Barcelona · Cataluña · CP 08284
Tordera
Tordera: living in Barcelona
Tordera offers 2503 sunshine hours a year, strong fibre coverage and broad local services — a practical base for living and working in Spain.
Population
19,039
Avg. summer temp
24.6°C
Best place to buy a house
#1217 / 8133
Overall score
7.2/10
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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 · 7.6/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~54 min; airport ~50 min; Renfe ~22 min; coach ~28 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 2.8/10
Worse than other places. About 2,503 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~30.4°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.3/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 92% 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 · 8.2/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 91.0% of padrón; international residents 9.0%.
- Future0.0
Future · 7.2/10
Future looks bright. Population +1.4% vs last year; registered unemployment −14.5% over the series; mean age 42.1; foreign residents 9.0%; 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 · 8.1/10
Better than other places. Founding/earliest record ~-550; Natura 2000 covers about 30.7% of the area (nearest site ~0.3 km).
Place location
Tordera in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
42.1
<16
17.3%
16–64
65.3%
65+
17.5%
International community
Spanish nationals: 15,668 (91.0%)
Foreign residents: 1,548 (9.0%)
- Morocco: 308
- Romania: 177
- Italy: 69
- France: 63
- Dominican Republic: 57
- Russia: 46
- United Kingdom: 43
- Germany: 41
English speakers ≈ 43
Housing
Price €/m²
€2,246
Flats €/m²
2066 €
Houses €/m²
2426 €
6-year change
+45.9%
Province rank: # / 311 · 116% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 17002 (27.1km)
294 approx. sunny days · 1 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
92.4%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Barcelona
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Riu i estanys de Tordera (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 0.3 km
- 02Serres del Montnegre i el Corredor (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 1.1 km
- 03Mines de Can Palomeres (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 5.3 km
- 04Riera de Santa Coloma (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 5.3 km
- 05Turons de Maçanet (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 5.7 km
Day trip
- 06Volcá del Puig Roig (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 43.2 km
- 07Volcá de Sant Marc (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 43.5 km
- 08Volcà Puig Rodo, Puig de les Medes i Llacunagra (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 46.6 km
- 09Volcà Traiter Inferior i Superior (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 47.3 km
- 10Del Montgrí, les Illes Medes i el Baix Ter (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 49 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Tordera
€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 Tordera you pay €1,255 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
7.6%
SEPE unemployed
942
Affiliated workers (approx.)
8,810
Self-employed (approx.)
1,492
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- CM
Elisabet Megias Pinos (CM)
2023–2027 · Junts Per Tordera - Compromís 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) · 35.8 km · 50 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Girona) · 43.2 km · 54 min
High-speed rail
AVE Barcelona Sants · 77.4 km · 66 min
Nearest coast
Platja de la Barceloneta · 71.6 km · 60 min
Nearest city
Barcelona · 74.1 km · 65 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · HOSTALRIC · 15.2 km · 22 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Estación de autobuses · 16.4 km · 28 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
9,496
499 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
2,149
113 per 1,000 inhabitants
Around average for the population
Motorbikes
2,395
126 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Buses
44
2 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Tractors
43
5 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2503 sunshine hours
Tordera averages about 2503 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Natura 2000 ~31%
About 31% of the municipal area overlaps official Natura 2000 protected nature (not farmland).
Fibre at 92.4%
SETELECO reports 92.4% fibre coverage — workable connectivity for hybrid and remote work.
About Tordera
Tordera is a municipality in Barcelona (Cataluña) with about 3,342 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 1842 €/m². Compare Tordera with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 08284 · CP 08284 · lat 41.69282483992294, lon 2.6859984532657326 · 542 m · Income: €35,762