Living in Lardero
In Lardero, rent averages €6.00 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.3% (2026).
Lardero is a city in Spain. In June 2026, the unemployment rate was 3.25%. Its population was 12,060 at the start of 2025.
Pricier rent than 62% of Spanish cities that publish it, lower unemployment than 80% of Spanish cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 81% of Spanish cities that publish it.
Which Spain-wide rules apply when you move to Lardero?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
How much does it cost to rent in Lardero?
Average net cold rent is 6 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): 6 EUR/m²/month · cdn.mivau.gob.es1
| 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 | 6,591 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain13Official |
| G05 Main Residential Dwellings | 4,332 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain13Official |
| G05 Secondary Seasonal Vacant Dwellings | 2,259 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain13Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 6 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10 | 31 Dec 2022 | cdn.mivau.gob.es1Official |
Is Lardero 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.
Worked out from these numbers
What does a 60 m² flat cost?
About 360 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6 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.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Lardero?
The unemployment rate is about 3.3 % (June 2026).
- Unemployment rate: 3.25 % · SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202627
Lardero 3.3%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabit broadband availability | 97.46 % | 30 Jun 2025 | SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-202520Official |
| People in employment | 5,292 people | 31 Dec 2021 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain13Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 2,042 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)9Official · regional context |
| Unemployment rate | 3.25 %country median 4.4% | 30 Jun 2026 | SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 202627Independent |
What does a salary buy in Lardero?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
| Each month | € |
|---|---|
| Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions. | €1,631 |
| Rent, 60 m²€6.00/m² · official · cdn.mivau.gob.es · 2022-12-31 | − €360 |
| Internet€20 · official · DIGI 300 Mbps fibre · 2026-09-30 | − €20 |
| Mobile plan€12 · official · DIGI 100GB mobile plan · 2026-09-30 | − €12 |
| Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities | — |
| Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish | €1,239 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Lardero. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Lardero. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 836.8 beds per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | Ministerio de Sanidad – Catálogo Nacional de Hospitales 202516Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Lardero 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.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 3,670 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | La Rioja mantiene sus altos niveles de seguridad y continúa en 2025 como la cuarta región con mejores datos14Official · regional context |
Mobility and administration
The nearest airport was VIT, 55.2 km away in June 2026. Gigabit broadband availability was 97.5% in June 2025.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Lardero. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
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.
Climate and air quality
Is the air quality good in Lardero?
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 statistics — ES PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station LA CIGÜEÑA)6
Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
hours
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Lardero 11.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 15 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — ES NO2 annual mean 2024 (station LA CIGÜEÑA)4Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM10 — annual mean | 17 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — ES PM10 annual mean 2024 (station LA CIGÜEÑA)5Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 11 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — ES PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station LA CIGÜEÑA)6Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 10.7 · Feb 12.5 · Mar 16.5 · Apr 18.7 · May 22.8 · Jun 27.6 · Jul 30.4 · Aug 30.5 · Sep 26 · Oct 20.6 · Nov 14.2 · Dec 10.7 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LOGROÑO21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 2.2 · Feb 2.2 · Mar 4.5 · Apr 6.4 · May 9.8 · Jun 13.5 · Jul 15.7 · Aug 15.7 · Sep 12.8 · Oct 9.1 · Nov 5.2 · Dec 2.7 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LOGROÑO21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 6.4 · Feb 7.4 · Mar 10.5 · Apr 12.6 · May 16.3 · Jun 20.5 · Jul 23 · Aug 23.1 · Sep 19.4 · Oct 14.9 · Nov 9.7 · Dec 6.7 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LOGROÑO21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 35.7 · Feb 27 · Mar 35.8 · Apr 43 · May 45 · Jun 45.7 · Jul 30.5 · Aug 20.3 · Sep 30.6 · Oct 37 · Nov 46.6 · Dec 35.9 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LOGROÑO21Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 113.6 · Feb 141.7 · Mar 202.5 · Apr 214.4 · May 244.3 · Jun 284.9 · Jul 325.3 · Aug 302.8 · Sep 236.8 · Oct 176.4 · Nov 116.5 · Dec 102.3 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station LOGROÑO21Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In Spain: Alcalá de Henares ±1.2 °C. Elsewhere: Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.4 °C, Foggia (Italy) ±2.0 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±2.8 °C, Little Rock (United States) ±2.9 °C, Sliven (Bulgaria) ±1.8 °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 Lardero?
The published population was 12,060 people in January 2025. Source: Lardero - official stats15
By nationality
National passport86%Foreign residents14%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| City area | 20.62 km² | 20 Oct 2025 | www.ign.es22Official |
| Foreign-resident share | 14.77 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE España)8Official |
| Foreign residents | 1,691 people | 1 Jan 2024 | Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España.17Official |
| Population Female | 5,655 people | 31 Dec 2023 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)10Official |
| Population Male | 5,666 people | 31 Dec 2023 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)10Official |
| Population | 12,060 people | 1 Jan 2025 | Lardero - official stats15Official |
International community in Lardero
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 | 11,071 | 100.0% |
| Spain | 9,237 | 83.4% |
| European Union (without Spain) | 823 | 7.4% |
| South America | 621 | 5.6% |
| Africa | 168 | 1.5% |
| Rent of Europe | 91 | 0.8% |
| Central America and Caribbean | 65 | 0.6% |
| Asia | 39 | 0.4% |
| North America | 26 | 0.2% |
| Oceania | 1 | 0.0% |
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 group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 11,071 | 100.0% |
| Spanish | 9,551 | 86.3% |
| European Union (without Spain) | 987 | 8.9% |
| South America | 242 | 2.2% |
| Africa | 143 | 1.3% |
| Rent of Europe | 75 | 0.7% |
| Central America and Caribbean | 35 | 0.3% |
| Asia | 29 | 0.3% |
| North America | 9 | 0.1% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source12
Additional context
Alternatives for people set on Lardero
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.
Nájera as a Lardero alternative in the same region
22 km away, better on 3 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Rent: €4.00/m² Nájera vs €6.00/m² Lardero−33%
- Unemployment: 4.5% Nájera vs 3.3% Lardero+37%
- Residents: 8,336 Nájera vs 12,060 Lardero−31%
- Foreign residents: 15.9% Nájera vs 14.8% Lardero+8%
- Nearest airport: 51.9 km Nájera vs 55.2 km Lardero−6%
- Median gross pay, region: €2,042 Nájera vs €2,042 Larderosame level
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,670 Nájera vs 3,670 Larderosame level
Elda as a Lardero alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 461 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k and foreign residents cannot be compared like for like.
- Residents: 55,222 Elda vs 12,060 Lardero+358%
- Rent: €4.00/m² Elda vs €6.00/m² Lardero−33%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,318 (2024) Elda vs 3,670 (2025) Larderono percentage
- Nearest airport: 30.0 km Elda vs 55.2 km Lardero−46%
- Median gross pay, region: €1,888 Elda vs €2,042 Lardero−8%
- Foreign residents: 7.1% (2024) Elda vs 14.8% (2025) Larderono percentage
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 929.9 Elda vs 836.8 Lardero+11%
Cities near Lardero
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
- Rent
- 6 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
- Rent
- 5.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
- Rent
- 4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
Alternative cities in Spain
Other cities in Spain to compare with Lardero, nearest in population first.
How does Lardero compare?
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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; Lardero's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Is Lardero part of Logroño?
Lardero is in the published commuting zone of Logroño; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Logroño city profile
Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source7
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Lardero?
The published population was 12,060 people in January 2025. Source: Lardero - official stats.
How much does it cost to rent in Lardero?
Average net cold rent is 6 EUR/m² per month (2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 420 EUR a month before utilities. Source: cdn.mivau.gob.es.
Is the air quality good in Lardero?
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 statistics — ES PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station LA CIGÜEÑA).
What is the unemployment rate in Lardero?
The unemployment rate is about 3.3 % (June 2026). Source: SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.
What is the typical salary around Lardero?
The median gross salary is 2,042 EUR/month. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).
Is Lardero a good place to live?
Lardero 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 Lardero part of Logroño?
Lardero is in the published commuting zone of Logroño; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.
Which cities are near Lardero?
Logroño, Villamediana de Iregua, Nájera are near Lardero. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people born in Africa live in Lardero?
The official country of birth distribution records 168 people (1.5%) 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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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 24). Lardero, Spain: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 84fcabd3265e495bbe5c8420dd01f91f]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/es/lardero/ Retrieved 2026-09-24. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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