--- entity_id: city:sk:geonames:3057903 entity_type: city name: "Raková" country_code: SK country: Slovakia slug: rakova canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/sk/rakova/ json_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/sk/rakova.json markdown_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/sk/rakova.md mcp_uri: immigrationdb://city/sk/rakova snapshot_id: approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62 generated_at: 2026-09-14 last_verified: 2026-09-06 fact_count: 12 language_location_count: 0 employment_location_count: 0 city_intent_block_count: 2 usefulness_tier: answer_linked indexable: true metric_dictionary_url: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json license_url: https://immigrationdb.com/about/copyright/ citation_schema: immigrationdb-citation-v1 citation_canonical_url: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/sk/rakova/ citation_title: "Raková, Slovakia: jobs, air quality, climate, population" citation_author: ImmigrationDB citation_publisher: ImmigrationDB citation_snapshot_id: approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62 citation_version: approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62 citation_retrieval_date: 2026-09-14 citation_build_date: 2026-09-14 citation_license_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- # Raková Raková is one of the cities recorded in Slovakia. At the end of 2025, Raková had a population of 5,577. Raková's unemployment stood at 4.47% at the end of 2025. Annual PM2.5 levels for Raková stood at 16 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. ## Answers Deterministic answers rendered from this page's published values. The JSON twin carries the machine-readable answer objects. ### How many people live in Raková? The published population was 5,577 people in 2025. - City-scope resident count. Density, foreign-resident counts and the country-wide figure are separate rows in the table below. - Value: 5,577 people · Period: 2025 - Claims: claim-1385f51c4335 ### Is the air quality good in Raková? The annual PM2.5 mean is 16 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. - Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ. - Value: 16 µg/m³ · Period: 2024 - Claims: claim-d574c5c35f8f ### What is the unemployment rate in Raková? The unemployment rate is about 4.5 % (2025-12). - Value: 4.5 % · Period: 2025-12 - Claims: claim-e67d73353fff ## Population The total area of Raková was 41.5 km² at the end of 2021. The city recorded a population density of 136 people per km² at the end of 2021. ## Climate Raková's monthly mean temperatures were −4.5°C in January and 18°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 45.2 mm in January and 143.2 mm in July. Raková's average monthly sunshine was 67 hours in January and 203.1 hours in July. ## Mobility Raková was 94 km from its nearest major airport. ## Facts | Metric | metric_id | Value | Scope | Observed | Verified | Freshness | Lane | Source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Population | `population_total` | 5,577 people | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | aging | verified | [1] | | Unemployment rate | `unemployment_total_percent` | 4.47 % | city | 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | aging | verified | [2] | | PM2.5 — annual mean | `air_quality_pm25_annual_ug_m3` | 16 µg/m³ | nearest_station | 2024-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [3] | | Climate Monthly Extreme High C | `climate_monthly_extreme_high_c` | Jan 9.39 · Feb 11.93 · Mar 16.77 · Apr 24.07 · May 27.82 · Jun 30.94 · Jul 34.07 · Aug 33.64 · Sep 31.8 · Oct 22.63 · Nov 18.87 · Dec 11.21 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [4] | | Climate Monthly Extreme Low C | `climate_monthly_extreme_low_c` | Jan -25.94 · Feb -29.93 · Mar -22.94 · Apr -10.61 · May -2.29 · Jun 2.82 · Jul 4.92 · Aug 4.45 · Sep -0.62 · Oct -5.92 · Nov -17.11 · Dec -20.94 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [4] | | Average temperature by month | `climate_monthly_mean_c` | Jan -4.52 · Feb -3.08 · Mar 1.12 · Apr 7.24 · May 12.11 · Jun 15.92 · Jul 17.99 · Aug 17.82 · Sep 12.76 · Oct 7.51 · Nov 2.88 · Dec -2.58 °C | coordinate_grid | 2001-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [4] | | Average precipitation by month | `climate_monthly_precip_mm` | Jan 45.2 · Feb 46.6 · Mar 58.6 · Apr 67.8 · May 128.7 · Jun 131.6 · Jul 143.2 · Aug 92 · Sep 110.2 · Oct 72.7 · Nov 56.8 · Dec 45.2 mm | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [5] | | Average sunshine by month | `climate_monthly_sunshine_h` | Jan 67 · Feb 70.3 · Mar 109 · Apr 164.4 · May 180.6 · Jun 181 · Jul 203.1 · Aug 207.4 · Sep 142.2 · Oct 103.9 · Nov 64.7 · Dec 62.3 hours | nearest_station | 1991-12-31 | 2026-08-05 | stale | verified | [6] | | City area | `city_area_km2` | 41.52 km² | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-03 | stale | verified | [7] | | Population density | `population_density_per_km2` | 136 people/km² | city | 2021-12-31 | 2026-08-03 | stale | verified | [7] | | Nearest Major Airport Distance Km | `nearest_major_airport_distance_km` | 94 km | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [8] | | Nearest Major Airport Iata | `nearest_major_airport_iata` | SLD | city | 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | fresh | verified | [8] | 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. ## Language courses and integration - [Integration of third-country nationals including migrants — national project](https://www.employment.gov.sk/sk/uvodna-stranka/programy-europskej-unie/program-slovensko-2021-2027/narodne-projekty/integracia-statnych-prislusnikov-tretich-krajin-vratane-migrantov.html) — Integration course · Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic · Slovak · checked 2026-08-10 - [Integration policy of the Slovak Republic](https://employment.gov.sk/en/information-foreigners/integration-foreigners-slovakia/) — Welcome Program · Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic / Government of Slovakia · Slovak · checked 2026-08-10 - [Open Slovak-language courses for foreigners through the IOM Migration Information Centre](https://www.employment.gov.sk/sk/informacie-cudzincov/vzdelavanie-cudzincov/) — State Language Course · Migration Information Centre of IOM Slovakia, referenced by the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family · Slovak · checked 2026-08-10 These are country-level programmes, not proof of a course location in this city. ## Public employment service - [Central Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family](https://sluzbyzamestnanosti.gov.sk/) — Job Search, Training This is a country-level service, not proof of a physical office in this city. ## Healthcare access Migrants can receive medical care in Raková when the country-wide insurance or residence conditions are met. City capacity facts do not determine personal eligibility. - Public healthcare access for foreign residents: Conditional — [official source](https://www.vszp.sk/en/how-become-our-insured-person/) ## Country-wide rules Visa, benefit, tax and healthcare eligibility rules are published on the [Slovakia country page](https://immigrationdb.com/countries/slovakia/). ## Relationship to a nearby hub ### Is Raková part of Žilina? Raková is near Žilina, but the collected evidence does not establish that it is administratively part of the hub or an official satellite. It is about 26.6 km away by straight-line distance. - Source: https://gisco-services.ec.europa.eu/distribution/v2/lau/geojson/LAU_RG_01M_2024_4326.geojson ## International community Citizenship, country of birth, language and ancestry are kept as separate source-native dimensions. ### Country of birth - not found out: 0 (0.0%) - inhabitants born in Slovak Republic: 5,459 (97.0%) - inhabitants born abroad: 171 (3.0%) - Total: 5,630 (100.0%) - Population universe: Population covered by the Slovak 2021 Census basic-result tables; total published row for each official municipality/urban-part geography - Period: SODB 2021 Population and Housing Census - Source: https://www.scitanie.sk/themes/web-sodb/assets/public/disem/data/Z01_09_SR_SK0_OB.json ### Citizenship - not found out: 6 (0.1%) - inhabitants with the citizenship of the Slovak Republic: 5,595 (99.4%) - foreigners: 29 (0.5%) - Total: 5,630 (100.0%) - Population universe: Population covered by the Slovak 2021 Census basic-result tables; total published row for each official municipality/urban-part geography - Period: SODB 2021 Population and Housing Census - Source: https://www.scitanie.sk/themes/web-sodb/assets/public/disem/data/Z01_04_SR_SK0_OB.json ### Ancestry or ethnicity - not found out: 25 (29.1%) - Slovak: 8 (9.3%) - Hungarian: 0 (0.0%) - Romani: 1 (1.2%) - Ruthenian: 3 (3.5%) - Ukrainian: 0 (0.0%) - Czech: 19 (22.1%) - German: 2 (2.3%) - Polish: 3 (3.5%) - Croatian: 0 (0.0%) - Serbian: 1 (1.2%) - Russian: 5 (5.8%) - Jewish: 1 (1.2%) - Moravian: 0 (0.0%) - Bulgarian: 1 (1.2%) - Silesian: 2 (2.3%) - Greek: 0 (0.0%) - Romanian: 0 (0.0%) - Austrian: 1 (1.2%) - Vietnamese: 1 (1.2%) - Albanian: 0 (0.0%) - Chinese: 0 (0.0%) - Italian: 0 (0.0%) - Irish: 1 (1.2%) - Korean: 0 (0.0%) - Canadian: 1 (1.2%) - English: 3 (3.5%) - Iranian: 0 (0.0%) - French: 2 (2.3%) - Turkish: 0 (0.0%) - other: 6 (7.0%) - Total: 86 (100.0%) - Population universe: Population covered by the Slovak 2021 Census basic-result tables; total published row for each official municipality/urban-part geography - Period: SODB 2021 Population and Housing Census - Source: https://www.scitanie.sk/themes/web-sodb/assets/public/disem/data/Z01_12_SR_SK0_OB.json ### Ancestry or ethnicity - not found out: 48 (0.9%) - Slovak: 5,538 (98.4%) - Hungarian: 0 (0.0%) - Romani: 0 (0.0%) - Ruthenian: 2 (0.0%) - Ukrainian: 0 (0.0%) - Czech: 29 (0.5%) - German: 0 (0.0%) - Polish: 5 (0.1%) - Croatian: 0 (0.0%) - Serbian: 0 (0.0%) - Russian: 2 (0.0%) - Jewish: 0 (0.0%) - Moravian: 2 (0.0%) - Bulgarian: 1 (0.0%) - Silesian: 0 (0.0%) - Greek: 0 (0.0%) - Romanian: 1 (0.0%) - Austrian: 0 (0.0%) - Vietnamese: 1 (0.0%) - Albanian: 0 (0.0%) - Chinese: 0 (0.0%) - Italian: 0 (0.0%) - Irish: 0 (0.0%) - Korean: 0 (0.0%) - Canadian: 0 (0.0%) - English: 0 (0.0%) - Iranian: 0 (0.0%) - French: 0 (0.0%) - Turkish: 0 (0.0%) - other: 1 (0.0%) - Total: 5,630 (100.0%) - Population universe: Population covered by the Slovak 2021 Census basic-result tables; total published row for each official municipality/urban-part geography - Period: SODB 2021 Population and Housing Census - Source: https://www.scitanie.sk/themes/web-sodb/assets/public/disem/data/Z01_11_SR_SK0_OB.json ## Sources 1. Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic — Official source — https://slovak.statistics.sk/wps/wcm/connect/d770110a-5172-4310-919d-7ec88cd06a26/Prehlad_stavu_a_pohybu_obyvatelstva_podl_pohlavia_+obce_rocne.zip?MOD=AJPERES&CVID=pWDiSQ.&useDefaultText=0&useDefaultDesc=0&CVID=pWDiSQ. 2. Ústredie práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny — Official source — https://www.upsvr.gov.sk/buxus/docs/statistic/mesta_a_oibce_-_mesacne/2025/UoZobce_MS_2512.xlsx 3. European Environment Agency (EEA) — Official source — https://air.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/AirQuality/AQ_Statistics_WM/MapServer/0/query?where=Country_ISO%3D%27SK%27+AND+AirPollutant%3D%27PM2.5%27+AND+YearOfStatistics%3D2024&outFields=AirPollutant%2CAirPollutionLevel%2CCountry_ISO%2CStationName%2CYearOfStatistics%2CUnitOfAirpollutionLevel%2CReportingMetric%2CLatitudeOfMeasurementStation%2CLongitudeOfMeasurementStation%2CDataCoverage%2CPreliminary&returnGeometry=false&f=json 4. NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center — Official source — https://power.larc.nasa.gov/api/temporal/climatology/point?parameters=T2M%2CT2M_MAX%2CT2M_MIN&community=SB&longitude=18.737920&latitude=49.444810&format=JSON 5. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO — Official source — https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/data-composite-primary-parameters/wmo_normals_9120_PRCP.csv 6. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information / WMO — Official source — https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/1.1/data/0-data/data-composite-primary-parameters/wmo_normals_9120_TSUN.csv 7. Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic (SODB 2021) — Official source — https://www.scitanie.sk/storage/app/media/dokumenty/SLO2021IV.csv 8. OurAirports — Official source — https://davidmegginson.github.io/ourairports-data/airports.csv ## Cite This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. ### APA ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 14). Raková, Slovakia: jobs, air quality, climate, population [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62; version approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/sk/rakova/ Retrieved 2026-09-14. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ### BibTeX ```bibtex @misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_rakova-slovakia-jobs-air-quality-climate-population_14b8ee8d26fa, author = {ImmigrationDB}, title = {Raková, Slovakia: jobs, air quality, climate, population}, publisher = {ImmigrationDB}, year = {2026}, date = {2026-09-14}, version = {approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62}, snapshot = {approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62}, url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/sk/rakova/}, note = {Retrieved 2026-09-14. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/}, } ``` ### Markdown [Raková, Slovakia: jobs, air quality, climate, population](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/sk/rakova/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; snapshot approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62; version approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62; retrieved 2026-09-14; built 2026-09-14. - Citation schema: `immigrationdb-citation-v1` - Canonical URL: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/sk/rakova/ - Title: Raková, Slovakia: jobs, air quality, climate, population - Author: ImmigrationDB - Publisher: ImmigrationDB - Snapshot: `approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62` - Version: `approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62` - Retrieved: 2026-09-14 - Built: 2026-09-14 - Compilation license: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ## Data - HTML: https://immigrationdb.com/cities/sk/rakova/ - JSON: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/sk/rakova.json - Markdown: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/sk/rakova.md - MCP resource: immigrationdb://city/sk/rakova - Metric dictionary: https://immigrationdb.com/data/metrics.json - City shard index: https://immigrationdb.com/data/cities/index.json - Release catalog: https://immigrationdb.com/data/catalog.json