Burgos · Castilla y León · CP 09369
Sotillo de la Ribera
Sotillo de la Ribera: living in Burgos
Sotillo de la Ribera offers 2563 sunshine hours a year, near-full fibre coverage and regional rural tax incentives — a strong option for rural relocation in Spain.
Population
468
Avg. summer temp
21.2°C
Best place to buy a house
#4839 / 8133
Overall score
6.2/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 6.2/10
Average. Housing about 922 €/m²; cost of living at 42% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 4.7/10
Average. Hospital ~63 min; airport ~142 min; Renfe ~75 min; coach ~10 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.9/10
Average. About 2,563 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~27.9°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.7/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 97% 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 · 6.6/10
Average. Spanish residents 95.7% of padrón; international residents 4.3%.
- Future0.0
Future · 4.5/10
Average. Population −0.4% vs last year; registered unemployment −43.8% over the series; mean age 50.6; foreign residents 4.3%; property prices +4.5% 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 · 1.4/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,850; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~11.4 km).
Place location
Sotillo de la Ribera in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
50.6
<16
9.9%
16–64
61.6%
65+
28.5%
International community
Spanish nationals: 469 (95.7%)
Foreign residents: 21 (4.3%)
- Romania: 12
- Algeria: 4
- Morocco: 4
- Bulgaria: 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€922
Flats €/m²
848 €
Houses €/m²
996 €
6-year change
+30.2%
Province rank: # / 414 · 51% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 09239 (11.1km)
302 approx. sunny days · 8 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
97%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Burgos
Nature & outings
Day trip
- 01Sabinares del Arlanza-La Yecla (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 26.9 km
- 02Hoces del Río Riaza (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 31.4 km
- 03Cañón del Río Lobos (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 50.1 km
- 04Hoces del Río Duratón (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 51.4 km
- 05Sierra Norte de Guadarrama (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 68.1 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Sotillo de la Ribera
€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 Sotillo de la Ribera you pay €1,002 less tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
3.1%
SEPE unemployed
9
Affiliated workers (approx.)
206
Self-employed (approx.)
35
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- PSYP
Manuel Callejo Villarrubia (PSYP)
2023–2027 · Agrupacion de Electores Independiente, Por Sotillo y Pinillos
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 de Vitoria (VIT) · 182.5 km · 142 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Burgos) · 73.1 km · 63 min
High-speed rail
AVE Valladolid Campo Grande · 95.5 km · 110 min
Nearest coast
Playa de la Concha (Donostia) · 281.2 km · 190 min
Nearest city
Burgos · 73.1 km · 63 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · VILLAQUIRÁN · 98.6 km · 75 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Pinillos De Esgueva · 2.5 km · 10 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
389
831 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Trucks
99
212 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
51
109 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Buses
0
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
1
3 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2563 sunshine hours
Sotillo de la Ribera averages about 2563 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 97%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (97%) makes Sotillo de la Ribera a practical base for remote work.
Rural tax incentives
Castilla y León offers up to €1200 relocation deduction and 15% taxable-base reduction for qualifying small municipalities.
About Sotillo de la Ribera
Sotillo de la Ribera is a municipality in Burgos (Castilla y León) with about 2,537 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 1737 €/m². Compare Sotillo de la Ribera with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 09369 · CP 09369 · lat 41.80388029775971, lon -3.8267789006506243 · 637 m · Income: €35,336