La Rioja · La Rioja · CP 26084
Lardero
Lardero: living in La Rioja
Lardero offers 2371 sunshine hours a year, near-full fibre coverage and broad local services — a strong option for remote work in Spain.
Population
12,060
Avg. summer temp
22°C
Best place to buy a house
#468 / 8133
Overall score
7.6/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 5.4/10
Average. Housing about 963 €/m²; cost of living at 44% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 9.2/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~8 min; airport ~61 min; Renfe ~8 min; coach ~7 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 2.6/10
Worse than other places. About 2,371 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~29.8°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.8/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 97% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 7.3/10
Better than other places. 8 of 11 everyday services found nearby (grocery, pharmacy, health centre, school, bank, ATM, post office, police, bar/café, restaurant, sports).
- Community0.0
Community · 6.5/10
Average. Spanish residents 87.0% of padrón; international residents 13.0%.
- Future0.0
Future · 7.6/10
Future looks bright. Population +3.4% vs last year; registered unemployment −11.7% over the series; mean age 39.5; foreign residents 13.0%; property prices +5.6% YoY. Growing places with improving jobs score higher.
- Tax0.0
Tax · 3.8/10
In this place taxes are higher than in peer places
- Beauty0.0
Beauty · 3.5/10
Worse than other places. Founding/earliest record ~1,050; Natura 2000 covers about 0.0% of the area (nearest site ~8.5 km).
Place location
Lardero in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
39.5
<16
18.9%
16–64
67.7%
65+
13.3%
International community
Spanish nationals: 9,136 (87.0%)
Foreign residents: 1,364 (13.0%)
- Romania: 763
- Morocco: 109
- Colombia: 57
- Italy: 53
- Portugal: 46
- Algeria: 30
- Brazil: 23
- Cuba: 20
English speakers ≈ 8
Housing
Price €/m²
€963
Flats €/m²
886 €
Houses €/m²
1040 €
6-year change
+38.7%
Province rank: # / 175 · 94% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land (42.42, -2.47)
279 approx. sunny days · 13 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
97.4%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Logroño
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Embalse de Salobre o de las Cañas (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 8.9 km
- 02Dolinas de Zenzano (Open in Maps)
Área Natural Singular · 13.8 km
- 03Complejo Lagunar de Laguardia (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 14.7 km
- 04Peñalabeja (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 25 km
Day trip
- 05Izki (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 26.5 km
- 06Barranco de Lasia (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 31.3 km
- 07La Laguna de Hervias (Open in Maps)
Área Natural Singular · 32.1 km
- 08Sierra de Cebollera (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 32.8 km
- 09Alto Najerilla (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 33.2 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Lardero
€4,425
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€147
People in Madrid pay less tax than here
Difference vs Barcelona
€443
People in Barcelona pay more tax than here
In Lardero you pay €812 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
5.1%
SEPE unemployed
415
Affiliated workers (approx.)
5,817
Self-employed (approx.)
980
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Municipal finance
Income 2025
€9,818,418
Expenses
€9,476,302
Balance
€342,116
Spending by function (k€)
Local government
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Isabel Barcelo Martinez (PP)
2023–2027 · Partido Popular
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto de Pamplona (PNA) · 90.4 km · 61 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Logroño) · 5.8 km · 8 min
High-speed rail
AVE Zaragoza Delicias · 172.8 km · 101 min
Nearest coast
Playa de la Concha (Donostia) · 170.5 km · 110 min
Nearest city
Logroño · 5.8 km · 8 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe · LOGROÑO · 6.2 km · 8 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Jiménez Movilidad · Alberite (Cruce Lardero) · 4.7 km · 7 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
5,705
473 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
1,095
91 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Motorbikes
1,014
84 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
0
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
102
18 / 1,000 cars
Above average vs peer places
Nutshell
2371 sunshine hours
Lardero averages about 2371 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 97.4%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (97.4%) makes Lardero a practical base for remote work.
Broad local services
8 of 11 everyday essentials (grocery, pharmacy, school, bank…) are mapped in or near Lardero.
About Lardero
Lardero is a municipality in La Rioja (La Rioja) with about 2,380 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 980 €/m². Compare Lardero with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 26084 · CP 26084 · lat 42.418202778726716, lon -2.471333559785175 · 480 m · Income: €40,910