Palencia · Castilla y León · CP 34080
Guardo
Guardo: living in Palencia
Guardo offers 2478 sunshine hours a year, housing prices below the peer average and near-full fibre coverage — a strong option for remote work in Spain.
Population
5,502
Avg. summer temp
18.5°C
Best place to buy a house
#1491 / 8133
Overall score
7.1/10
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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 · 6.2/10
Average. Hospital ~91 min; airport ~157 min; Renfe ~5 min; coach ~4 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 5.3/10
Average. About 2,478 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~25.1°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 · 9.1/10
Better than other places. 10 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 8.5/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 98.6% of padrón; international residents 1.4%.
- Future0.0
Future · 4.2/10
Average. Population −0.8% vs last year; registered unemployment −31.2% over the series; mean age 50.5; foreign residents 1.4%; property prices +6.0% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 6.4/10
In this place taxes are about average vs peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 4.0/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~950; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~5.3 km).
Place location
Guardo in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
50.5
<16
9%
16–64
64%
65+
26.9%
International community
Spanish nationals: 5,913 (98.6%)
Foreign residents: 82 (1.4%)
- Bulgaria: 10
- Colombia: 10
- Romania: 8
- China: 8
- Brazil: 7
- Morocco: 6
- Portugal: 5
- Dominican Republic: 5
English speakers ≈ 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€756
Flats €/m²
696 €
Houses €/m²
816 €
6-year change
+41.9%
Province rank: # / 191 · 29% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land (42.79, -4.85)
292 approx. sunny days · 19 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
96.8%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Palencia
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Montaña Palentina (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 5.3 km
- 02Montaña de Riaño y Mampodre (Open in Maps)
Parque Regional · 8.3 km
Day trip
- 03Picos de Europa (Open in Maps)
Parque Nacional · 32.8 km
- 04Ponga (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 40.6 km
- 05Redes (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 44.4 km
- 06Las Tuerces (Open in Maps)
Paisaje Protegido · 46.7 km
- 07Saja-Besaya (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 49.8 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Guardo
€4,484
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€206
People in Madrid pay less tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€384
People in Barcelona pay more tax than here
In Guardo you pay €871 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
8.1%
SEPE unemployed
284
Affiliated workers (approx.)
2,493
Self-employed (approx.)
423
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Municipal finance
Income 2025
€6,860,044
Expenses
€6,860,044
Balance
€0
Spending by function (k€)
Local government
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Juan Jesus Blanco Muñiz (PP)
2023–2027 · Partido Popular
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto de Santander (SDR) · 170.2 km · 157 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (León) · 93.2 km · 91 min
High-speed rail
AVE León · 93.1 km · 86 min
Nearest coast
Playa El Sardinero (Santander) · 170.4 km · 138 min
Nearest city
Palencia · 99.9 km · 135 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · GUARDO · 0.8 km · 5 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Guardo-Las Rozas · 0.7 km · 4 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
3,849
700 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
825
150 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
473
86 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
15
3 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Tractors
59
15 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2478 sunshine hours
Guardo averages about 2478 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 96.8%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (96.8%) makes Guardo a practical base for remote work.
About Guardo
Guardo is a municipality in Palencia (Castilla y León) with about 2,315 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 2515 €/m². Compare Guardo with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 34080 · CP 34080 · lat 42.78604869861207, lon -4.8522553556520975 · 415 m · Income: €31,339