Ciudad Real · Castilla-La Mancha · CP 13034
Ciudad Real
Ciudad Real: living in Ciudad Real
Ciudad Real offers 2794 sunshine hours a year, housing prices below the peer average and near-full fibre coverage — a connected urban option in Spain.
Population
76,217
Avg. summer temp
27°C
Best place to buy a house
#224 / 8133
Overall score
7.8/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 9.6/10
More affordable than peer places. Housing about 662 €/m²; cost of living at 30% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 7.5/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~1 min; airport ~171 min; Renfe ~12 min; coach ~6 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.5/10
Average. About 2,794 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~34.2°C (2/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.9/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 99% 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 · 8.5/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 95.5% of padrón; international residents 4.5%.
- Future0.0
Future · 5.8/10
Average. Population +0.4% vs last year; registered unemployment −16.9% over the series; mean age 43.5; foreign residents 4.5%; property prices +5.5% 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 · 3.4/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,850; Natura 2000 covers about 13.9% of the area (nearest site ~4.3 km).
Place location
Ciudad Real in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
43.5
<16
15.4%
16–64
66.1%
65+
18.6%
International community
Spanish nationals: 71,360 (95.5%)
Foreign residents: 3,386 (4.5%)
- Romania: 582
- Morocco: 391
- China: 303
- Colombia: 292
- Ecuador: 167
- Dominican Republic: 162
- Paraguay: 153
- Bolivia: 142
English speakers ≈ 24
Housing
Price €/m²
€662
Flats €/m²
609 €
Houses €/m²
715 €
6-year change
+37.9%
Province rank: # / 102 · 41% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land (38.97, -3.97)
329 approx. sunny days · 1 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
98.7%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Ciudad Real
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Maar de la Hoya del Mortero (Open in Maps)
Monumento Natural · 4.3 km
- 02Laguna y Volcán de la Posadilla (Open in Maps)
Monumento Natural · 6.2 km
- 03Volcán y Laguna de Peñarroya (Open in Maps)
Monumento Natural · 9.8 km
- 04Laguna del Prado (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 13 km
- 05Laguna de Caracuel (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 17.4 km
Day trip
- 06Bonal del Arroyo de Valdelamadera (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 26.2 km
- 07Bonal del Barranco de Zarzalagorda (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 32.4 km
- 08Valle de Alcudia y Sierra Madrona (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 40.5 km
- 09Bonal del Morro de la Parrilla (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 41.8 km
- 10Túneles de Ojailén (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 43.5 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Ciudad Real
€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 Ciudad Real you pay €930 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
8.6%
SEPE unemployed
4,329
Affiliated workers (approx.)
35,624
Self-employed (approx.)
6,045
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Municipal finance
Income 2025
€91,723,000
Expenses
€91,723,000
Balance
€0
Spending by function (k€)
Local government
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Francisco Cañizares Jiménez (PP)
2023–2027 · Partido Popular
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas (MAD) · 224.1 km · 171 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Ciudad Real) · 0 km · 1 min
High-speed rail
AVE Córdoba Central · 190.1 km · 137 min
Nearest coast
Playa de la Malvarrosa (Valencia) · 363.4 km · 241 min
Nearest city
Ciudad Real · 0 km · 1 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · CIUDAD REAL · 6.7 km · 12 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Ciudad Real · 4.4 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
35,241
462 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
6,132
80 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Motorbikes
4,249
56 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
77
1 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
449
13 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2794 sunshine hours
Ciudad Real averages about 2794 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 98.7%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (98.7%) makes Ciudad Real a practical base for remote work.
Housing ~€662/m²
Asking prices around €662 per m² sit below the peer average among comparable Spanish towns.
About Ciudad Real
Ciudad Real is a municipality in Ciudad Real (Castilla-La Mancha) with about 1,831 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 1531 €/m². Compare Ciudad Real with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 13034 · CP 13034 · lat 38.97098257917332, lon -3.9733691402709543 · 831 m · Income: €38,730