Living in San Fernando
In San Fernando, the statutory reference rent is €6.10 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 20.3% (2024).
Gigabit broadband availability was 99.7% in 2025. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 was 7 µg/m³. The population of San Fernando, in Spain, was 93,338 at the start of 2025. The unemployment rate was 20.3% in 2024.
Pricier rent than 66% of Spanish cities that publish it, higher unemployment than any other Spanish city that publishes it and cleaner air than 83% of Spanish cities that publish it.
Which Spain-wide rules apply when you move to San Fernando?
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 San Fernando?
Average net cold rent is 6.1 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): 6.1 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 | 39,564 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain16Official |
| Main residence dwellings | 34,878 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain16Official |
| Secondary, seasonal or vacant dwellings | 4,686 dwellings | 31 Dec 2021 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain16Official |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 6.1 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10 | 31 Dec 2022 | cdn.mivau.gob.es1Official |
| Official reference rent (median) | 500 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | SERPAVI — VDP001_01 — rental price and surface indicators by municipality23Official |
Is San Fernando 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 366 EUR a month in cold rent at the published average of 6.1 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 San Fernando?
The unemployment rate is about 20.3 % (2024).
- Unemployment rate: 20.33 % · INE Urban Indicators — unemployment rate by city11
San Fernando 20.3%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabit broadband availability | 99.7 % | 30 Jun 2025 | SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-202524Official |
| People in employment | 30,801 people | 31 Dec 2021 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain16Official |
| Median gross salary (regional) | 1,796 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)12Official · regional context |
| Unemployment rate | 20.33 %country median 4.4% | 31 Dec 2024 | INE Urban Indicators — unemployment rate by city11Official |
Unemployment rate fell 42.3% between 2015 and 2024, from 35.2% to 20.3%.
What does a salary buy in San Fernando?
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. | €1,463 |
| Rent, 60 m²€6.10/m² · official · cdn.mivau.gob.es · 2022-12-31 | − €366 |
| 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 | €1,065 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to San Fernando. 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 San Fernando. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds per 100,000 residents | 69.3 beds per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2025 | Ministerio de Sanidad – Catálogo Nacional de Hospitales 202517Official |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in San Fernando 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 San Fernando?
Police recorded about 4,291 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
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 4,291 incidents per 100,000country median 4,281 — about the same | 31 Dec 2024 | MIR 2024 Q4 exact III. TOTAL INFRACCIONES PENALES, enero-diciembre 2024; INE 29005 denominator.18Official |
Mobility and administration
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for San Fernando. 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 San Fernando?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 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.
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.
San Fernando 7.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| NO₂ — annual mean | 9 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — ES NO2 annual mean 2024 (station SAN FERNANDO)5Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM10 — annual mean | 20 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA air quality statistics — ES PM10 annual mean 2024 (station RIO SAN PEDRO)6Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 7 µg/m³country median 8.7 | 31 Dec 2024 | EEA Air Quality Annual Statistics — Spain 2024 PM2.5 provenance repair4Official |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 16.2 · Feb 16.9 · Mar 18.7 · Apr 20.3 · May 22.9 · Jun 25.6 · Jul 27.7 · Aug 28.2 · Sep 26.1 · Oct 23.6 · Nov 19.6 · Dec 17.1 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station CÁDIZ25Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 9.6 · Feb 10.5 · Mar 12.4 · Apr 14.2 · May 16.7 · Jun 19.8 · Jul 21.7 · Aug 22.4 · Sep 20.5 · Oct 17.6 · Nov 13.4 · Dec 10.9 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station CÁDIZ25Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 12.9 · Feb 13.7 · Mar 15.6 · Apr 17.2 · May 19.8 · Jun 22.7 · Jul 24.7 · Aug 25.3 · Sep 23.3 · Oct 20.6 · Nov 16.5 · Dec 14 °C | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station CÁDIZ25Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 63.5 · Feb 51.6 · Mar 56.4 · Apr 42.9 · May 30.7 · Jun 6.6 · Jul 0.2 · Aug 1.8 · Sep 27.9 · Oct 73.6 · Nov 87.6 · Dec 79.5 mm | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station CÁDIZ25Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average sunshine by month | Jan 177.2 · Feb 191.6 · Mar 238.4 · Apr 266.6 · May 323.8 · Jun 351.1 · Jul 375.4 · Aug 343.8 · Sep 271.7 · Oct 228.5 · Nov 181.5 · Dec 162.5 hours | 1991–2020 | WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station ROTA B.N.OBSERVATORIO'26Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In Spain: Dos Hermanas ±3.1 °C. Elsewhere: Downey (United States) ±2.1 °C, Almada (Portugal) ±2.0 °C, Amadora (Portugal) ±2.0 °C, Oeiras (Portugal) ±2.0 °C, Houston (United States) ±3.3 °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 San Fernando?
The published population was 93,338 people in January 2025. Source: San Fernando - official stats22
By nationality
National passport98.1%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars per 1,000 residents | 438.1 cars per 1000 people | 31 Dec 2024 | Eurostat7Official |
| City area | 29.99 km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Eurostat GISCO, European Commission9Official |
| Foreign-resident share | 1.9 % | 31 Dec 2024 | Eurostat8Official |
| Foreign residents | 1,743 people | 1 Jan 2024 | Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España.19Official |
| Population density | 3,127 people/km² | 31 Dec 2024 | Eurostat GISCO / Eurostat Urban Audit9Official |
| Female residents | 48,207 people | 31 Dec 2023 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)13Official |
| Male residents | 45,720 people | 31 Dec 2023 | Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)13Official |
| Population | 93,338 people | 1 Jan 2025 | San Fernando - official stats22Official |
Population fell 3.5% between 2010 and 2025, from 96,689 to 93,338.
Foreign residents rose 37.7% between 2013 and 2024, from 1,266 to 1,743.
International community in San Fernando
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 | 94,952 | 100.0% |
| Spain | 92,352 | 97.3% |
| South America | 808 | 0.9% |
| Africa | 630 | 0.7% |
| European Union (without Spain) | 449 | 0.5% |
| Central America and Caribbean | 296 | 0.3% |
| Asia | 205 | 0.2% |
| Rent of Europe | 141 | 0.1% |
| North America | 61 | 0.1% |
| Oceania | 10 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source14
Citizenship
Population resident in Spain; both sexes; official INE Census 2021 municipal table · 2021 Census
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 94,952 | 100.0% |
| Spanish | 93,517 | 98.5% |
| Africa | 394 | 0.4% |
| South America | 285 | 0.3% |
| European Union (without Spain) | 274 | 0.3% |
| Central America and Caribbean | 201 | 0.2% |
| Asia | 178 | 0.2% |
| Rent of Europe | 70 | 0.1% |
| North America | 29 | 0.0% |
| Statelens | 3 | 0.0% |
| Oceania | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source15
Additional context
Alternatives for people set on San Fernando
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.
Jerez de la Frontera as a San Fernando alternative in the same region
27 km away, better on 4 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 347.6 Jerez de la Frontera vs 69.3 San Fernando+402%
- Foreign residents: 4.1% Jerez de la Frontera vs 1.9% San Fernando+116%
- Residents: 213,634 Jerez de la Frontera vs 93,338 San Fernando+129%
- Nearest airport: 7.1 km Jerez de la Frontera vs 33.4 km San Fernando−79%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,246 Jerez de la Frontera vs 4,291 San Fernando+22%
- Rent: €5.70/m² Jerez de la Frontera vs €6.10/m² San Fernando−7%
- Unemployment: 21.8% Jerez de la Frontera vs 20.3% San Fernando+7%
Lugo as a San Fernando alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 737 km, better on 5 of 7 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.
- Hospital beds, per 100k: 1,002.8 Lugo vs 69.3 San Fernando+1347%
- Foreign residents: 8.4% Lugo vs 1.9% San Fernando+342%
- Unemployment: 8.0% Lugo vs 20.3% San Fernando−61%
- Rent: €4.30/m² Lugo vs €6.10/m² San Fernando−30%
- Nearest airport: 71.0 km Lugo vs 33.4 km San Fernando+113%
- Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Lugo vs 7.0 µg/m³ San Fernando+14%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,948 Lugo vs 4,291 San Fernando−8%
Tallinn as a San Fernando alternative in another country
A move, not a commute, at 3381 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 7.0 µg/m³ San Fernando−57%
- Rent: €7.33/m² (2008) Tallinn vs €6.10/m² (2022) San Fernandono percentage
- Nearest airport: 5.6 km Tallinn vs 33.4 km San Fernando−83%
- Median gross pay, region: €2,068 (2025) Tallinn vs €1,796 (2024) San Fernandono percentage
Cities near San Fernando
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
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- 6.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
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- 3.9 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31
Alternative cities in Spain
Other cities in Spain to compare with San Fernando, nearest in population first.
How does San Fernando 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; San Fernando'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 San Fernando?
The published population was 93,338 people in January 2025. Source: San Fernando - official stats.
How much does it cost to rent in San Fernando?
Average net cold rent is 6.1 EUR/m² per month (2022), excluding heating and operating charges. For a 70 m² flat that is about 427 EUR a month before utilities. Source: cdn.mivau.gob.es.
Is the air quality good in San Fernando?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 7 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 San Fernando?
Police recorded about 4,291 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 San Fernando?
The unemployment rate is about 20.3 % (2024). Source: INE Urban Indicators — unemployment rate by city.
What is the typical salary around San Fernando?
The median gross salary is 1,796 EUR/month. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).
Is San Fernando a good place to live?
San Fernando 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 San Fernando?
Puerto Real, Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz, El Puerto de Santa María, Rota are near San Fernando. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people born in Spain live in San Fernando?
The official country of birth distribution records 92,352 people (97.3%) 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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