Albacete · Castilla-La Mancha · CP 02045
Madrigueras
Madrigueras: living in Albacete
Madrigueras offers 2765 sunshine hours a year, housing prices below the peer average and near-full fibre coverage — a strong option for rural relocation in Spain.
Population
4,670
Avg. summer temp
25.6°C
Best place to buy a house
#1062 / 8133
Overall score
7.3/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 7.1/10
More affordable than peer places. Housing about 806 €/m²; cost of living at 37% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 6.9/10
Average. Hospital ~50 min; airport ~110 min; Renfe ~39 min; coach ~7 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.7/10
Average. About 2,765 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~33.1°C (2/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 10.0/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 100% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 7.3/10
Better than other places. 8 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 7.0/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 92.9% of padrón; international residents 7.1%.
- Future0.0
Future · 6.3/10
Average. Population +0.3% vs last year; registered unemployment −29.7% over the series; mean age 44.9; foreign residents 7.1%; property prices +6.0% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 5.8/10
In this place taxes are about average vs peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 1.4/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,750; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~999.0 km).
Place location
Madrigueras in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
44.9
<16
15.8%
16–64
61.9%
65+
22.3%
International community
Spanish nationals: 4,320 (92.9%)
Foreign residents: 332 (7.1%)
- Romania: 197
- Morocco: 51
- Venezuela: 14
- Colombia: 10
- Bulgaria: 8
- Ecuador: 8
- Algeria: 7
- Ukraine: 6
English speakers ≈ 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€806
Flats €/m²
742 €
Houses €/m²
870 €
6-year change
+41.9%
Province rank: # / 88 · 25% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land (39.23, -1.81)
325 approx. sunny days · 3 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
99.7%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Albacete
Nature & outings
Day trip
- 01Hoces del Cabriel (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 33.5 km
- 02Laguna Salada de Pétrola (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 47.5 km
- 03El Molón (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural Municipal · 59 km
- 04Cueva de la JudÍa (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 61.4 km
- 05Embalse de Embarcaderos (Open in Maps)
Zonas Húmedas · 62.7 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Madrigueras
€3,362
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€916
People in Madrid pay more tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€1,506
People in Barcelona pay more tax than here
In Madrigueras you pay €251 less tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
7.7%
SEPE unemployed
222
Affiliated workers (approx.)
2,048
Self-employed (approx.)
347
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
Juan Carlos Talavera Utiel (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 Valencia (VLC) · 143.3 km · 110 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Albacete) · 52.6 km · 50 min
High-speed rail
AVE Valencia Joaquín Sorolla · 149.7 km · 115 min
Nearest coast
Playa de la Malvarrosa (Valencia) · 156.4 km · 125 min
Nearest city
Albacete · 52.6 km · 50 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · LA GINETA · 29.7 km · 39 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Samar · Madrigueras · 1.2 km · 7 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
2,795
599 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
647
139 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
279
60 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
0
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
32
11 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2765 sunshine hours
Madrigueras averages about 2765 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 99.7%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (99.7%) makes Madrigueras a practical base for remote work.
Housing ~€806/m²
Asking prices around €806 per m² sit below the peer average among comparable Spanish towns.
About Madrigueras
Madrigueras is a municipality in Albacete (Castilla-La Mancha) with about 2,551 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 3051 €/m². Compare Madrigueras with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 02045 · CP 02045 · lat 39.233717789033996, lon -1.8143273659292258 · 651 m · Income: €31,299