Cuenca · Castilla-La Mancha · CP 16175
Quintanar del Rey
Quintanar del Rey: living in Cuenca
Quintanar del Rey offers 2755 sunshine hours a year, housing prices below the peer average and near-full fibre coverage — a strong option for remote work in Spain.
Population
7,508
Avg. summer temp
25.3°C
Best place to buy a house
#1406 / 8133
Overall score
7.2/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 9.9/10
More affordable than peer places. Housing about 618 €/m²; cost of living at 28% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 5.8/10
Average. Hospital ~73 min; airport ~128 min; Renfe ~48 min; coach ~11 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.8/10
Average. About 2,755 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~32.7°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 · 6.4/10
Average. 7 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 4.2/10
Average. Spanish residents 81.8% of padrón; international residents 18.2%.
- Future0.0
Future · 6.7/10
Average. Population +0.3% vs last year; registered unemployment −29.1% over the series; mean age 41.5; foreign residents 18.2%; property prices +5.0% 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 · 2.0/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,450; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~999.0 km).
Place location
Quintanar del Rey in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
41.5
<16
17.3%
16–64
66.5%
65+
16.2%
International community
Spanish nationals: 6,202 (81.8%)
Foreign residents: 1,384 (18.2%)
- Morocco: 610
- Romania: 375
- Bulgaria: 185
- Ecuador: 104
- Ukraine: 19
- Colombia: 15
- Paraguay: 12
- Russia: 11
Housing
Price €/m²
€618
Flats €/m²
569 €
Houses €/m²
667 €
6-year change
+34%
Province rank: # / 238 · 25% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land (39.34, -1.94)
324 approx. sunny days · 2 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
99.8%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Cuenca
Nature & outings
Day trip
- 01Hoces del Cabriel (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 37.2 km
- 02Cueva de la JudÍa (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 46.3 km
- 03El Molón (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural Municipal · 58.4 km
- 04Laguna Salada de Pétrola (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 62.8 km
- 05Pico Pelado (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 65.9 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Quintanar del Rey
€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 Quintanar del Rey you pay €930 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
7.5%
SEPE unemployed
375
Affiliated workers (approx.)
3,539
Self-employed (approx.)
599
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Municipal finance
Income 2024
€7,034,416
Expenses
€7,034,416
Balance
€0
Spending by function (k€)
Local government
Joaquina Saiz Cebrian (PSOE)
2023–2027 · Partido Socialista Obrero Español
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto de Valencia (VLC) · 167.7 km · 128 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Albacete) · 67.4 km · 73 min
High-speed rail
AVE Valencia Joaquín Sorolla · 171.5 km · 131 min
Nearest coast
Playa de la Malvarrosa (Valencia) · 184.6 km · 146 min
Nearest city
Cuenca · 98.6 km · 118 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · LA GINETA · 32.1 km · 48 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Samar · Quintanar del Rey · 1.7 km · 11 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
4,412
588 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
1,759
234 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
323
43 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
5
1 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
173
39 / 1,000 cars
Above average vs peer places
Nutshell
2755 sunshine hours
Quintanar del Rey averages about 2755 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 99.8%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (99.8%) makes Quintanar del Rey a practical base for remote work.
About Quintanar del Rey
Quintanar del Rey is a municipality in Cuenca (Castilla-La Mancha) with about 2,290 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 2390 €/m². Compare Quintanar del Rey with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 16175 · CP 16175 · lat 39.33764353036521, lon -1.940567277616843 · 390 m · Income: €27,516