Tarragona · Cataluña · CP 43114
Porrera
Porrera: living in Tarragona
Porrera offers 2627 sunshine hours a year, fibre available for remote work and a very small municipality — worth considering for rural living in Spain.
Population
405
Avg. summer temp
23.7°C
Best place to buy a house
#5906 / 8133
Overall score
5.8/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 2.7/10
More expensive than peer places. Housing about 1,282 €/m²; cost of living at 58% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 6.7/10
Average. Hospital ~52 min; airport ~86 min; Renfe ~— min; coach ~— min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 5.0/10
Average. About 2,627 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~29.0°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 7.3/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 70% 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 · 7.4/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 94.1% of padrón; international residents 5.9%.
- Future0.0
Future · 4.6/10
Average. Population −2.9% vs last year; registered unemployment −13.3% over the series; mean age 48.5; foreign residents 5.9%; property prices +7.0% 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 · 4.7/10
Average. Founding/earliest record ~1,850; Natura 2000 covers about 27.4% of the area (nearest site ~1.1 km).
Place location
Porrera in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
48.5
<16
9.3%
16–64
65.3%
65+
25.4%
International community
Spanish nationals: 413 (94.1%)
Foreign residents: 26 (5.9%)
- Morocco: 5
- Romania: 4
- Senegal: 4
- Argentina: 3
- Germany: 2
- Colombia: 2
- Italy: 1
- Poland: 1
English speakers ≈ 1
Housing
Price €/m²
€1,282
Flats €/m²
1179 €
Houses €/m²
1385 €
6-year change
+50.1%
Province rank: # / 184 · 123% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land (41.20, 0.86)
309 approx. sunny days · 5 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
69.7%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Tarragona
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Riu Siurana i planes del Priorat (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 1.1 km
- 02Serra de Llaberia (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 2.9 km
- 03Serra del Montsant (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 3.8 km
- 04Serres de Pradell-l`Argentera (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 4.1 km
- 05Muntanyes de Prades (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 6.6 km
Day trip
- 06Barranc de la Trinitat (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 28.4 km
- 07Mas de Melons (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 32.9 km
- 08Torrent del Pi (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural de Fauna Salvaje · 33 km
- 09Els Ports (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 42.6 km
- 10Desembocadura del Riu Gaià (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural de Fauna Salvaje · 43.1 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Porrera
€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 Porrera you pay €1,255 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
4.9%
SEPE unemployed
13
Affiliated workers (approx.)
188
Self-employed (approx.)
32
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Municipal finance
Income 2025
€609,000
Expenses
€609,000
Balance
€0
Spending by function (k€)
Local government
- CM
Juan Carlos Garcia Vaqué (CM)
2023–2027 · Junts Per Porrera - Compromís Municipal
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto de Reus (REU) · 40.6 km · 86 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Tarragona) · 42.8 km · 52 min
High-speed rail
AVE Barcelona Sants · 130.6 km · 113 min
Nearest coast
Platja del Miracle (Tarragona) · 45.9 km · 57 min
Nearest city
Tarragona · 42.8 km · 52 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · PRADELL · 9.5 km · 8 min
Nearest coach
ALSA / coach · Bellaguarda · 24.8 km · 21 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
273
674 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
138
341 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Motorbikes
77
190 per 1,000 inhabitants
Above average for the population
Buses
0
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
2
7 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2627 sunshine hours
Porrera averages about 2627 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Natura 2000 ~27%
About 27% of the municipal area overlaps official Natura 2000 protected nature (not farmland).
About Porrera
Porrera is a municipality in Tarragona (Cataluña) with about 1,293 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 993 €/m². Compare Porrera with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 43114 · CP 43114 · lat 41.19643314949513, lon 0.8550695226696367 · 293 m · Income: €34,411