Living in Lleida
In Lleida, the statutory reference rent is €6.00 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 8.4% (2024).
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 89% 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.
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
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 20 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | DIGI 300 Mbps fibre5Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 12 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | DIGI 100GB mobile plan4Official · national market |
| Dwellings | 68,298 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain19Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 54,543 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain19Official |
| Secondary, seasonal or vacant dwellings | 13,758 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain19Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 6 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10 | 31 Dec 2022 | cdn.mivau.gob.es3Official |
| Official reference rent (median) | 516.3 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | SERPAVI — VDP001_01 — rental price and surface indicators by municipality26Official |
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.
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
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 city14
Lleida 8.4%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabit broadband availability | 98.28 % | 30 Jun 2025 | SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-202527Official |
| People in employment | 56,406 people | 31 Dec 2021 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain19Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 2,261 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)15Official · regional context |
| Unemployment rate | 8.39 %country median 4.4% | 31 Dec 2024 | INE Urban Indicators — unemployment rate by city14Official |
Unemployment rate fell 54.7% between 2015 and 2024, from 18.5% to 8.4%.
What does a salary buy in Lleida?
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. | €1,778 |
| 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 | €1,386 |
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.
Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Lleida. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 901.3 beds per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | Ministerio de Sanidad – Catálogo Nacional de Hospitales 202521Official |
| Hospitals | 10 count | 31 Dec 2025 | Catálogo Nacional de Hospitales 202521Official |
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.
Open the official coverage guideSafety
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.22
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burglaries per 100,000 residents | 1,655 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | ES-MinInterior-1509012-2025Q49Official |
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 6,769 incidents per 100,000country median 4,281 | 31 Dec 2024 | MIR 2024 Q4 exact III. TOTAL INFRACCIONES PENALES, enero-diciembre 2024; INE 29005 denominator.22Official |
| Violent crime per 100,000 residents | 1,026 incidents per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | ES-MinInterior-1509012-2025Q49Official |
Mobility and administration
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.
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
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 repair6
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.
Lleida 11.0
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 LLEIDA (IRURITA - PIUS XII))7Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM10 — annual mean | 20 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — ES PM10 annual mean 2024 (station LLEIDA (IRURITA - PIUS XII))8Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 11 µg/m³country median 8.7 | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — Spain 2024 PM2.5 provenance repair6Official |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 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 °C | 31 Dec 2020 | AEMET climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, LLEIDA, 1991-20201Official |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 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 °C | 31 Dec 2020 | AEMET climate normal — mean monthly minimum air temperature, LLEIDA, 1991-20201Official |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 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 °C | 31 Dec 2020 | AEMET climate normal — mean monthly air temperature, LLEIDA, 1991-20201Official |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 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 mm | 31 Dec 2020 | AEMET climate normal — mean monthly total precipitation, LLEIDA, 1991-20201Official |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 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 hours | 31 Dec 2020 | AEMET climate normal — mean monthly sunshine duration, LLEIDA, 1991-20201Official |
Population and city profile
How many people live in Lleida?
The published population was 146,266 people in January 2025. Source: Lleida - official stats20
By nationality
National passport78.2%Foreign residents21.8%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars per 1,000 residents | 399.3 cars per 1000 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Eurostat10Official |
| City area | 211.7 km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Eurostat GISCO, European Commission12Official |
| Foreign-resident share | 22 % | 31 Dec 2024 | Eurostat11Official |
| Foreign residents | 31,924 people | 1 Jan 2024 | Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España.23Official |
| Population density | 684.3 people/km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Eurostat GISCO / Eurostat Urban Audit12Official |
| Female residents | 71,821 people | 31 Dec 2023 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)16Official |
| Male residents | 71,273 people | 31 Dec 2023 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)16Official |
| Population | 146,266 people | 1 Jan 2025 | Lleida - official stats20Official |
Population rose 30.4% between 2001 and 2025, from 112,199 to 146,266.
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 group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 138,933 | 100.0% |
| Spain | 108,474 | 78.1% |
| Africa | 12,356 | 8.9% |
| South America | 6,795 | 4.9% |
| European Union (without Spain) | 5,697 | 4.1% |
| Asia | 2,087 | 1.5% |
| Central America and Caribbean | 1,797 | 1.3% |
| Rent of Europe | 1,544 | 1.1% |
| North America | 176 | 0.1% |
| Oceania | 7 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source17
Citizenship
Population resident in Spain; both sexes; official INE Census 2021 municipal table · 2021 Census
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 138,933 | 100.0% |
| Spanish | 111,954 | 80.6% |
| Africa | 12,434 | 8.9% |
| European Union (without Spain) | 6,252 | 4.5% |
| South America | 3,588 | 2.6% |
| Asia | 2,253 | 1.6% |
| Rent of Europe | 1,325 | 1.0% |
| Central America and Caribbean | 1,020 | 0.7% |
| North America | 96 | 0.1% |
| Statelens | 8 | 0.0% |
| Oceania | 3 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source18
Additional context
Alternatives for people set on Lleida
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.
Alpicat as a Lleida alternative in the same region
9 km away, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k and foreign residents cannot be compared like for like.
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 2,199.0 Alpicat vs 901.3 Lleida+144%
- Rent: €5.00/m² Alpicat vs €6.00/m² Lleida−17%
- Residents: 6,515 Alpicat vs 146,266 Lleida−96%
- Nearest airport: 6.9 km Alpicat vs 14.8 km Lleida−53%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 6,350 Alpicat vs 6,769 Lleidano percentage
- Foreign residents: 7.7% (2025) Alpicat vs 22.0% (2024) Lleidano percentage
- Median gross pay, region: €2,261 Alpicat vs €2,261 Lleidasame level
León as a Lleida alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 523 km, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 3.
- Rent: €5.00/m² León vs €6.00/m² Lleida−17%
- Foreign residents: 7.6% León vs 22.0% Lleida−65%
- Unemployment: 10.1% León vs 8.4% Lleida+21%
- Median gross pay, region: €1,881 León vs €2,261 Lleida−17%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,415 León vs 6,769 Lleida−20%
- Nearest airport: 7.1 km León vs 14.8 km Lleida−52%
- Annual PM2.5: 8.7 µg/m³ León vs 11.0 µg/m³ Lleida−21%
Tallinn as a Lleida alternative in another country
A move, not a commute, at 2584 km, better on 2 of 2 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Rent and median gross pay, region cannot be compared like for like.
- Annual PM2.5: 3.0 µg/m³ Tallinn vs 11.0 µg/m³ Lleida−73%
- Rent: €7.33/m² (2008) Tallinn vs €6.00/m² (2022) Lleidano percentage
- Nearest airport: 5.6 km Tallinn vs 14.8 km Lleida−62%
- Median gross pay, region: €2,068 (2025) Tallinn vs €2,261 (2024) Lleidano percentage
Cities near Lleida
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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Alternative cities in Spain
Other cities in Spain to compare with Lleida, nearest in population first.
How does Lleida 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; Lleida's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
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.
Which cities are near Lleida?
Alpicat, Alcarràs, Almacelles, Les Borges Blanques, Mollerussa are near Lleida. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people born in Spain live in Lleida?
The official country of birth distribution records 108,474 people (78.1%) 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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