Barcelona · Cataluña · CP 08096
Granollers
Granollers: living in Barcelona
Granollers offers 2540 sunshine hours a year, near-full fibre coverage and broad local services — a connected urban option in Spain.
Population
65,341
Avg. summer temp
21.3°C
Best place to buy a house
#347 / 8133
Overall score
7.7/10
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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 · 9.0/10
Better than other places. Hospital ~35 min; airport ~66 min; Renfe ~7 min; coach ~9 min.
- Climate0.0
Climate · 5.3/10
Average. About 2,540 sunshine hours/year; Jun–Aug mean daily max ~26.6°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 · 8.5/10
Better than other places. Spanish residents 86.6% of padrón; international residents 13.4%.
- Future0.0
Future · 7.2/10
Future looks bright. Population +1.8% vs last year; registered unemployment −12.6% over the series; mean age 43.0; foreign residents 13.4%; 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 · 6.4/10
Average. Founding/earliest record ~1,050; Natura 2000 covers about 2.7% of the area (nearest site ~0.2 km).
Place location
Granollers in Spain · OpenStreetMap
Demographics
Population register series
Age profile
Est. mean age
43
<16
15.3%
16–64
65.8%
65+
18.9%
International community
Spanish nationals: 53,055 (86.6%)
Foreign residents: 8,220 (13.4%)
- Morocco: 1,974
- Senegal: 1,086
- Bolivia: 624
- China: 486
- Romania: 407
- Ecuador: 222
- Colombia: 220
- Dominican Republic: 188
English speakers ≈ 77
Housing
Price €/m²
€2,246
Flats €/m²
2066 €
Houses €/m²
2426 €
6-year change
+45.9%
Province rank: # / 311 · 78% of provincial benchmark
Climate & access
Monthly temperatures · Open-Meteo ERA5-Land via neighbor 08014 (20.9km)
299 approx. sunny days · 1 snow days/year · 2023
Weather
Internet
Fibre
1000 Mbps
Coverage
99.6%
This place is covered by a 5G mobile network
Connectivity
Connection to Barcelona
Nature & outings
Best outdoor spots nearby
- 01Riu Congost (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 0.2 km
- 02Conreria-Sant Mateu-Céllecs, la (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 4.6 km
- 03Gallecs (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 6.2 km
- 04Serres del Montnegre i el Corredor (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 10.6 km
- 05Cingles de Bertí (Open in Maps)
Plan Especial de Protección (PEIN) · 10.6 km
Day trip
- 06Riera d`Arbucies-Hostalric (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 30.8 km
- 07Ricarda-Ca l`Arana (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 34.3 km
- 08Muntanya de Montserrat (Open in Maps)
Parque Natural · 35.1 km
- 09Remolar-Filipines (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 38.4 km
- 10Riera de Merlés (Open in Maps)
Reserva Natural Parcial · 53.3 km
IRPF calculator
Enter your gross annual salary to compare estimated IRPF vs Madrid, Barcelona, and the average across places.
Estimated IRPF here · Granollers
€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 Granollers you pay €1,255 more tax than the average place in Spain
Employment
Unemployment rate
6.5%
SEPE unemployed
2,786
Affiliated workers (approx.)
30,538
Self-employed (approx.)
5,159
SEPE unemployment (last 5 years)
Local government
Local government
- PSC-
Alba Barnusell Ortuño (PSC-CP)
2023–2027 · Partit Dels Socialistes de Catalunya - Candidatura de Progrés
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) · 69.4 km · 66 min
Nearest hospital
Hospital / capital health hub (Barcelona) · 31.1 km · 35 min
High-speed rail
AVE Barcelona Sants · 35.8 km · 31 min
Nearest coast
Platja de la Barceloneta · 32.4 km · 32 min
Nearest city
Barcelona · 31.1 km · 35 min
Nearest Renfe
Renfe Cercanías · GRANOLLERS-CENTRE · 1.9 km · 7 min
Nearest coach
Coach · Estació d'Autobusos de Granollers · 2.7 km · 9 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
29,607
453 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Trucks
5,366
82 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Motorbikes
4,538
69 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Buses
16
0 per 1,000 inhabitants
Below average for the population
Tractors
307
10 / 1,000 cars
Below average vs peer places
Nutshell
2540 sunshine hours
Granollers averages about 2540 sunshine hours a year — a concrete climate figure from open weather normals.
Fibre at 99.6%
Near-full fixed broadband coverage (99.6%) makes Granollers a practical base for remote work.
Broad local services
11 of 11 everyday essentials (grocery, pharmacy, school, bank…) are mapped in or near Granollers.
About Granollers
Granollers is a municipality in Barcelona (Cataluña) with about 1,453 residents in the reference dataset. Guide housing prices are around 2753 €/m². Compare Granollers with other Spanish places on Pueblia.
INE 08096 · CP 08096 · lat 41.59357897435902, lon 2.2789413295779712 · 453 m · Income: €42,757