Barcelona · Cataluña · CP 08169
El Prat de Llobregat
El Prat de Llobregat: living in Barcelona
El Prat de Llobregat offers 2545 sunshine hours a year, easy reach of the coast and near-full fibre coverage — a strong option for coastal living in Spain.
Population
66,338
Avg. summer temp
25.5°C
Best place to buy a house
#2238 / 8133
Overall score
6.9/10
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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 · 8.0/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~43 min; airport ~59 min; Renfe ~37 min; coach ~32 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 2.6/10
Worse than other places. About 2,545 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~31.3°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 · 10.0/10
Better than other places. 11 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 8.1/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 91.4% of padrón; international residents 8.6%.
- Future0.0
Future · 6.3/10
Average. Population +0.2% vs last year; registered unemployment −8.8% over the series; mean age 43.5; foreign residents 8.6%; 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 · 5.6/10
Average. Founding/earliest record ~1,650; Natura 2000 covers about 47.3% of the area (nearest site ~0.8 km).
Place location
El Prat de Llobregat in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
43.5
<16
15.8%
16–64
64.2%
65+
20.1%
International community
Spanish nationals: 59,068 (91.4%)
Foreign residents: 5,531 (8.6%)
- Morocco: 1,508
- Romania: 653
- China: 513
- Pakistan: 282
- Italy: 249
- Chile: 246
- Colombia: 190
- Peru: 114
English speakers ≈ 39
Housing
Price €/m²
€2,246
Flats €/m²
2066 €
Houses €/m²
2426 €
6-year change
+45.9%
Province rank: # / 311 · 260% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 08001 (27.8km)
299 approx. sunny days · 1 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
99.5%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Barcelona
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Delta del Llobregat (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 0.8 km
- 02Ricarda-Ca l`Arana (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 1.2 km
- 03Remolar-Filipines (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 3.5 km
- 04Costes del Garraf (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 7 km
- 05Serra de Collserola (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 8.3 km
Day trip
- 06Massís de Sant Llorenç del Munt i Serra de l`Obac (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 34.2 km
- 07Muntanya de Montserrat (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 35.5 km
- 08Riera d`Arbucies-Hostalric (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 64.3 km
- 09Desembocadura del Riu Gaià (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural de Fauna Salvaje · 64.4 km
- 10Riera de Merlés (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 79.6 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · El Prat de Llobregat
€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 El Prat de Llobregat you pay €1,255 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
6.5%
SEPE unemployed
2,777
Affiliated workers (approx.)
30,248
Self-employed (approx.)
5,111
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- EPCP
Lluis Mijoler Martinez (EPCP-C)
2023–2027 · El Prat en Comú Podem - Confluència
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 Barcelona-El Prat (BCN) · 12 km · 59 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Barcelona) · 19.1 km · 43 min
High-speed rail
AVE Barcelona Sants · 13.2 km · 38 min
Nearest coast
Platja de la Barceloneta · 18.4 km · 39 min
Nearest city
Barcelona · 19.1 km · 43 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · BARCELONA ESTACIÓ DE FRANÇA · 16.4 km · 37 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Aeroport Barcelona T1 · 10.5 km · 32 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
28,817
434 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
4,232
64 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Motorbikes
6,419
97 per 1,000 inhabitants
Around average for the population
Buses
18
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
219
8 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2545 sunshine hours
El Prat de Llobregat averages about 2545 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 99.5%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (99.5%) makes El Prat de Llobregat a practical base for remote work.
Coast in 18.4 km
The nearest mapped coast point is Platja de la Barceloneta, about 18.4 km by road.
About El Prat de Llobregat
El Prat de Llobregat is a municipality in Barcelona (Cataluña) with about 2,324 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 824 €/m². Compare El Prat de Llobregat with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 08169 · CP 08169 · lat 41.31002189845884, lon 2.098794471115762 · 424 m · Income: €41,138