Almería · Andalucía · CP 04102
Vícar
Vícar: living in Almería
Vícar offers 2889 sunshine hours a year, easy reach of the coast and near-full fibre coverage — a strong option for coastal living in Spain.
Population
29,342
Avg. summer temp
25.7°C
Best place to buy a house
#34 / 8133
Overall score
8.1/10
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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 · 8.7/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~29 min; airport ~27 min; Renfe ~17 min; coach ~6 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 95% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 9.1/10
Better than other places. 10 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 4.3/10
Average. Spanish residents 69.6% of padrón; international residents 30.4%.
- Future0.0
Future · 9.1/10
Future looks bright. Population +1.8% vs last year; registered unemployment −40.4% over the series; mean age 36.6; foreign residents 30.4%; 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 · 4.6/10
Average. Founding/earliest record ~50; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~5.7 km).
Place location
Vícar in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
36.6
<16
19.7%
16–64
70.9%
65+
9.3%
International community
Spanish nationals: 18,116 (69.6%)
Foreign residents: 7,912 (30.4%)
- Morocco: 3,476
- Romania: 1,225
- Senegal: 749
- Russia: 137
- Peru: 119
- Bulgaria: 83
- Colombia: 74
- Nigeria: 71
English speakers ≈ 22
Housing
Price €/m²
€1,188
Flats €/m²
1093 €
Houses €/m²
1283 €
6-year change
+72.4%
Province rank: # / 103 · 61% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 04043 (7.9km)
340 approx. sunny days · 0 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
95.2%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Almería
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Peñón de Bernal (Open in Maps)
Monumento Natural · 5.5 km
- 02Arrecife Barrera de Posidonia (Open in Maps)
Monumento Natural · 6.8 km
- 03Punta Entinas-Sabinar (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural · 9.1 km
- 04Sierra Nevada (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 19.1 km
- 05Canales de Padules (Open in Maps)
Monumento Natural · 21.5 km
Day trip
- 06Desierto de Tabernas (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural · 25.5 km
- 07Albufera de Adra (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 26.1 km
- 08Sierra Alhamilla (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural · 26.1 km
- 09Cabo de Gata-Níjar (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 29.9 km
- 10Sierra de Baza (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 44.3 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Vícar
€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 Vícar you pay €1,019 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
6.4%
SEPE unemployed
1,338
Affiliated workers (approx.)
14,777
Self-employed (approx.)
2,496
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
Antonio Bonilla Rodriguez (PSOE)
2023–2027 · Partido Socialista Obrero Español
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 · 27 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Almería) · 49.3 km · 29 min
High-speed rail
AVE Granada · 189.6 km · 113 min
Nearest coast
Playa de San Miguel (Almería) · 21.2 km · 18 min
Nearest city
Almería · 49.3 km · 29 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · ALMERÍA · 20.5 km · 17 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Puebla De Vicar · 3.4 km · 6 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
14,481
494 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
4,747
162 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
1,349
46 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
61
2 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Tractors
336
23 / 1,000 cars
Above average vs peer places
Nutshell
2889 sunshine hours
Vícar averages about 2889 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 95.2%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (95.2%) makes Vícar a practical base for remote work.
Coast in 21.2 km
The nearest mapped coast point is Playa de San Miguel (Almería), about 21.2 km by road.
About Vícar
Vícar is a municipality in Almería (Andalucía) with about 4,467 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 1867 €/m². Compare Vícar with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 04102 · CP 04102 · lat 36.81253311767364, lon -2.660574763042882 · 22 m · Income: €28,377