Where to live in Slovenia
We track 4 cities in Slovenia: Celje, Ljubljana, Maribor and Novo Mesto. Average temperatures run from 11°C to 12°C. We estimate a couple needs €2,566 to €2,840 a month to live centrally. Slovenia sits in our high tax tier. For citizens from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland, long-term residency is possible, with conditions.
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- Tax tier
- High
- High personal income tax
- Languages
- Slovenian, English
- Good English
- Safety
- 80/100
- country-level
- Healthcare
- 70/100
- country-level
- Internet
- ~110 Mbps
- median fixed broadband
The 4 cities we track
| City | Size | Setting | Avg temp | Rain a year | Est. cost a month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celje | smaller | near the coast | 12°C | 1,162 mm | €2,616 |
| Ljubljana | mid-sized | near the coast | 11°C | 1,403 mm | €2,840 |
| Maribor | smaller | inland | 12°C | 1,083 mm | €2,722 |
| Novo Mesto | smaller | near the coast | 12°C | 1,122 mm | €2,566 |
Source: City size from GeoNames, temperature from the Open-Meteo archive (2019 to 2023 averages), rainfall from TerraClimate (1991 to 2020 normals), coast distance from Natural Earth. Cost is our model estimate for a couple living centrally.
Taxes
Slovenia sits in our high tax tier: high personal income tax. The tier applies to every city here, and couples who cap tax below it will not see these cities in their results.
Source: OurNextCity tax tiers, assigned by hand from each country's top marginal personal income tax rate and overall tax reputation, with no fixed rate cut-offs. Coarse by design; not tax advice.
Residency and visas
Possible, with conditions, for people from outside the EU, EEA and Switzerland. Slovenia has no passive golden visa or retiree/non-lucrative route, so realistic long-term residency runs through EU Blue Card or skilled employment, active self-employment by founding and operating your own company, or family reunification, with a time-limited digital nomad permit as the only self-funded income option.
Citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland have freedom-of-movement or simplified residency rights here.
The cheapest self-funded routes we track for Slovenia:
- Income: about $3,725 a month (Slovenia digital nomad temporary residence permit, approx EUR 3,200/mo (twice the average net salary); 1-year and non-renewable with no permanent-residence path. EUR converted to USD at 1.164 (2 Jun 2026).; as of June 2026)
- Investment: about $58k (Slovenia business/investor residence route, EUR 50,000 net investment into your own active Slovenian company (plus EUR 7,500 paid-in share capital); no passive golden visa exists. EUR converted to USD at 1.164 (2 Jun 2026).; as of June 2026)
For short visits, 93 of 198 passports can enter visa-free and 105 need a visa in advance.
Source: OurNextCity residency dataset, hand-reviewed approximations researched against published immigration rules, figures as of June 2026. Not legal advice: check the official source before you apply. Short-stay entry from the passport-index dataset (ilyankou, MIT).