Ciudad Real · Castilla-La Mancha · CP 13037
Cózar
Cózar: living in Ciudad Real
Cózar offers 2828 sunshine hours a year, housing prices below the peer average and near-full fibre coverage — a strong option for rural relocation in Spain.
Population
903
Avg. summer temp
25.5°C
Best place to buy a house
#3065 / 8133
Overall score
6.7/10
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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 · 3.8/10
Worse than other places. Hospital ~119 min; airport ~190 min; Renfe ~69 min; coach ~8 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 5.5/10
Average. About 2,828 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~32.1°C (0/3 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 · 3.6/10
Worse than other places. 4 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 90.5% of padrón; international residents 9.5%.
- Future0.0
Future · 5.1/10
Average. Population +0.4% vs last year; registered unemployment −27.0% over the series; mean age 50.6; foreign residents 9.5%; property prices +5.5% 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 · 5.7/10
Average. Founding/earliest record ~1,850; Natura 2000 covers about 31.6% of the area (nearest site ~0.0 km).
Place location
Cózar in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
50.6
<16
9.2%
16–64
61.1%
65+
29.7%
International community
Spanish nationals: 877 (90.5%)
Foreign residents: 92 (9.5%)
- Romania: 59
- Morocco: 16
- Bulgaria: 7
- Colombia: 6
- Ukraine: 1
- Bolivia: 1
- Dominican Republic: 1
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 (38.66, -3.09)
333 approx. sunny days · 3 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
98.5%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Ciudad Real
Nature & outings
Day trip
- 01Lagunas de Ruidera (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 34.1 km
- 02Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 35.5 km
- 03Cascada de Cimbarra (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural · 35.8 km
- 04Albardinales de Membrilla-La Solana (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 35.8 km
- 05Despeñaperros (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 43 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Cózar
€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 Cózar you pay €251 less tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
11.8%
SEPE unemployed
65
Affiliated workers (approx.)
388
Self-employed (approx.)
66
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Municipal finance
Income 2024
€1,412,238
Expenses
€1,412,238
Balance
€0
Spending by function (k€)
Local government
Luis Rico Armero (PSOE)
2023–2027 · Partido Socialista Obrero Español
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto de Granada (GRX) · 238.9 km · 190 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Ciudad Real) · 116.2 km · 119 min
High-speed rail
AVE Córdoba Central · 211.3 km · 179 min
Nearest coast
Playa de San Miguel (Almería) · 284.9 km · 244 min
Nearest city
Ciudad Real · 116.2 km · 119 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · VALDEPEÑAS · 50.5 km · 69 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Samar · Cozar · 1.6 km · 8 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
522
578 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
217
240 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
61
68 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
2
2 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Tractors
7
13 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2828 sunshine hours
Cózar averages about 2828 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 98.5%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (98.5%) makes Cózar a practical base for remote work.
About Cózar
Cózar is a municipality in Ciudad Real (Castilla-La Mancha) with about 1,834 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 1534 €/m². Compare Cózar with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 13037 · CP 13037 · lat 38.66010202212746, lon -3.087291664180113 · 834 m · Income: €22,487