Ávila · Castilla y León · CP 05046
Canales
Canales: living in Ávila
Canales offers 2700 sunshine hours a year, housing prices below the peer average and near-full fibre coverage — a strong option for rural relocation in Spain.
Population
42
Avg. summer temp
22.7°C
Best place to buy a house
#3931 / 8133
Overall score
6.4/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 8.0/10
More affordable than peer places. Housing about 756 €/m²; cost of living at 34% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 5.0/10
Average. Hospital ~60 min; airport ~191 min; Renfe ~24 min; coach ~22 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 5.6/10
Average. About 2,700 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~29.5°C (0/3 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 · 0.0/10
No verified open data for this pillar — it counts as 0 and lowers the overall grade.
- Community0.0
Community · 7.5/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 100.0% of padrón; international residents 0.0%.
- Future0.0
Future · 4.7/10
Average. Population +20.0% vs last year; registered unemployment —% over the series; mean age 51.5; foreign residents 0.0%; property prices +8.0% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 7.8/10
In this place taxes are lower than in peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 1.7/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,850; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~6.4 km).
Place location
Canales in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
51.5
<16
10.8%
16–64
59.5%
65+
29.7%
International community
Spanish nationals: 45 (100.0%)
Foreign residents: 0 (0.0%)
Housing
Price €/m²
€756
Flats €/m²
696 €
Houses €/m²
816 €
6-year change
+58.7%
Province rank: # / 248 · 26% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land (41.00, -4.91)
318 approx. sunny days · 4 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
100%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Ávila
Nature & outings
Day trip
- 01Riberas de Castronuño - Vega del Duero (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 51.6 km
- 02Sierra Norte de Guadarrama (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 62.5 km
- 03Valle de Iruelas (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 68.4 km
- 04Sierra de Guadarrama (Open in Maps)
Parque Nacional · 68.4 km
- 05Sierra de Gredos (Open in Maps)
Parque Regional · 69.7 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Canales
€2,611
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€1,667
People in Madrid pay more tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€2,257
People in Barcelona pay more tax than here
In Canales you pay €1,002 less tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
12%
SEPE unemployed
3
Affiliated workers (approx.)
18
Self-employed (approx.)
10
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
.svg?width=128 "Partido Popular")
Emiliano Ayuso Antonio (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 Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas (MAD) · 171.3 km · 191 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Ávila) · 74 km · 60 min
High-speed rail
AVE Valladolid Campo Grande · 102.1 km · 80 min
Nearest coast
Playa de San Lorenzo (Gijón) · 391.7 km · 336 min
Nearest city
Ávila · 74 km · 60 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · ARÉVALO · 21.1 km · 24 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Arevalo · 19.1 km · 22 min
Local services
Local amenities have not been verified from open maps or official catalogs for this municipio yet.
Registered vehicles
Compared with the average across ranked places, per 1,000 inhabitants.
Cars
45
1,071 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Trucks
12
286 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
3
71 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
0
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
2
44 / 1,000 cars
Above average vs peer places
Nutshell
2700 sunshine hours
Canales averages about 2700 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 100%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (100%) makes Canales a practical base for remote work.
About Canales
Canales is a municipality in Ávila (Castilla y León) with about 1,925 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 2825 €/m². Compare Canales with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 05046 · CP 05046 · lat 40.996496422830575, lon -4.905369092041407 · 925 m · Income: €30,364