Barcelona · Cataluña · CP 08250
Santa Margarida de Montbui
Santa Margarida de Montbui: living in Barcelona
Santa Margarida de Montbui offers 2634 sunshine hours a year, near-full fibre coverage and a sizable town — a strong option for remote work in Spain.
Population
10,631
Avg. summer temp
23°C
Best place to buy a house
#3642 / 8133
Overall score
6.5/10
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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 · 5.6/10
Average. Hospital ~82 min; airport ~108 min; Renfe ~53 min; coach ~38 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 · 10.0/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 100% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 1.8/10
Worse than other places. 2 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 89.8% of padrón; international residents 10.2%.
- Future0.0
Future · 6.9/10
Average. Population +0.8% vs last year; registered unemployment −11.1% over the series; mean age 41.4; foreign residents 10.2%; 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 · 8.4/10
Better than other places. Founding/earliest record ~-250; Natura 2000 covers about 17.5% of the area (nearest site ~0.0 km).
Place location
Santa Margarida de Montbui in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
41.4
<16
19%
16–64
63%
65+
18%
International community
Spanish nationals: 8,962 (89.8%)
Foreign residents: 1,018 (10.2%)
- Morocco: 662
- Romania: 79
- Pakistan: 21
- Brazil: 19
- Ukraine: 18
- Uruguay: 15
- China: 15
- Italy: 14
English speakers ≈ 3
Housing
Price €/m²
€2,246
Flats €/m²
2066 €
Houses €/m²
2426 €
6-year change
+45.9%
Province rank: # / 311 · 123% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 08002 (19.1km)
310 approx. sunny days · 4 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
- 01Sistema prelitoral central (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 0 km
- 02Riera de Clariana (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 4.7 km
- 03Riera de la Goda (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 7.8 km
- 04Valls de l`Anoia (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 9.9 km
- 05Capçaleres del Foix (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 10.8 km
Day trip
- 06Massís de Sant Llorenç del Munt i Serra de l`Obac (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 30 km
- 07Rierada-Can Balasc (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 40 km
- 08Barranc de la Trinitat (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 42.9 km
- 09La Vall del Monestir de Poblet (Open in Maps)
Paraje Natural de Interés Nacional · 44.6 km
- 10Font Groga (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 47.2 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Santa Margarida de Montbui
€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 Santa Margarida de Montbui you pay €1,255 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
9.9%
SEPE unemployed
665
Affiliated workers (approx.)
4,723
Self-employed (approx.)
804
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- AM-L
Jesús Miguel Juárez Tamayo (AM-LVDVDM)
2023–2027 · Ara Montbui-La Veu Dels Veïns de Montbui
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) · 75.4 km · 108 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Barcelona) · 71.1 km · 82 min
High-speed rail
AVE Barcelona Sants · 68.6 km · 81 min
Nearest coast
Platja de la Barceloneta · 76.7 km · 82 min
Nearest city
Barcelona · 71.1 km · 82 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · SANT GUIM DE FREIXENET · 28.8 km · 53 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Igualada · 10.5 km · 38 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
5,454
513 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
936
88 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Motorbikes
998
94 per 1,000 inhabitants
Around average for the population
Buses
0
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
39
7 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2634 sunshine hours
Santa Margarida de Montbui averages about 2634 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 99.5%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (99.5%) makes Santa Margarida de Montbui a practical base for remote work.
About Santa Margarida de Montbui
Santa Margarida de Montbui is a municipality in Barcelona (Cataluña) with about 3,245 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 1745 €/m². Compare Santa Margarida de Montbui with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 08250 · CP 08250 · lat 41.560676640812986, lon 1.5766040552286256 · 445 m · Income: €34,014