Almería · Andalucía · CP 04079
Roquetas de Mar
Roquetas de Mar: living in Almería
Roquetas de Mar offers 2886 sunshine hours a year, easy reach of the coast and near-full fibre coverage — a strong option for coastal living in Spain.
Population
111,240
Avg. summer temp
25.9°C
Best place to buy a house
#9 / 8133
Overall score
8.3/10
Images: Wikimedia Commons / Wikipedia · Wikipedia — Everything on this website is pulled from open data sources, so the site administrator cannot take full responsibility for the accuracy of the information.
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 · 8.6/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~36 min; airport ~34 min; Renfe ~23 min; coach ~3 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 6.5/10
Average. About 2,886 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~30.4°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.8/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 98% 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 · 5.1/10
Average. Spanish residents 72.7% of padrón; international residents 27.3%.
- Future0.0
Future · 9.0/10
Future looks bright. Population +1.9% vs last year; registered unemployment −35.1% over the series; mean age 38.2; foreign residents 27.3%; 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 · 5.7/10
Average. Founding/earliest record ~1,450; Natura 2000 covers about 46.7% of the area (nearest site ~1.5 km).
Place location
Roquetas de Mar in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
38.2
<16
19%
16–64
70.8%
65+
10.1%
International community
Spanish nationals: 70,343 (72.7%)
Foreign residents: 26,457 (27.3%)
- Romania: 8,298
- Morocco: 5,793
- Senegal: 1,906
- Russia: 1,158
- United Kingdom: 459
- Nigeria: 436
- Colombia: 374
- Germany: 371
English speakers ≈ 459
Housing
Price €/m²
€1,188
Flats €/m²
1093 €
Houses €/m²
1283 €
6-year change
+72.4%
Province rank: # / 103 · 100% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 04041 (11.3km)
340 approx. sunny days · 0 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
98.3%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Almería
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Arrecife Barrera de Posidonia (Open in Maps)
Monumento Natural · 1.5 km
- 02Punta Entinas-Sabinar (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural · 5.5 km
- 03Peñón de Bernal (Open in Maps)
Monumento Natural · 10.8 km
- 04Sierra Nevada (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 22.8 km
Day trip
- 05Cabo de Gata-Níjar (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 26.4 km
- 06Sierra Alhamilla (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural · 26.4 km
- 07Desierto de Tabernas (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural · 26.9 km
- 08Albufera de Adra (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 29.3 km
- 09Castala (Open in Maps)
Parque Periurbano · 29.7 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Roquetas de Mar
€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 Roquetas de Mar you pay €1,019 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
7.2%
SEPE unemployed
5,676
Affiliated workers (approx.)
55,854
Self-employed (approx.)
9,451
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
.svg?width=128 "Partido Popular")
Gabriel Amat Ayllón (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) · 39.9 km · 34 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Almería) · 49.4 km · 36 min
High-speed rail
AVE Granada · 189.6 km · 119 min
Nearest coast
Playa de San Miguel (Almería) · 21.3 km · 25 min
Nearest city
Almería · 49.4 km · 36 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · ALMERÍA · 20.6 km · 23 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Consorcio Andalucía · Roquetas - Plaza Toros · 0.9 km · 3 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).
| Service | Yes | Unknown | No | Flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supermarket | ||||
| Grocery | ||||
| Bakery | ||||
| Butcher | ||||
| Pharmacy | ||||
| Health centre | ||||
| Dentist | ||||
| Psychologist | ||||
| Vet | ||||
| Hospital | ||||
| Nursing home | ||||
| Kindergarten | ||||
| School | ||||
| Secondary school | ||||
| Adult education | ||||
| Post office | ||||
| Bank | ||||
| Town hall | ||||
| Police | ||||
| Petrol station | ||||
| Bar / café | ||||
| Restaurant | ||||
| Cinema | ||||
| Swimming pool | ||||
| Sports centre | ||||
| Library |
Registered vehicles
Compared with the average across ranked places, per 1,000 inhabitants.
Cars
49,344
444 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
9,997
90 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Motorbikes
5,506
49 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
16
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
441
9 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
Roquetas de Mar is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalucía,…
Roquetas de Mar is a municipality of Almería province, in the autonomous community of Andalucía, Spain.
In 2016, the population was 91,965, the municipality with the second highest population in the…
In 2016, the population was 91,965, the municipality with the second highest population in the province behind the capital, the 14th in Andalucía and the 69th in Spain.
In 1981, in this town, three young men from Santander were murdered by various members of the…
In 1981, in this town, three young men from Santander were murdered by various members of the Spanish Civil Guard, in what is known as the Almería Case.
About Roquetas de Mar
Roquetas de Mar is a municipality in Almería (Andalucía) with about 3,730 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 1130 €/m². Compare Roquetas de Mar with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 04079 · CP 04079 · lat 36.775772076244074, lon -2.6171103551236663 · 125 m · Income: €31,886