Living in Soria

In Soria, the statutory reference rent is €6.00 per m² a month (2022) and unemployment is 3.1% (2026).

The unemployment rate was 3.13% in June 2026. Soria had a population of 41,025 at the start of 2025. For Soria, the foreign population was 5,479 at the start of 2024. Gigabit broadband availability was 99.5% in 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-1921 sources

Population41,025people1 Jan 2025Official source · Soria - official stats

Median gross salary (region)1,881EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

Average net rent6EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10 — 18% aboveOfficial source · cdn.mivau.gob.es

Unemployment rate3.13%country median 4.4% — 29% belowIndependent source · SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime4,304incidents per 100,000country median 4,281 — about the sameOfficial source · MIR 2024 Q4 exact III. TOTAL INFRACCIONES PENALES, enero-diciembre 2024; INE 29005 denominator.

Pricier rent than 62% of Spanish cities that publish it and lower unemployment than 83% of Spanish cities that publish it.

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

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

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Housing and cost

How much does it cost to rent in Soria?

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.es²

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€20

Mobile plan, 10 GB€12

Net rent across major citiesSoria highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Madrid€14.00

Barcelona€13.70

Bilbao€11.50

Palma€9.80

Soria€6.00

Murcia€5.80

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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	25,245 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
Main residence dwellings	16,713 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
Secondary, seasonal or vacant dwellings	8,532 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
Average net rent (nettokalt)	6 EUR/m²/monthcountry median €5.10	31 Dec 2022	cdn.mivau.gob.es²Official

Is Soria 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 worker67%strong on work, weak on air quality · range 58–76%

Skilled employee69%strong on work, weak on education · range 61–77%

Student62%strong on cost, weak on education · range 53–71%

Family59%strong on family, weak on education · range 51–67%

Retirement57%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 47–67%

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

What is the unemployment rate in Soria?

The unemployment rate is about 3.1 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 3.13 % · SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²¹

Unemployment across cities in SpainUnemployment in Soria is 3.1%. Of 1,361 cities with data, 844 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

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Soria 3.1%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	99.51 %	30 Jun 2025	SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-2025¹⁸Official
People in employment	17,391 people	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,881 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁸Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	3.13 %country median 4.4%	30 Jun 2026	SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026²¹Independent

What does a salary buy in Soria?

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

Left over each month€1,128of €1,520 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.	€1,520
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	€1,128

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Public employment service

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

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents	900 beds per 100,000	31 Dec 2025	Ministerio de Sanidad – Catálogo Nacional de Hospitales 2025¹³Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Soria 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 residents900 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03

Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Soria?

Police recorded about 4,304 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.¹⁴

Recorded crime across major citiesSoria highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Pamplona7,766

Alicante7,419

Murcia5,289

Córdoba5,095

Melilla5,090

Vitoria-Gasteiz4,916

Cartagena4,578

Castellón de la Plana4,251

Elche4,043

Lorca3,706

Logroño3,690

Burgos3,628

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents	4,304 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.¹⁴Official

Mobility and administration

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	8 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁶Official
Nearest airport	ZAZ	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁷Official
Distance to nearest airport	118.8 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁷Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Soria. 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, HybridCost varies

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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Soria.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 3.6°C in January and 20.7°C in July. Monthly precipitation was 42.7 mm in January and 34.2 mm in July.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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19°7°

25°10°

29°12°

24°9°

18°6°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

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Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

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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

PM1015WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂15WHO 10 · EU 40

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	15 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — ES NO2 annual mean 2024 (station SORIA)⁵Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	15 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — ES PM10 annual mean 2024 (station SORIA)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 8.2 · Feb 9.7 · Mar 13.3 · Apr 15 · May 19.4 · Jun 25 · Jul 28.8 · Aug 28.7 · Sep 23.5 · Oct 17.8 · Nov 11.6 · Dec 8.9 °C	31 Dec 2020	AEMET climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, SORIA, 1991-2020¹Official
Average night-time low by month	Jan -1.1 · Feb -0.9 · Mar 1.3 · Apr 3.2 · May 6.6 · Jun 10.3 · Jul 12.5 · Aug 12.5 · Sep 9.3 · Oct 6 · Nov 2.1 · Dec -0.5 °C	31 Dec 2020	AEMET climate normal — mean monthly minimum air temperature, SORIA, 1991-2020¹Official
Average temperature by month	Jan 3.6 · Feb 4.4 · Mar 7.3 · Apr 9.1 · May 13 · Jun 17.7 · Jul 20.7 · Aug 20.6 · Sep 16.4 · Oct 11.9 · Nov 6.9 · Dec 4.2 °C	31 Dec 2020	AEMET climate normal — mean monthly air temperature, SORIA, 1991-2020¹Official
Average precipitation by month	Jan 42.7 · Feb 34.7 · Mar 41.4 · Apr 59.1 · May 63.5 · Jun 47.6 · Jul 34.2 · Aug 26 · Sep 33.2 · Oct 57.7 · Nov 49.5 · Dec 45.2 mm	31 Dec 2020	AEMET climate normal — mean monthly total precipitation, SORIA, 1991-2020¹Official
Average sunshine by month	Jan 4.6 · Feb 5.7 · Mar 6.6 · Apr 7.3 · May 8.3 · Jun 9.9 · Jul 11 · Aug 10.3 · Sep 8.1 · Oct 6.1 · Nov 4.9 · Dec 4.3 hours	31 Dec 2020	AEMET climate normal — mean monthly sunshine duration, SORIA, 1991-2020¹Official

Population and city profile

How many people live in Soria?

The published population was 41,025 people in January 2025. Source: Soria - official stats¹⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport86.6%
Foreign residents13.4%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	259.7 km²	20 Oct 2025	www.ign.es²⁰Official
Foreign-resident share	14.16 %	31 Dec 2025	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE España)⁷Official
Foreign residents	5,479 people	1 Jan 2024	Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España.¹⁵Official
Female residents	21,195 people	31 Dec 2023	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁹Official
Male residents	18,901 people	31 Dec 2023	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)⁹Official
Population	41,025 people	1 Jan 2025	Soria - official stats¹⁹Official

International community in Soria

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	39,739	100.0%
Spain	33,392	84.0%
South America	2,861	7.2%
Africa	1,102	2.8%
European Union (without Spain)	944	2.4%
Central America and Caribbean	896	2.3%
Rent of Europe	237	0.6%
Asia	235	0.6%
North America	72	0.2%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹⁰

Citizenship

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

Published group	People	Share
TOTAL	39,739	100.0%
Spanish	35,494	89.3%
South America	1,410	3.5%
European Union (without Spain)	1,013	2.5%
Africa	888	2.2%
Central America and Caribbean	428	1.1%
Asia	246	0.6%
Rent of Europe	208	0.5%
North America	51	0.1%
Statelens	1	0.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source¹¹

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	16,713 households	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official
Labour force	19,455 people	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹²Official

Alternatives for people set on Soria

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.

Elda as a Soria alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 392 km, better on 3 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Foreign residents cannot be compared like for like.

Rent: €4.00/m² Elda vs €6.00/m² Soria−33%
Nearest airport: 30.0 km Elda vs 118.8 km Soria−75%
Residents: 55,222 Elda vs 41,025 Soria+35%
Foreign residents: 7.1% (2024) Elda vs 14.2% (2025) Soriano percentage
Hospital beds, per 100k: 929.9 Elda vs 900.0 Soria+3%
Median gross pay, region: €1,888 Elda vs €1,881 Soriasame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,318 Elda vs 4,304 Soriasame level

Full comparison More about Elda

Alternative cities in Spain

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

All Spain cities

El Vendrell41,133 residents Burjassot41,299 residents La Rinconada40,724 residents Torre-Pacheco41,479 residents Llucmajor40,502 residents Marratxí40,422 residents

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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; Soria's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Soria?

The published population was 41,025 people in January 2025. Source: Soria - official stats.

How much does it cost to rent in Soria?

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.

How safe is Soria?

What is the unemployment rate in Soria?

The unemployment rate is about 3.1 % (June 2026). Source: SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

What is the typical salary around Soria?

The median gross salary is 1,881 EUR/month. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).

How many foreign residents live in Soria?

5,479 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España..

Is Soria a good place to live?

Soria 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 Spain live in Soria?

The official country of birth distribution records 33,392 people (84.0%) 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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AEMET climate normal — mean monthly maximum air temperature, SORIA, 1991-2020 AEMET climate normal · aemet.es · checked 2026-07-27
cdn.mivau.gob.es cdn.mivau.gob.es · checked 2026-08-26
DIGI 100GB mobile plan digimobil.es · checked 2026-09-15
DIGI 300 Mbps fibre digimobil.es · checked 2026-09-15
EEA air quality statistics — ES NO2 annual mean 2024 (station SORIA) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
EEA air quality statistics — ES PM10 annual mean 2024 (station SORIA) EEA air quality statistics · air.discomap.eea.europa.eu · checked 2026-07-31
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE España) ine.es · checked 2026-08-03
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) servicios.ine.es · checked 2026-08-06
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) ine.es · checked 2026-08-07
Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE), Spain servicios.ine.es · checked 2026-08-30

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Instituto Nacional de Estadistica (INE), Spain servicios.ine.es · checked 2026-08-30
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain ine.es · checked 2026-08-07
Ministerio de Sanidad – Catálogo Nacional de Hospitales 2025 sanidad.gob.es · checked 2026-08-03
MIR 2024 Q4 exact III. TOTAL INFRACCIONES PENALES, enero-diciembre 2024; INE 29005 denominator. estadisticasdecriminalidad.ses.mir.es · checked 2026-07-16
Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España. ine.es · checked 2024-01-01
OpenFlights — routes.dat OpenFlights · raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-07-14
OurAirports — airports.csv OurAirports · davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-07-14
SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-2025 digital.gob.es · checked 2025-06-30
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www.ign.es ign.es · checked 2026-08-30
SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026 SEPE · sepe.es · checked 2026-07-26

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