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Living in Cuenca

Cuenca is a city in Spain. The unemployment rate was 4.53% in June 2026. Cuenca had a population of 53,600 at the start of 2025. Monthly precipitation was 37.5 mm in January and 11.5 mm in July. Gigabit broadband availability was 98.9% in 2025.

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

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

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Cuenca?

Average net cold rent is 5 EUR/m² per month (2022), excluding heating and operating charges.

Published average over existing tenancies; a specific flat can sit either side of it. Asking-rent series, where present, are separate rows in the table.

  • Average net rent (nettokalt): 5 EUR/m²/month · cdn.mivau.gob.es3

City-level rent is published below; no city-level cost-of-living basket is published for Cuenca yet.

Net rent across major citiesCuenca highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Cuenca highlighted€14.00Madrid€13.70Barcelona€11.50Bilbao€9.80Palma€9.60Málaga€9.20Sevilla€8.20Valencia€7.70Zaragoza€7.30Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las€7.10Alacant/Alicante€5.80Murcia€5.00Cuencanet rent, € / m² / month
MetricValuePeriodSource
Dwellings31,611 dwellings31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain13Official
G05 Main Residential Dwellings22,188 dwellings31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain13Official
G05 Secondary Seasonal Vacant Dwellings9,423 dwellings31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain13Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)5 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.1031 Dec 2022cdn.mivau.gob.es3Official

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 300 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 5 EUR/m² per month, before heating and operating charges.

Heating, water and operating charges come on top, and a specific flat can sit either side of an average.

Source period: 2022

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Cuenca?

The unemployment rate is about 4.5 % (June 2026).

  • Unemployment rate: 4.53 % · SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202621
Unemployment across cities in SpainUnemployment in Cuenca is 4.5%. Of 1,361 cities with data, 844 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.
unemployment rate, % · measured cities in Spain per band844 cities: 0% to under 5%8440–5Cuenca 4.5%437 cities: 5% to under 10%4375–1044 cities: 10% to under 15%4410–1523 cities: 15% to under 20%2315–209 cities: 20% to under 25%920–254 cities: 25% to under 30%425–30

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Gigabit broadband availability98.95 %30 Jun 2025SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-202519Official
People in employment22,566 people31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain13Official
Median gross salary (regional)1,837 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)9Official · regional context
Unemployment rate4.53 %country median 4.4%30 Jun 2026SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202621Independent
Unemployment rate over time10 published observations, 2015–2026
Unemployment rate in Cuenca by year, %3.1%10.0%16.9%23.8%201520172019202120264.5%%

Unemployment rate fell 79.7% between 2015 and 2026, from 22.3% to 4.5%.

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Cuenca. 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)

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

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital Beds Per 100k761.4 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2025Ministerio de Sanidad – Catálogo Nacional de Hospitales 202514Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Cuenca 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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Hospital Beds Per 100k761.4 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Cuenca?

Police recorded about 4,200 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: MIR 2024 Q4 exact III. TOTAL INFRACCIONES PENALES, enero-diciembre 2024; INE 29005 denominator.15

Recorded crime across major citiesCuenca highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Cuenca highlighted5,338Orihuela5,289Murcia5,095Córdoba4,916Vitoria-Gasteiz4,578Cartagena4,104Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana4,023Ciudad Real3,831Molina de Segura3,706Lorca3,690Logroño3,628Burgos2,712Vila-realrecorded incidents per 100k residents
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents4,200 incidents per 100,000country median 4,27631 Dec 2024MIR 2024 Q4 exact III. TOTAL INFRACCIONES PENALES, enero-diciembre 2024; INE 29005 denominator.15Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport158 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat17Official
Nearest airportMAD13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv18Official
Distance to nearest airport130.6 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv18Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Cuenca. 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, Hybridvaries
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Cuenca.

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 5.1°C in January and 24.2°C in July. Annual PM2.5 was 11 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in Cuenca?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 11 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — Spain 2024 PM2.5 provenance repair5

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
Cuenca average monthly daytime high and night-time low temperature, °C0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND32°0°Daytime highNight-time low
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Cuenca average monthly precipitation, mm015304560383647604934122141585050JFMAMJJASONDmm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
Cuenca average monthly sunshine, hours05101520567781011108655JFMAMJJASONDhours
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits
Cuenca annual air pollutant levels against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limitsCity valueWHO guidelineEU limit52511.0PM2.5154025.0PM10104017.0NO₂µg/m³

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 Cuenca is 11.0 µg/m³. Of 269 cities with data, 57 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.
annual PM2.5, µg/m³ · measured cities in Spain per band1 city: 3 µg/m³ to under 4 µg/m³13–46 cities: 4 µg/m³ to under 5 µg/m³64–512 cities: 5 µg/m³ to under 6 µg/m³125–628 cities: 6 µg/m³ to under 7 µg/m³286–733 cities: 7 µg/m³ to under 8 µg/m³337–857 cities: 8 µg/m³ to under 9 µg/m³578–941 cities: 9 µg/m³ to under 10 µg/m³419–1035 cities: 10 µg/m³ to under 11 µg/m³3510–1130 cities: 11 µg/m³ to under 12 µg/m³3011–12Cuenca 11.014 cities: 12 µg/m³ to under 13 µg/m³1412–134 cities: 13 µg/m³ to under 14 µg/m³413–146 cities: 14 µg/m³ to under 15 µg/m³614–151 city: 16 µg/m³ to under 17 µg/m³116–171 city: 19 µg/m³ to under 20 µg/m³119–20

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean17 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — ES NO2 annual mean 2024 (station CUENCA)6Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean25 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — ES PM10 annual mean 2024 (station CUENCA)7Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean11 µg/m³country median 8.731 Dec 2024EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — Spain 2024 PM2.5 provenance repair5Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 10.2 · Feb 11.9 · Mar 15.3 · Apr 17.4 · May 22 · Jun 27.9 · Jul 31.9 · Aug 31.5 · Sep 25.9 · Oct 19.9 · Nov 13.7 · Dec 10.9 °C31 Dec 2020AEMET climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, CUENCA, 1991-20201Official
Average night-time low by monthJan 0 · Feb 0.4 · Mar 2.9 · Apr 5.2 · May 8.8 · Jun 13.4 · Jul 16.4 · Aug 16.4 · Sep 12.3 · Oct 8.2 · Nov 3.4 · Dec 0.7 °C31 Dec 2020AEMET climate normal — mean monthly minimum air temperature, CUENCA, 1991-20201Official
Average temperature by monthJan 5.1 · Feb 6.2 · Mar 9.1 · Apr 11.3 · May 15.4 · Jun 20.7 · Jul 24.2 · Aug 23.9 · Sep 19.1 · Oct 14 · Nov 8.6 · Dec 5.8 °C31 Dec 2020AEMET climate normal — mean monthly air temperature, CUENCA, 1991-20201Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 37.5 · Feb 35.9 · Mar 47.3 · Apr 59.9 · May 48.7 · Jun 33.9 · Jul 11.5 · Aug 21.2 · Sep 41.2 · Oct 58 · Nov 50.4 · Dec 49.6 mm31 Dec 2020AEMET climate normal — mean monthly total precipitation, CUENCA, 1991-20201Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 4.9 · Feb 5.7 · Mar 6.5 · Apr 7.1 · May 8.2 · Jun 10 · Jul 11.2 · Aug 10.4 · Sep 8 · Oct 6 · Nov 4.8 · Dec 4.6 hours31 Dec 2020AEMET climate normal — mean monthly sunshine duration, CUENCA, 1991-20201Official

Cities of a similar size in Spain

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Spain cities
Vila-real53,623 residentsCalvià53,793 residentsSiero53,049 residentsMollet del Vallès52,990 residentsSan Bartolomé de Tirajana54,291 residentsTres Cantos54,592 residents

Population and city profile

How many people live in Cuenca?

The published population was 53,600 people in January 2025. Source: Cuenca - official stats4

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population
Cuenca residents by nationalityBy nationalityNational passport88.8%Foreign residents11.2%

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
City area893.4 km²20 Oct 2025www.ign.es20Official
Foreign-resident share10.5 %31 Dec 2023Eurostat8Official
Foreign residents6,015 people1 Jan 2024Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España.16Official
Population Female28,216 people31 Dec 2023Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)10Official
Population Male25,296 people31 Dec 2023Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)10Official
Population53,600 people1 Jan 2025Cuenca - official stats4Official
Population over time11 published observations, 2015–2025
Population in Cuenca by year, residents53,22654,01454,80355,59120152017201920212023202553,600residents

Population fell 3.3% between 2015 and 2025, from 55,428 to 53,600.

Foreign residents over time10 published observations, 2015–2024
Foreign residents in Cuenca by year, residents4,3574,9515,5446,138201520172019202120246,015residents

Foreign residents rose 23.7% between 2015 and 2024, from 4,861 to 6,015.

International community in Cuenca

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 groupPeopleShare
TOTAL54,187100.0%
Spain48,03788.7%
South America2,1414.0%
European Union (without Spain)1,6723.1%
Africa6901.3%
Central America and Caribbean5991.1%
Rent of Europe5421.0%
Asia4080.8%
North America900.2%
Oceania80.0%

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

Citizenship

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

Published groupPeopleShare
TOTAL54,187100.0%
Spanish49,16290.7%
European Union (without Spain)1,8593.4%
South America1,1752.2%
Africa6631.2%
Rent of Europe5271.0%
Asia4050.7%
Central America and Caribbean3340.6%
North America600.1%
Oceania10.0%
Statelens10.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12

Is Cuenca a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker67%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 59–75%
Skilled employee70%strong on work, weak on education · range 62–78%
Student68%strong on cost, weak on education · range 59–77%
Family65%strong on family, weak on education · range 57–73%
Retirement58%strong on safety, weak on admin · range 49–67%
Foreign residents6,015 people1 Jan 2024Official source · Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España.
Population53,600 people1 Jan 2025Official source · Cuenca - official stats
Average net rent (nettokalt)5 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2022Official source · cdn.mivau.gob.es
Dwellings31,611 dwellings31 Dec 2021Official source · Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain
Gigabit broadband availability98.95 %30 Jun 2025Official source · SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-2025
People in employment22,566 people31 Dec 2021Official source · Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain
Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-09-02

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Households22,188 households31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain13Official
Labour Supply Count26,253 people31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain13Official
Private Clinic Presenttrue31 Dec 2025Catálogo Nacional de Hospitales 20252Official

Common questions

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

How many people live in Cuenca?

The published population was 53,600 people in January 2025. Source: Cuenca - official stats.

How much does it cost to rent in Cuenca?

Average net cold rent is 5 EUR/m² per month (2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 350 EUR a month before utilities. Source: cdn.mivau.gob.es.

Is the air quality good in Cuenca?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 11 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — Spain 2024 PM2.5 provenance repair.

How safe is Cuenca?

Police recorded about 4,200 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: MIR 2024 Q4 exact III. TOTAL INFRACCIONES PENALES, enero-diciembre 2024; INE 29005 denominator..

What is the unemployment rate in Cuenca?

The unemployment rate is about 4.5 % (June 2026). Source: SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

What is the typical salary around Cuenca?

The median gross salary is 1,837 EUR/month. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).

Is Cuenca a good place to live?

Cuenca 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.

How many people born in Africa live in Cuenca?

The official country of birth distribution records 690 people (1.3%) 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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