Albacete · Castilla-La Mancha · CP 02074
Tobarra
Tobarra: living in Albacete
Tobarra offers 2787 sunshine hours a year, housing prices below the peer average and near-full fibre coverage — a strong option for remote work in Spain.
Population
8,006
Avg. summer temp
25.3°C
Best place to buy a house
#450 / 8133
Overall score
7.6/10
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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 · 6.6/10
Average. Hospital ~51 min; airport ~125 min; Renfe ~38 min; coach ~21 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 5.2/10
Average. About 2,787 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~32.3°C (1/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.7/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 97% 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 · 6.3/10
Average. Spanish residents 89.8% of padrón; international residents 10.2%.
- Future0.0
Future · 6.9/10
Average. Population +0.7% vs last year; registered unemployment −35.5% over the series; mean age 44.1; foreign residents 10.2%; property prices +6.0% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 4.8/10
In this place taxes are about average vs peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 3.7/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,650; Natura 2000 covers about 6.0% of the area (nearest site ~3.6 km).
Place location
Tobarra in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
44.1
<16
14.6%
16–64
64.6%
65+
20.7%
International community
Spanish nationals: 6,897 (89.8%)
Foreign residents: 787 (10.2%)
- Morocco: 577
- Ecuador: 32
- Romania: 26
- Algeria: 22
- Bulgaria: 20
- Bolivia: 20
- Colombia: 12
- China: 10
English speakers ≈ 2
Housing
Price €/m²
€806
Flats €/m²
742 €
Houses €/m²
870 €
6-year change
+41.9%
Province rank: # / 88 · 24% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land (38.62, -1.66)
328 approx. sunny days · 2 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
96.6%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Albacete
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Laguna de Alboraj (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 4 km
- 02Saladar de Cordovilla (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 7.5 km
- 03Yesares de Hellín (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 12.4 km
- 04Saladar de Agramón (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 18.4 km
- 05Piton Volcánico de Cancarix (Open in Maps)
Monumento Natural · 21.9 km
Day trip
- 06Sotos y bosques de ribera de Cañaverosa (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 36.4 km
- 07Sierra de El Carche (Open in Maps)
Parque Regional · 40.9 km
- 08Sierra de la Pila (Open in Maps)
Parque Regional · 48.5 km
- 09Arenales del Caudete (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 51.8 km
- 10Sierra de Salinas (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 53.9 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Tobarra
€4,543
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€265
People in Madrid pay less tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€325
People in Barcelona pay more tax than here
In Tobarra you pay €930 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
6.4%
SEPE unemployed
333
Affiliated workers (approx.)
3,674
Self-employed (approx.)
621
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
.svg?width=128 "Partido Popular")
Manuela Garrido Ruiz (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 Internacional de la Región de Murcia (RMU) · 132.1 km · 125 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Albacete) · 49.4 km · 51 min
High-speed rail
AVE Murcia del Carmen · 100.5 km · 75 min
Nearest coast
Playa de la Manga · 177.7 km · 127 min
Nearest city
Albacete · 49.4 km · 51 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · HELLÍN · 21.4 km · 38 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Tobarra · 6.5 km · 21 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
4,232
529 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
1,319
165 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
450
56 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
1
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
48
11 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2787 sunshine hours
Tobarra averages about 2787 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 96.6%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (96.6%) makes Tobarra 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 Tobarra
Tobarra is a municipality in Albacete (Castilla-La Mancha) with about 2,643 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 3143 €/m². Compare Tobarra with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 02074 · CP 02074 · lat 38.62031223938675, lon -1.663969874214308 · 743 m · Income: €26,787