Almería · Andalucía · CP 04902
El Ejido
El Ejido: living in Almería
El Ejido offers 2889 sunshine hours a year, near-full fibre coverage and broad local services — a connected urban option in Spain.
Population
91,440
Avg. summer temp
25.7°C
Best place to buy a house
#325 / 8133
Overall score
7.7/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 3.7/10
More expensive than peer places. Housing about 1,188 €/m²; cost of living at 54% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 7.5/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~48 min; airport ~61 min; Renfe ~50 min; coach ~25 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 6.6/10
Average. About 2,889 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~30.1°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.6/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 96% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 10.0/10
Better than other places. 11 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 1.4/10
Worse than other places. Spanish residents 69.4% of padrón; international residents 30.6%.
- Future0.0
Future · 8.7/10
Future looks bright. Population +1.4% vs last year; registered unemployment −41.5% over the series; mean age 37.5; foreign residents 30.6%; property prices +9.5% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 3.4/10
In this place taxes are higher than in peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 6.1/10
Average. Founding/earliest record ~1,250; Natura 2000 covers about 16.3% of the area (nearest site ~0.6 km).
Place location
El Ejido in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
37.5
<16
20.4%
16–64
69.5%
65+
10.2%
International community
Spanish nationals: 58,006 (69.4%)
Foreign residents: 25,588 (30.6%)
- Morocco: 16,373
- Romania: 3,534
- Bulgaria: 931
- Russia: 731
- Senegal: 532
- Ecuador: 224
- United Kingdom: 220
- Colombia: 204
English speakers ≈ 220
Housing
Price €/m²
€1,188
Flats €/m²
1093 €
Houses €/m²
1283 €
6-year change
+72.4%
Province rank: # / 103 · 98% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 04043 (16.0km)
340 approx. sunny days · 0 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
96%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Almería
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Punta Entinas-Sabinar (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural · 5.4 km
- 02Peñón de Bernal (Open in Maps)
Monumento Natural · 10.3 km
- 03Albufera de Adra (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 14.5 km
- 04Arrecife Barrera de Posidonia (Open in Maps)
Monumento Natural · 16.4 km
- 05Castala (Open in Maps)
Parque Periurbano · 19.6 km
Day trip
- 06Sierra Nevada (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 26 km
- 07Desierto de Tabernas (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural · 36.4 km
- 08Sierra Alhamilla (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural · 38.9 km
- 09Cabo de Gata-Níjar (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 41.4 km
- 10Sierra de Baza (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 52.5 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · El Ejido
€4,632
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€354
People in Madrid pay less tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€236
People in Barcelona pay more tax than here
In El Ejido you pay €1,019 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
5.8%
SEPE unemployed
3,706
Affiliated workers (approx.)
45,201
Self-employed (approx.)
7,626
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
.svg?width=128 "Partido Popular")
Francisco Góngora Cara (PP)
2023–2027 · Partido Popular
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Official municipal budget figures are not attached for this place yet — we do not show invented surplus/deficit numbers.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto de Almería (LEI) · 56 km · 61 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Almería) · 56.1 km · 48 min
High-speed rail
AVE Granada · 118.9 km · 102 min
Nearest coast
Playa de San Miguel (Almería) · 41.7 km · 36 min
Nearest city
Almería · 56.1 km · 48 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · ALMERÍA · 36.7 km · 50 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Consorcio Andalucía · Las Norias - Cuesta Perla · 3.3 km · 25 min
Local services
This checklist is built from data pulled from other services and may be wrong. If something looks incorrect, click the flag icon to tell us what it should be.
Official sources where available (Diputación de Málaga, Junta education, MITECO fuel stations) plus Overture Maps for shops and clinics. “Yes” means found in those sources; “Unknown” means we cannot confirm yet; “No” is only used when absence is clear (e.g. consultorio but no hospital).
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Registered vehicles
Compared with the average across ranked places, per 1,000 inhabitants.
Cars
45,885
502 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
15,198
166 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
3,663
40 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
59
1 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
1,386
30 / 1,000 cars
Above average vs peer places
Nutshell
2889 sunshine hours
El Ejido averages about 2889 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 96%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (96%) makes El Ejido a practical base for remote work.
Natura 2000 ~16%
About 16% of the municipal area overlaps official Natura 2000 protected nature (not farmland).
About El Ejido
El Ejido is a municipality in Almería (Andalucía) with about 3,155 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 1155 €/m². Compare El Ejido with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 04902 · CP 04902 · lat 36.74823075840404, lon -2.7813628532382295 · 30 m · Income: €29,523