Toledo · Castilla-La Mancha · CP 45018
Barcience
Barcience: living in Toledo
Barcience offers 2750 sunshine hours a year, housing prices below the peer average and near-full fibre coverage — a strong option for rural relocation in Spain.
Population
1,110
Avg. summer temp
26.5°C
Best place to buy a house
#85 / 8133
Overall score
8.0/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 6.9/10
Average. Housing about 850 €/m²; cost of living at 39% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 7.6/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~28 min; airport ~148 min; Renfe ~9 min; coach ~9 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.5/10
Average. About 2,750 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~33.2°C (1/3 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 · 1.8/10
Worse than other places. 2 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 7.3/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 88.2% of padrón; international residents 11.8%.
- Future0.0
Future · 8.4/10
Future looks bright. Population +5.8% vs last year; registered unemployment −17.9% over the series; mean age 36.6; foreign residents 11.8%; property prices +7.5% 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 · 5.9/10
Average. Founding/earliest record ~1,350; Natura 2000 covers about 19.6% of the area (nearest site ~0.6 km).
Place location
Barcience in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
36.6
<16
25.1%
16–64
66.2%
65+
8.7%
International community
Spanish nationals: 769 (88.2%)
Foreign residents: 103 (11.8%)
- Romania: 44
- Morocco: 11
- Colombia: 10
- Venezuela: 6
- Algeria: 4
- China: 4
- Italy: 2
- Poland: 2
English speakers ≈ 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€850
Flats €/m²
782 €
Houses €/m²
918 €
6-year change
+54.3%
Province rank: # / 204 · 99% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land (39.98, -4.24)
324 approx. sunny days · 1 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
99.4%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Toledo
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Barrancas de Castrejon y Calaña (Open in Maps)
Monumento Natural · 12.1 km
Day trip
- 02Curso Medio del Río Guadarrama y su entorno (Open in Maps)
Parque Regional · 33.5 km
- 03Saladares de Villasequilla (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 41.4 km
- 04Valle de Iruelas (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 47.2 km
- 05Salobral de Ocaña (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 51 km
- 06Sotos del Río Milagro (Open in Maps)
Reserva Fluvial · 51.4 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Barcience
€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 Barcience you pay €251 less tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
12.5%
SEPE unemployed
92
Affiliated workers (approx.)
515
Self-employed (approx.)
88
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Municipal finance
Income 2024
€863,120
Expenses
€863,120
Balance
€0
Spending by function (k€)
Local government
Victor Lopez Maquedano (PSOE)
2023–2027 · Partido Socialista Obrero Español
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas (MAD) · 116.6 km · 148 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Toledo) · 30.1 km · 28 min
High-speed rail
AVE Madrid Puerta de Atocha · 90.6 km · 66 min
Nearest coast
Playa de la Malvarrosa (Valencia) · 457.7 km · 392 min
Nearest city
Toledo · 30.1 km · 28 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · TORRIJOS · 5.8 km · 9 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Samar · Torrijos · 5.8 km · 9 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
542
488 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
92
83 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Motorbikes
33
30 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
3
3 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Tractors
6
11 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2750 sunshine hours
Barcience averages about 2750 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 99.4%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (99.4%) makes Barcience a practical base for remote work.
About Barcience
Barcience is a municipality in Toledo (Castilla-La Mancha) with about 1,418 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 818 €/m². Compare Barcience with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 45018 · CP 45018 · lat 39.980924573039516, lon -4.235170414282565 · 418 m · Income: €30,198