Barcelona · Cataluña · CP 08305
Vilafranca del Penedès
Vilafranca del Penedès: living in Barcelona
Vilafranca del Penedès offers 2595 sunshine hours a year, near-full fibre coverage and broad local services — a practical base for living and working in Spain.
Population
42,607
Avg. summer temp
24.7°C
Best place to buy a house
#1100 / 8133
Overall score
7.3/10
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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 · 8.2/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~46 min; airport ~71 min; Renfe ~19 min; coach ~4 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.8/10
Average. About 2,595 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~28.7°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 · 7.1/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 86.1% of padrón; international residents 13.9%.
- Future0.0
Future · 7.5/10
Future looks bright. Population +2.7% vs last year; registered unemployment −14.4% over the series; mean age 42.3; foreign residents 13.9%; 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 · 3.8/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,150; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~3.7 km).
Place location
Vilafranca del Penedès in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
42.3
<16
17.5%
16–64
64%
65+
18.5%
International community
Spanish nationals: 34,225 (86.1%)
Foreign residents: 5,521 (13.9%)
- Morocco: 2,622
- Peru: 274
- China: 197
- Bolivia: 196
- Ukraine: 169
- Romania: 160
- Colombia: 154
- Bulgaria: 141
English speakers ≈ 23
Housing
Price €/m²
€2,246
Flats €/m²
2066 €
Houses €/m²
2426 €
6-year change
+45.9%
Province rank: # / 311 · 84% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 43002 (21.0km)
305 approx. sunny days · 2 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
99.8%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Barcelona
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Olèrdola (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 3.7 km
- 02Massís del Garraf (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 5.1 km
- 03Foix, el (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 5.6 km
- 04El Montmell-Marmellar (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 7.4 km
- 05Muntanyes de l`Ordal (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 7.5 km
Day trip
- 06Muntanya de Montserrat (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 27 km
- 07Rierada-Can Balasc (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 28.1 km
- 08Remolar-Filipines (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 30.5 km
- 09Ricarda-Ca l`Arana (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 34.1 km
- 10Massís de Sant Llorenç del Munt i Serra de l`Obac (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 35.5 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Vilafranca del Penedès
€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 Vilafranca del Penedès you pay €1,255 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
6.3%
SEPE unemployed
1,718
Affiliated workers (approx.)
19,375
Self-employed (approx.)
3,272
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- PART
Francisco Romero Gamarra (PARTIT DELS SOCIALISTES )
2023–2027 · Partit Dels Socialistes de Catalunya -Candidatura de Progrés (psc-Cp)
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) · 50.1 km · 71 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Tarragona) · 52.8 km · 46 min
High-speed rail
AVE Barcelona Sants · 52.9 km · 50 min
Nearest coast
Platja del Miracle (Tarragona) · 53.3 km · 51 min
Nearest city
Barcelona · 56.1 km · 50 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · SANT SADURNÍ D'ANOIA · 13.9 km · 19 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Estació d'Autobusos de Vilafranca del Penedès · 0.8 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
19,430
456 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
3,645
86 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Motorbikes
3,129
73 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
55
1 per 1,000 inhabitants
Around average for the population
Tractors
170
9 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2595 sunshine hours
Vilafranca del Penedès averages about 2595 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 99.8%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (99.8%) makes Vilafranca del Penedès a practical base for remote work.
Broad local services
11 of 11 everyday essentials (grocery, pharmacy, school, bank…) are mapped in or near Vilafranca del Penedès.
About Vilafranca del Penedès
Vilafranca del Penedès is a municipality in Barcelona (Cataluña) with about 4,056 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 2556 €/m². Compare Vilafranca del Penedès with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 08305 · CP 08305 · lat 41.347518556659075, lon 1.7005942427224805 · 356 m · Income: €39,684