasurementStation,LongitudeOfMeasurementStation,DataCoverage,Preliminary&returnGeometry=false&f=json 5. EEA air quality statistics — PL PM10 annual mean 2024 (station Żary, ul. Szymanowskiego ) — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query?where=Country_ISO%3D'PL'%20AND%20AirPollutant%3D'PM10'%20AND%20YearOfStatistics%3D2024&outFields=AirPollutant,AirPollutionLevel,Country_ISO,StationName,YearOfStatistics,UnitOfAirpollutionLevel,ReportingMetric,LatitudeOfMeasurementStation,LongitudeOfMeasurementStation,DataCoverage,Preliminary&returnGeometry=false&f=json 6. EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — Poland 2024 PM2.5 station data — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query?where=AirPollutant%3D%27PM2.5%27+AND+Country_ISO%3D%27PL%27+AND+YearOfStatistics%3D2024&outFields=AirPollutant%2CAirPollutionLevel%2CCountry_ISO%2CStationName%2CAreaOfMeasurementStation%2CYearOfStatistics%2CUnitOfAirpollutionLevel%2CTypeOfMeasurementStation%2CDataCoverage%2CReportingMetric%2CLatitudeOfMeasurementStation%2CLongitudeOfMeasurementStation&returnGeometry=false&resultRecordCount=1000&resultOffset=0&f=json 7. WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station Zielona Gora — Official source — https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/Region-6-WMO-Normals-9120/Poland/CSV/ZielonaGora_12400.csv 8. GUS BDL / GUGiK area variable 2018 — Official source — https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/data/by-unit/{teryt_gmina}?var-id=2018&year=2024 9. Reproducible gmina density for Żary: population_total_2024 / official area_2024, rounded to the metric contract precision 0. — Official source — https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/api/v1/data/by-unit/020811411021?var-id=2018&var-id=72305&year=2024 ## Cite ImmigrationDB. "Żary, Poland." Snapshot approved-static-bb6d69cd3c074ae2, last verified 2026-08-01. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pl/zary/ Reuse requires the direct source URL, the observation date and a link back to the ImmigrationDB page: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/pl/zary/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/pl/zary.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/pl/zary.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/pl/zary - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - All published city facts, one row each: https://immigrationdb.com/data/facts.ndjson.gz - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json