Living in Barañáin

In Barañáin, unemployment is 4.2% (2026).

Barañáin (locally: ) had 19,642 residents at the start of 2025 and is a city in Spain. The unemployment rate was 4.24% in June 2026. For Barañáin, the nearest airport was PNA, 4.5 km away, with 1 listed destinations in June 2026. Gigabit broadband availability was 96.3% in June 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2429 sources

Population19,642people1 Jan 2025Official source · Barañáin/Barañain - official stats

Median gross salary (region)2,449EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

Unemployment rate4.24%country median 4.4% — 3% belowIndependent source · SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime5,240incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2025Regional figureOfficial source · La tasa de criminalidad desciende medio punto en Navarra en 2025 respecto al año anterior

PM2.5, annual mean12µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · European Environment Agency (EEA)

More recorded crime than 72% of Spanish cities that publish it and dirtier air than 90% of Spanish cities that publish it.

Which Spain-wide rules apply when you move to Barañáin?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in SpainNational rates and thresholds that apply in Barañáin.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Barañáin. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€20

Mobile plan, 10 GB€12

Net rent across major citiesBarañáin highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Madrid€14.00

Barcelona€13.70

Bilbao€11.50

Palma€9.80

Córdoba€6.60

Murcia€5.80

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Málaga€9.60

Seville€9.20

Valencia€8.20

Zaragoza€7.70

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria€7.30

Alicante€7.10

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	20 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	DIGI 300 Mbps fibre³Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	DIGI 100GB mobile plan²Official · national market
Dwellings	7,989 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
Main residence dwellings	7,446 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
Secondary, seasonal or vacant dwellings	540 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official

Is Barañáin a good place to live?

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Remote worker58%strong on work, weak on housing · range 47–69%

Skilled employee63%strong on work, weak on education · range 53–73%

Student58%strong on cost, weak on education · range 46–70%

Family58%strong on family, weak on education · range 46–70%

Retirement55%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 41–69%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Barañáin/Barañain?

The unemployment rate is about 4.2 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 4.24 % · SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁹

Unemployment across cities in SpainUnemployment in Barañáin is 4.2%. Of 1,361 cities with data, 844 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

844

437

0–55–1010–1515–2020–2525–30

Barañáin 4.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	96.34 %	30 Jun 2025	SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-2025¹⁷Official
People in employment	8,229 people	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
Median gross salary (regional)	2,449 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁸Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	4.24 %country median 4.4%	30 Jun 2026	SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁹Independent

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Barañáin. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal — Public employment service

Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal (SEPE)

Job SearchUnemployment ClaimTraining

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Barañáin. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesBarañáin highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Pamplona7,766

Alicante7,419

Murcia5,289

Córdoba5,095

Melilla5,090

Vitoria-Gasteiz4,916

Cartagena4,578

Castellón de la Plana4,251

Elche4,043

Lorca3,706

Logroño3,690

Burgos3,628

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	5,240 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	La tasa de criminalidad desciende medio punto en Navarra en 2025 respecto al año anterior¹³Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	1 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁵Official
Destinations from nearest airport	1 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁵Official
Nearest airport	PNA	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁶Official
Distance to nearest airport	4.5 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁶Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	5 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁶Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	PNA	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹⁶Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Barañáin. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Escuelas Oficiales de Idiomas — public language education network — State Language Course

Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports / autonomous education authorities

For adult language learners, residents.

In Person, Online, HybridCost varies

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Barañáin.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Barañáin/Barañain?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency (EEA)⁶

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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9°1°

11°1°

15°3°

17°5°

21°8°

26°12°

29°14°

25°11°

20°8°

13°5°

10°2°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

119

170

184

219

245

287

277

213

157

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hours

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.512WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1013WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂16WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in SpainAnnual PM2.5 in Barañáin is 12.0 µg/m³. Of 269 cities with data, 57 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1516–1719–20

Barañáin 12.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	16 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — ES NO2 annual mean 2024 (station PAMPLONA - ITURRAMA)⁴Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	13 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — ES PM10 annual mean 2024 (station PAMPLONA - ITURRAMA)⁵Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	12 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	European Environment Agency (EEA)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 9.5 · Feb 11.2 · Mar 15.1 · Apr 17.4 · May 21.5 · Jun 26 · Jul 28.7 · Aug 29.4 · Sep 24.9 · Oct 19.8 · Nov 13.3 · Dec 9.9 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PAMPLONA¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 1.3 · Feb 1.1 · Mar 3.4 · Apr 5.2 · May 8.2 · Jun 11.6 · Jul 13.8 · Aug 14.1 · Sep 11.4 · Oct 8.4 · Nov 4.5 · Dec 1.8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PAMPLONA¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 5.4 · Feb 6.2 · Mar 9.2 · Apr 11.3 · May 14.9 · Jun 18.8 · Jul 21.3 · Aug 21.7 · Sep 18.2 · Oct 14.1 · Nov 8.9 · Dec 5.9 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PAMPLONA¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 72.1 · Feb 55.8 · Mar 63.1 · Apr 72 · May 59.2 · Jun 54 · Jul 31.4 · Aug 31.7 · Sep 46.1 · Oct 64.2 · Nov 84.1 · Dec 68.6 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PAMPLONA¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 87.6 · Feb 119 · Mar 170.1 · Apr 183.7 · May 219 · Jun 245.2 · Jul 287 · Aug 276.5 · Sep 212.9 · Oct 156.7 · Nov 96.7 · Dec 81.1 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station PAMPLONA¹⁸Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Spain: Logroño ±1.2 °C. Elsewhere: Reims (France) ±2.0 °C, Angers (France) ±1.5 °C, Werl (Germany) ±2.5 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±2.6 °C, Orléans (France) ±1.5 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Barañáin/Barañain?

The published population was 19,642 people in January 2025. Source: Barañáin/Barañain - official stats¹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport86.2%
Foreign residents13.8%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	1.39 km²	20 Oct 2025	www.ign.es¹⁹Official
Foreign residents	2,703 people	1 Jan 2024	Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España.¹⁴Official
Female residents	10,151 people	31 Dec 2023	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁹Official
Male residents	9,424 people	31 Dec 2023	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁹Official
Population	19,642 people	1 Jan 2025	Barañáin/Barañain - official stats¹Official

International community in Barañáin

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Population resident in Spain; both sexes; official INE Census 2021 municipal table · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
TOTAL	19,812	100.0%
Spain	16,289	82.2%
South America	1,815	9.2%
European Union (without Spain)	807	4.1%
Africa	295	1.5%
Central America and Caribbean	236	1.2%
Rent of Europe	201	1.0%
Asia	109	0.6%
North America	59	0.3%
Oceania	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Citizenship

Population resident in Spain; both sexes; official INE Census 2021 municipal table · 2021 Census

Published group	People	Share
TOTAL	19,812	100.0%
Spanish	17,526	88.5%
European Union (without Spain)	903	4.6%
South America	719	3.6%
Africa	245	1.2%
Rent of Europe	161	0.8%
Central America and Caribbean	131	0.7%
Asia	96	0.5%
North America	26	0.1%
Statelens	5	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	7,446 households	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
Labour force	9,537 people	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official

Alternatives for people set on Barañáin

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

Zizur Mayor/Zizur Nagusia as a Barañáin alternative in the same region

2 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Unemployment: 3.1% Zizur Mayor/Zizur Nagusia vs 4.2% Barañáin−26%
Residents: 16,510 Zizur Mayor/Zizur Nagusia vs 19,642 Barañáin−16%
Nearest airport: 4.1 km Zizur Mayor/Zizur Nagusia vs 4.5 km Barañáin−9%
Median gross pay, region: €2,449 Zizur Mayor/Zizur Nagusia vs €2,449 Barañáinsame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,240 Zizur Mayor/Zizur Nagusia vs 5,240 Barañáinsame level
Annual PM2.5: 12.0 µg/m³ Zizur Mayor/Zizur Nagusia vs 12.0 µg/m³ Barañáinsame level

Full comparison More about Zizur Mayor/Zizur Nagusia

Calvià as a Barañáin alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 503 km, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Nearest airport: 19.1 km Calvià vs 4.5 km Barañáin+324%
Unemployment: 1.3% Calvià vs 4.2% Barañáin−70%
Residents: 53,793 Calvià vs 19,642 Barañáin+174%
Median gross pay, region: €2,080 Calvià vs €2,449 Barañáin−15%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 8,880 (2024) Calvià vs 5,240 (2025) Barañáinno percentage
Annual PM2.5: 9.0 µg/m³ Calvià vs 12.0 µg/m³ Barañáin−25%

Full comparison More about Calvià

Cities near Barañáin

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Alternative cities in Spain

Other cities in Spain to compare with Barañáin, nearest in population first.

All Spain cities

Amorebieta-Etxano19,660 residents Malgrat de Mar19,714 residents San Bartolomé19,551 residents Arahal19,546 residents Albolote19,768 residents El Viso del Alcor19,458 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Barañáin under the national coverage rules.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 16. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: Regional reception programmes (aulas de enlace Madrid / aules d acollida Catalonia etc). How to enrol a child (educacionfpydeportes.gob.es).

A country-wide rule for Spain; Barañáin's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Is Barañáin part of Pamplona?

Barañáin is in the published commuting zone of Pamplona; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Pamplona city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁷

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Barañáin/Barañain?

The published population was 19,642 people in January 2025. Source: Barañáin/Barañain - official stats.

Is the air quality good in Barañáin/Barañain?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 12 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: European Environment Agency (EEA).

What is the unemployment rate in Barañáin/Barañain?

The unemployment rate is about 4.2 % (June 2026). Source: SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

What is the typical salary around Barañáin?

The median gross salary is 2,449 EUR/month. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).

How many foreign residents live in Barañáin?

2,703 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España..

Is Barañáin a good place to live?

Barañáin may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Barañáin part of Pamplona?

Barañáin is in the published commuting zone of Pamplona; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Barañáin?

Pamplona, Zizur Mayor/Zizur Nagusia, Berriozar, Ansoáin/Antsoain, Berrioplano/Berriobeiti are near Barañáin. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Spain live in Barañáin?

The official country of birth distribution records 16,289 people (82.2%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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