Barcelona · Cataluña · CP 08047
Cardona
Cardona: living in Barcelona
Cardona offers 2634 sunshine hours a year, essential local services and fibre available for remote work — worth considering for rural living in Spain.
Population
4,553
Avg. summer temp
23°C
Best place to buy a house
#6564 / 8133
Overall score
5.6/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 0.7/10
More expensive than peer places. Housing about 2,246 €/m²; cost of living at 102% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 4.2/10
Average. Hospital ~82 min; airport ~111 min; Renfe ~— min; coach ~— min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.9/10
Average. About 2,634 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~29.2°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 7.0/10
Average. Fibre coverage around 67% 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 · 7.8/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 94.5% of padrón; international residents 5.5%.
- Future0.0
Future · 5.1/10
Average. Population −0.5% vs last year; registered unemployment −15.5% over the series; mean age 47.7; foreign residents 5.5%; property prices +6.5% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 1.5/10
In this place taxes are higher than in peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 3.1/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,050; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~999.0 km).
Place location
Cardona in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
47.7
<16
13.1%
16–64
58.9%
65+
28%
International community
Spanish nationals: 4,381 (94.5%)
Foreign residents: 255 (5.5%)
- Morocco: 129
- Pakistan: 17
- Romania: 13
- Nigeria: 12
- Russia: 8
- Ecuador: 8
- Italy: 7
- Argentina: 6
English speakers ≈ 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€2,246
Flats €/m²
2066 €
Houses €/m²
2426 €
6-year change
+45.9%
Province rank: # / 311 · 82% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 08002 (20.0km)
310 approx. sunny days · 3 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
66.5%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Barcelona
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Muntanya de Sal de Cardona (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 1.1 km
- 02Riera de Navel (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 7.3 km
- 03Serra de Castelltallat (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 8.2 km
- 04Miracle, el (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 10.1 km
- 05Aigua d`Ora (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 10.3 km
Day trip
- 06Riera de Merlés (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 30.1 km
- 07Massís de Sant Llorenç del Munt i Serra de l`Obac (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 32.3 km
- 08Muntanya de Montserrat (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 32.6 km
- 09Cadí-Moixeró (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 34.3 km
- 10Massís de Pedraforca (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural de Interés Nacional · 34.8 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Cardona
€4,868
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€590
People in Madrid pay less tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€0
People in Barcelona pay about the same tax as here
In Cardona you pay €1,255 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
6.1%
SEPE unemployed
163
Affiliated workers (approx.)
1,907
Self-employed (approx.)
322
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- ERC
Ferran Estruch I Torrents (ERC - AM)
2023–2027 · Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya - Acord Municipal
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 Girona-Costa Brava (GRO) · 134.7 km · 111 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Barcelona) · 89.5 km · 82 min
High-speed rail
AVE Barcelona Sants · 95.8 km · 82 min
Nearest coast
Platja de la Barceloneta · 99.3 km · 85 min
Nearest city
Barcelona · 94 km · 81 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · AGUILAR DE SEGARRA · 25.6 km · 22 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Cardona · 2.9 km · 2 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
2,618
575 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
689
151 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
438
96 per 1,000 inhabitants
Around average for the population
Buses
3
1 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
11
4 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2634 sunshine hours
Cardona averages about 2634 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Essential services on hand
7 of 11 core local amenities are present — enough for many daily needs without leaving town.
About Cardona
Cardona is a municipality in Barcelona (Cataluña) with about 1,299 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 2599 €/m². Compare Cardona with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 08047 · CP 08047 · lat 41.90703948542558, lon 1.6600430435677946 · 299 m · Income: €38,192