Living in Puertollano

In Puertollano, rent averages €4.00 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 8.6% (2026).

Puertollano had 45,565 residents at the start of 2025 and is a city in Spain. Gigabit broadband availability was 98.4% in June 2025. The nearest airport was ODB, 113.8 km away in June 2026.

Last checked 2026-09-1924 sources

Population45,565people1 Jan 2025Official source · Puertollano - official stats

Median gross salary (region)1,837EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

Average net rent4EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10 — 22% belowOfficial source · cdn.mivau.gob.es

Unemployment rate8.64%country median 4.4% — 97% aboveIndependent source · SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime3,764offences per 100,000country median 4,281 — 12% belowOfficial source · Balance de Criminalidad 2024 Q4 — III. Total infracciones penales, municipal rows

PM2.5, annual mean11µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — ES PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station ALMACÉN MUNICIPAL)

Cheaper rent than 74% of Spanish cities that publish it, higher unemployment than 92% of Spanish cities that publish it and less recorded crime than 74% of Spanish cities that publish it.

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

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 Puertollano.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Puertollano?

Average net cold rent is 4 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): 4 EUR/m²/month · cdn.mivau.gob.es²

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€20

Mobile plan, 10 GB€12

Net rent across major citiesPuertollano highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Madrid€14.00

Barcelona€13.70

Bilbao€11.50

Palma€9.80

Murcia€5.80

Puertollano€4.00

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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 fibre⁴Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	12 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	DIGI 100GB mobile plan³Official · national market
Dwellings	26,589 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹³Official
G05 Main Residential Dwellings	19,500 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹³Official
G05 Secondary Seasonal Vacant Dwellings	7,092 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹³Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	4 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10	31 Dec 2022	cdn.mivau.gob.es²Official

Is Puertollano 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 worker63%strong on work, weak on safety · range 54–72%

Skilled employee64%strong on work, weak on education · range 56–72%

Student63%strong on cost, weak on education · range 54–72%

Family48%strong on housing, weak on education · range 40–56%

Retirement54%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 44–64%

Worked out from these numbers

What does a 60 m² flat cost?

About 240 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 4 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 8.64% in June 2026.

What is the unemployment rate in Puertollano?

The unemployment rate is about 8.6 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 8.64 % · SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁴

Unemployment across cities in SpainUnemployment in Puertollano is 8.6%. Of 1,361 cities with data, 844 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

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Puertollano 8.6%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	98.39 %	30 Jun 2025	SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-2025¹⁹Official
People in employment	14,436 people	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹³Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,837 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁹Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	8.64 %country median 4.4%	30 Jun 2026	SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²⁴Independent

What does a salary buy in Puertollano?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,219of €1,491 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left 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.	€1,491
Rent, 60 m²€4.00/m² · official · cdn.mivau.gob.es · 2022-12-31	− €240
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	€1,219

Take-home pay for other salaries and households

Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	272 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Ministerio de Sanidad – Catálogo Nacional de Hospitales 2025¹⁴Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Puertollano 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 100,000 residents272 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Puertollano?

Police recorded about 3,764 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.

Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 3,764 offences per 100,000 · Balance de Criminalidad 2024 Q4 — III. Total infracciones penales, municipal rows¹

Recorded crime across major citiesPuertollano highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Pamplona7,766

Alicante7,419

Murcia5,289

Córdoba5,095

Vitoria-Gasteiz4,916

Cartagena4,578

Castellón de la Plana4,251

Elche4,043

Puertollano3,764

Lorca3,706

Logroño3,690

Burgos3,628

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	3,764 offences per 100,000country median 4,281	31 Dec 2024	Balance de Criminalidad 2024 Q4 — III. Total infracciones penales, municipal rows¹Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Nearest airport	ODB	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁷Official
Distance to nearest airport	113.8 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁷Official

Language courses and integration

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

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Puertollano?

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 ALMACÉN MUNICIPAL)⁷

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

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

PM2.511WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1023WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂14WHO 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 Puertollano is 11.0 µg/m³. Of 269 cities with data, 57 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

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Puertollano 11.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	14 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — ES NO2 annual mean 2024 (station RAMPAS MECÁNICAS)⁵Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	23 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — ES PM10 annual mean 2024 (station BARRIO 630)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	11 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — ES PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station ALMACÉN MUNICIPAL)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Climate Monthly Extreme High C	Jan 19.81 · Feb 21.72 · Mar 29.32 · Apr 29.95 · May 36.21 · Jun 41.41 · Jul 43.34 · Aug 43.06 · Sep 42.15 · Oct 33.29 · Nov 26.15 · Dec 21.93 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁵Official
Climate Monthly Extreme Low C	Jan -6.5 · Feb -5.98 · Mar -5.25 · Apr -1.63 · May 0.85 · Jun 6.89 · Jul 10.75 · Aug 11.83 · Sep 7.39 · Oct -1 · Nov -4.26 · Dec -6.08 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁵Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 5.72 · Feb 6.84 · Mar 9.93 · Apr 13.06 · May 17.72 · Jun 23.79 · Jul 27.33 · Aug 27.02 · Sep 22.1 · Oct 16.4 · Nov 9.65 · Dec 6.57 °C	31 Dec 2001	NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center¹⁵Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Puertollano?

The published population was 45,565 people in January 2025. Source: Puertollano - official stats¹⁸

Foreign residents and their share come from different publications that count different groups (for example citizens of another country, or people born abroad, or of foreign origin), so 2,147 is not 5.9% of the population. Each row names its source.

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport95.3%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	225.1 km²	20 Oct 2025	www.ign.es²⁰Official
Foreign-resident share	5.91 %	31 Dec 2025	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE España)⁸Official
Foreign residents	2,147 people	1 Jan 2024	Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España.¹⁶Official
Population Female	23,421 people	31 Dec 2023	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)¹⁰Official
Population Male	21,706 people	31 Dec 2023	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)¹⁰Official
Population	45,565 people	1 Jan 2025	Puertollano - official stats¹⁸Official

International community in Puertollano

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	46,128	100.0%
Spain	43,960	95.3%
South America	970	2.1%
European Union (without Spain)	428	0.9%
Africa	349	0.8%
Central America and Caribbean	150	0.3%
Asia	138	0.3%
Rent of Europe	96	0.2%
North America	33	0.1%
Oceania	4	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	46,128	100.0%
Spanish	44,633	96.8%
South America	543	1.2%
European Union (without Spain)	404	0.9%
Africa	247	0.5%
Asia	155	0.3%
Central America and Caribbean	78	0.2%
Rent of Europe	52	0.1%
North America	14	0.0%
Oceania	1	0.0%
Statelens	1	0.0%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	19,500 households	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹³Official
Labour Supply Count	19,941 people	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹³Official

Alternatives for people set on Puertollano

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.

Almodóvar del Campo as a Puertollano alternative in the same region

6 km away, better on 2 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €3.00/m² Almodóvar del Campo vs €4.00/m² Puertollano−25%
Unemployment: 5.7% Almodóvar del Campo vs 8.6% Puertollano−34%
Residents: 5,637 Almodóvar del Campo vs 45,565 Puertollano−88%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,120 (2025) Almodóvar del Campo vs 3,764 (2024) Puertollanono percentage
Nearest airport: 114.2 km Almodóvar del Campo vs 113.8 km Puertollanosame level
Median gross pay, region: €1,837 Almodóvar del Campo vs €1,837 Puertollanosame level
Annual PM2.5: 11.0 µg/m³ Almodóvar del Campo vs 11.0 µg/m³ Puertollanosame level

Full comparison More about Almodóvar del Campo

Vila-real as a Puertollano alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 372 km, better on 5 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Foreign residents: 16.0% Vila-real vs 5.9% Puertollano+171%
Hospital beds, per 100k: 522.0 Vila-real vs 272.0 Puertollano+92%
Unemployment: 5.5% Vila-real vs 8.6% Puertollano−37%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 2,712 Vila-real vs 3,764 Puertollano−28%
Nearest airport: 34.1 km Vila-real vs 113.8 km Puertollano−70%
Residents: 53,623 Vila-real vs 45,565 Puertollano+18%
Median gross pay, region: €1,888 Vila-real vs €1,837 Puertollanosame level

Full comparison More about Vila-real

Cities near Puertollano

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

Argamasilla de Calatrava 5.4 km away

Rent: 3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Almodóvar del Campo 6.1 km away

Rent: 3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Alternative cities in Spain

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

All Spain cities

Alhaurín de la Torre45,066 residents Puerto del Rosario46,150 residents Portugalete44,843 residents Santurtzi46,442 residents Sant Feliu de Llobregat46,781 residents Mislata47,079 residents

How does Puertollano 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; Puertollano'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 Puertollano?

The published population was 45,565 people in January 2025. Source: Puertollano - official stats.

How much does it cost to rent in Puertollano?

Average net cold rent is 4 EUR/m² per month (2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 280 EUR a month before utilities. Source: cdn.mivau.gob.es.

Is the air quality good in Puertollano?

How safe is Puertollano?

Police recorded about 3,764 incidents per 100,000 (2024). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Balance de Criminalidad 2024 Q4 — III. Total infracciones penales, municipal rows.

What is the unemployment rate in Puertollano?

The unemployment rate is about 8.6 % (June 2026). Source: SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

What is the typical salary around Puertollano?

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

Is Puertollano a good place to live?

Puertollano 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 Puertollano?

Argamasilla de Calatrava, Almodóvar del Campo are near Puertollano. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Africa live in Puertollano?

The official country of birth distribution records 349 people (0.8%) 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 29). Puertollano, Spain: population, rent, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 9a2e24aad5c2ce846f08c8f708b1c739]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/es/puertollano/ Retrieved 2026-09-29. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Puertollano, Spain: population, rent, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-29},
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  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/es/puertollano/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-29. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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