Madrid · Comunidad de Madrid · CP 28004
El Álamo
El Álamo: living in Madrid
El Álamo offers 2746 sunshine hours a year, near-full fibre coverage and broad local services — a strong option for remote work in Spain.
Population
10,594
Avg. summer temp
25.7°C
Best place to buy a house
#1595 / 8133
Overall score
7.1/10
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Quality of life
Overall score
0.0/10
What the data grade is made of
- Affordability0.0
Affordability · 0.5/10
More expensive than peer places. Housing about 2,772 €/m²; cost of living at 126% of the national average (lower is better).
- Access0.0
Access · 6.8/10
Average. Hospital ~46 min; airport ~126 min; Renfe ~27 min; coach ~13 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 4.8/10
Average. About 2,746 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~32.2°C (0/3 months ≥35°C). Ideal: lots of sun without a scorching summer.
- Internet0.0
Internet · 9.7/10
Better than other places. Fibre coverage around 97% of households (plus 5G where mapped).
- Services0.0
Services · 8.2/10
Better than other places. 9 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 86.2% of padrón; international residents 13.8%.
- Future0.0
Future · 7.9/10
Future looks bright. Population +1.6% vs last year; registered unemployment −15.2% over the series; mean age 40.6; foreign residents 13.8%; property prices +8.0% 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 · 5.3/10
Average. Founding/earliest record ~1,350; Natura 2000 covers about 13.0% of the area (nearest site ~1.5 km).
Place location
El Álamo in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
40.6
<16
17.4%
16–64
63.9%
65+
18.7%
International community
Spanish nationals: 8,165 (86.2%)
Foreign residents: 1,305 (13.8%)
- Morocco: 516
- Romania: 284
- Colombia: 83
- Cuba: 32
- Venezuela: 30
- Ukraine: 29
- Italy: 28
- China: 27
English speakers ≈ 7
Housing
Price €/m²
€2,772
Flats €/m²
2550 €
Houses €/m²
2994 €
6-year change
+58.7%
Province rank: # / 181 · 174% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 45041 (6.4km)
323 approx. sunny days · 1 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
97.1%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Madrid
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Curso Medio del Río Guadarrama y su entorno (Open in Maps)
Parque Regional · 1.5 km
Day trip
- 02Ejes de los Cursos Bajos de los Ríos Manzanares y Jarama (Open in Maps)
Parque Regional · 25.8 km
- 03Cuenca Alta del Manzanares (Open in Maps)
Parque Regional · 29.9 km
- 04Regajal-Mar Ontigola (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural · 39.2 km
- 05Pinar de Abantos y Zona de la Herreria del Real Sitio de San Lorenzo del Escorial (Open in Maps)
Paraje Pintoresco · 39.4 km
- 06Salobral de Ocaña (Open in Maps)
Microrreserva · 40.4 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · El Álamo
€4,278
Average tax across places
€3,613
Mean estimated IRPF for the same salary in all ranked Spanish places.
Difference vs Madrid
€0
People in Madrid pay about the same tax as here
Difference vs Barcelona
€590
People in Barcelona pay more tax than here
In El Álamo you pay €665 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
6.9%
SEPE unemployed
468
Affiliated workers (approx.)
4,804
Self-employed (approx.)
812
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Municipal finance
Income 2025
€13,661,533
Expenses
€12,847,453
Balance
€814,080
Spending by function (k€)
Local government
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Natalia Quintana Serrano (PP)
2023–2027 · Partido Popular
Provisional mock data. Pending verification against the town hall / election results.
Distances & mobility
Nearest airport
Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas (MAD) · 64.2 km · 126 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Madrid) · 49.9 km · 46 min
High-speed rail
AVE Madrid Puerta de Atocha · 41 km · 42 min
Nearest coast
Playa de la Malvarrosa (Valencia) · 437.2 km · 375 min
Nearest city
Madrid · 49.9 km · 46 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · HUMANES · 19.9 km · 27 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Samar · Navalcarnero · 7.3 km · 13 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
4,669
441 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
827
78 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Motorbikes
538
51 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
0
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
23
5 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2746 sunshine hours
El Álamo averages about 2746 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 97.1%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (97.1%) makes El Álamo a practical base for remote work.
About El Álamo
El Álamo is a municipality in Madrid (Comunidad de Madrid) with about 3,214 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 1514 €/m². Compare El Álamo with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 28004 · CP 28004 · lat 40.23240462327814, lon -3.9892581186684386 · 414 m · Income: €36,817