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Living in Lleida

Lleida is a city in Spain. Gigabit broadband availability was 98.3% in 2025. Monthly precipitation was 25.6 mm in January and 16.3 mm in July. At the start of 2025, Lleida had a population of 146,266.

Pricier rent than 62% of Spanish cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 92% of Spanish cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 92% of Spanish cities that publish it.

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

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 Lleida.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Lleida?

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.es3

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

Net rent across major citiesLleida highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Lleida 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€6.00Lleida€5.80Murcianet rent, € / m² / month
MetricValuePeriodSource
Dwellings68,298 dwellings31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain15Official
G05 Main Residential Dwellings54,543 dwellings31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain15Official
G05 Secondary Seasonal Vacant Dwellings13,758 dwellings31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain15Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)6 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.1031 Dec 2022cdn.mivau.gob.es3Official

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.

Source period: 2022

Work and income

The unemployment rate was 8.39% in 2024.

What is the unemployment rate in Lleida?

The unemployment rate is about 8.4 % (2024).

  • Unemployment rate: 8.39 % · INE Urban Indicators — unemployment rate by city10
Unemployment across cities in SpainUnemployment in Lleida is 8.4%. 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%8440–5437 cities: 5% to under 10%4375–10Lleida 8.4%44 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 availability98.28 %30 Jun 2025SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-202522Official
People in employment56,406 people31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain15Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,261 EUR/month31 Dec 2024Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)11Official · regional context
Unemployment rate8.39 %country median 4.4%31 Dec 2024INE Urban Indicators — unemployment rate by city10Official
Unemployment rate over time10 published observations, 2015–2024
Unemployment rate in Lleida by year, %7.6%11.5%15.4%19.3%201520172019202120248.4%%

Unemployment rate fell 54.7% between 2015 and 2024, from 18.5% to 8.4%.

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Lleida. 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 Lleida. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital Beds Per 100k901.3 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2025Ministerio de Sanidad – Catálogo Nacional de Hospitales 202517Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Lleida 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 100k901.3 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Lleida?

Police recorded about 6,769 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.18

Recorded crime across major citiesLleida highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Lleida 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 residents6,769 incidents per 100,000country median 4,27631 Dec 2024MIR 2024 Q4 exact III. TOTAL INFRACCIONES PENALES, enero-diciembre 2024; INE 29005 denominator.18Official

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
Destinations from nearest airport1 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat20Official
Nearest airportILD13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv21Official
Distance to nearest airport14.8 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv21Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Lleida. 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 Lleida.

Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 5.7°C in January and 25.5°C in July. Annual PM2.5 was 11 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.

Is the air quality good in Lleida?

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 repair4

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
Lleida average monthly daytime high and night-time low temperature, °C0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND33°1°Daytime highNight-time low
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Lleida average monthly precipitation, mm015304560261529414129161637443822JFMAMJJASONDmm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
Lleida average monthly sunshine, hours051015204689101112119753JFMAMJJASONDhours
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits
Lleida annual air pollutant levels against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limitsCity valueWHO guidelineEU limit52511.0PM2.5154020.0PM10104016.0NO₂µg/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 Lleida 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/m³3011–12Lleida 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 mean16 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — ES NO2 annual mean 2024 (station LLEIDA (IRURITA - PIUS XII))5Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean20 µg/m³31 Dec 2024EEA air quality statistics — ES PM10 annual mean 2024 (station LLEIDA (IRURITA - PIUS XII))6Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean11 µg/m³country median 8.731 Dec 2024EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — Spain 2024 PM2.5 provenance repair4Official
Average daytime high by monthJan 10.3 · Feb 14 · Mar 18.4 · Apr 21.2 · May 25.5 · Jun 30.3 · Jul 33.2 · Aug 32.8 · Sep 27.9 · Oct 22.3 · Nov 15.1 · Dec 10 °C31 Dec 2020AEMET climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, LLEIDA, 1991-20201Official
Average night-time low by monthJan 1.1 · Feb 1.6 · Mar 4.7 · Apr 7.3 · May 11.3 · Jun 15.3 · Jul 17.8 · Aug 18 · Sep 14.2 · Oct 10.1 · Nov 4.7 · Dec 1.8 °C31 Dec 2020AEMET climate normal — mean monthly minimum air temperature, LLEIDA, 1991-20201Official
Average temperature by monthJan 5.7 · Feb 7.8 · Mar 11.5 · Apr 14.3 · May 18.4 · Jun 22.8 · Jul 25.5 · Aug 25.4 · Sep 21.1 · Oct 16.2 · Nov 9.9 · Dec 5.9 °C31 Dec 2020AEMET climate normal — mean monthly air temperature, LLEIDA, 1991-20201Official
Average precipitation by monthJan 25.6 · Feb 14.9 · Mar 29.3 · Apr 41.2 · May 40.7 · Jun 28.5 · Jul 16.3 · Aug 15.9 · Sep 36.7 · Oct 43.8 · Nov 37.7 · Dec 22.3 mm31 Dec 2020AEMET climate normal — mean monthly total precipitation, LLEIDA, 1991-20201Official
Average sunshine by monthJan 3.8 · Feb 6.4 · Mar 7.7 · Apr 8.5 · May 9.6 · Jun 11 · Jul 11.8 · Aug 10.6 · Sep 8.8 · Oct 6.7 · Nov 4.6 · Dec 3.1 hours31 Dec 2020AEMET climate normal — mean monthly sunshine duration, LLEIDA, 1991-20201Official

Cities of a similar size in Spain

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

All Spain cities
Salamanca146,110 residentsTarragona143,649 residentsTorrejón de Ardoz143,526 residentsHuelva143,215 residentsDos Hermanas142,519 residentsBadajoz150,209 residents

Population and city profile

How many people live in Lleida?

The published population was 146,266 people in January 2025. Source: Lleida - official stats16

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population
Lleida residents by nationalityBy nationalityNational passport78.2%Foreign residents21.8%

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

MetricValuePeriodSource
Cars per 1,000 residents399.3 cars per 1000 people31 Dec 2024Eurostat7Official
City area211.7 km²31 Dec 2024Eurostat GISCO, European Commission9Official
Foreign-resident share22 %31 Dec 2024Eurostat8Official
Foreign residents31,924 people1 Jan 2024Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España.19Official
Population density684.3 people/km²31 Dec 2024Eurostat GISCO / Eurostat Urban Audit9Official
Population Female71,821 people31 Dec 2023Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)12Official
Population Male71,273 people31 Dec 2023Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)12Official
Population146,266 people1 Jan 2025Lleida - official stats16Official
Population over time20 published observations, 2001–2025
Population in Lleida by year, residents109,474122,646135,819148,99120012010201420182025146,266residents

Population rose 30.4% between 2001 and 2025, from 112,199 to 146,266.

Foreign residents over time16 published observations, 2010–2025
Foreign residents in Lleida by year, residents24,15527,77831,40135,024201020142020202534,274residents

Foreign residents rose 19.0% between 2010 and 2025, from 28,798 to 34,274.

International community in Lleida

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
TOTAL138,933100.0%
Spain108,47478.1%
Africa12,3568.9%
South America6,7954.9%
European Union (without Spain)5,6974.1%
Asia2,0871.5%
Central America and Caribbean1,7971.3%
Rent of Europe1,5441.1%
North America1760.1%
Oceania70.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source13

Citizenship

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

Published groupPeopleShare
TOTAL138,933100.0%
Spanish111,95480.6%
Africa12,4348.9%
European Union (without Spain)6,2524.5%
South America3,5882.6%
Asia2,2531.6%
Rent of Europe1,3251.0%
Central America and Caribbean1,0200.7%
North America960.1%
Statelens80.0%
Oceania30.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source14

Is Lleida 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 worker61%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 53–69%
Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 56–72%
Student62%strong on cost, weak on education · range 53–71%
Family50%strong on family, weak on education · range 42–58%
Retirement53%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 44–62%
Foreign residents31,924 people1 Jan 2024Official source · Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España.
Population146,266 people1 Jan 2025Official source · Lleida - official stats
Average net rent (nettokalt)6 EUR/m²/month31 Dec 2022Official source · cdn.mivau.gob.es
Dwellings68,298 dwellings31 Dec 2021Official source · Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain
Gigabit broadband availability98.28 %30 Jun 2025Official source · SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-2025
People in employment56,406 people31 Dec 2021Official source · Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain
Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-08-26

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Households54,543 households31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain15Official
Labour Supply Count66,129 people31 Dec 2021Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain15Official
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 Lleida?

The published population was 146,266 people in January 2025. Source: Lleida - official stats.

How much does it cost to rent in Lleida?

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 Lleida?

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 Lleida?

Police recorded about 6,769 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 Lleida?

The unemployment rate is about 8.4 % (2024). Source: INE Urban Indicators — unemployment rate by city.

What is the typical salary around Lleida?

The median gross salary is 2,261 EUR/month. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).

Is Lleida a good place to live?

Lleida 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 Lleida?

The official country of birth distribution records 12,356 people (8.9%) 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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