Living in Villa de Otura

In Villa de Otura, unemployment is 6.2% (2026).

For Villa de Otura, the unemployment rate was 6.16% in June 2026. The population of Villa de Otura, in Spain, was 7,696 at the start of 2025.

Last checked 2026-09-2430 sources

Population7,696people1 Jan 2025Official source · INE — Padrón municipal (t=2856, c3=ine5)

Median gross salary (region)1,796EUR/month31 Dec 2024Official source · Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)

Unemployment rate6.16%country median 4.4% — 40% aboveIndependent source · SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026

Recorded crime4,750incidents per 100,00031 Dec 2024Regional figureOfficial source · Anuario Estadístico del Ministerio del Interior 2024, Table 3-1-2

PM2.5, annual mean8µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · EEA air quality statistics — ES PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station GRANADA - NORTE)

Higher unemployment than 79% of Spanish cities that publish it and cleaner air than 70% of Spanish cities that publish it.

Which Spain-wide rules apply when you move to Villa de Otura?

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 Villa de Otura.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

No city-level rent figure is published for Villa de Otura. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€20

Mobile plan, 10 GB€12

Net rent across major citiesVilla de Otura highlighted among comparable cities

net rent, € / m² / month

Madrid€14.00

Barcelona€13.70

Bilbao€11.50

Palma€9.80

Córdoba€6.60

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	3,534 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹⁴Official
Main residence dwellings	2,556 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹⁴Official
Secondary, seasonal or vacant dwellings	978 dwellings	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹⁴Official

Is Villa de Otura 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 worker48%strong on work, weak on housing · range 37–59%

Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on education · range 45–65%

Student53%strong on legal route, weak on education · range 41–65%

Family51%strong on family, weak on education · range 39–63%

Retirement54%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 40–68%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Villa de Otura?

The unemployment rate is about 6.2 % (June 2026).

Unemployment rate: 6.16 % · SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026³⁰

Unemployment across cities in SpainUnemployment in Villa de Otura is 6.2%. Of 1,361 cities with data, 844 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

844

437

0–55–1010–1515–2020–2525–30

Villa de Otura 6.2%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Gigabit broadband availability	88.85 %	30 Jun 2025	SETELECO Cobertura Banda Ancha España 2021-2025¹⁸Official
People in employment	2,742 people	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹⁴Official
Median gross salary (regional)	1,796 EUR/month	31 Dec 2024	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)¹⁰Official · regional context
Unemployment rate	6.16 %country median 4.4%	30 Jun 2026	SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026³⁰Independent

Public employment service

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

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesVilla de Otura 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	4,750 incidents per 100,000	31 Dec 2024	Anuario Estadístico del Ministerio del Interior 2024, Table 3-1-2¹Official · regional context

Mobility and administration

The nearest airport was GRX, 16.4 km away, with 5 listed destinations in June 2026. Gigabit broadband availability was 88.9% in June 2025.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Destinations from nearest airport	5 count	13 Jun 2026	OpenFlights — routes.dat¹⁶Official
Nearest airport	GRX	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁷Official
Distance to nearest airport	16.4 km	13 Jun 2026	OurAirports — airports.csv¹⁷Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Villa de Otura. 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 Villa de Otura.

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Climate and air quality

Is the air quality good in Villa de Otura?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 8 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 GRANADA - NORTE)⁷

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

0°

13°1°

15°2°

18°4°

20°6°

25°10°

31°14°

35°17°

29°14°

24°10°

17°5°

14°2°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours

174

178

220

245

293

343

373

338

258

217

169

162

JFMAMJJASOND

hours

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

PM2.58WHO 5 · EU 25

PM1030WHO 15 · EU 40

NO₂12WHO 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 Villa de Otura is 8.0 µg/m³. Of 269 cities with data, 57 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

3–44–55–66–77–88–99–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1516–1719–20

Villa de Otura 8.0

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
NO₂ — annual mean	12 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — ES NO2 annual mean 2024 (station CIUDAD DEPORTIVA)⁵Official · nearest-station reading
PM10 — annual mean	30 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — ES PM10 annual mean 2024 (station CIUDAD DEPORTIVA)⁶Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5 — annual mean	8 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	EEA air quality statistics — ES PM2.5 annual mean 2024 (station GRANADA - NORTE)⁷Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 13.3 · Feb 15 · Mar 18.2 · Apr 20.5 · May 25.3 · Jun 31.1 · Jul 35.1 · Aug 34.6 · Sep 28.9 · Oct 23.5 · Nov 17 · Dec 14 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station GRANADA/BASE AÉREA¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan 0.7 · Feb 1.7 · Mar 4.2 · Apr 6.5 · May 9.9 · Jun 14.2 · Jul 17.1 · Aug 17.2 · Sep 13.5 · Oct 9.6 · Nov 4.6 · Dec 1.9 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station GRANADA/BASE AÉREA¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan 7 · Feb 8.4 · Mar 11.2 · Apr 13.5 · May 17.6 · Jun 22.7 · Jul 26.1 · Aug 25.9 · Sep 21.2 · Oct 16.5 · Nov 10.8 · Dec 8 °C	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station GRANADA/BASE AÉREA¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 39 · Feb 31.7 · Mar 41.3 · Apr 37.1 · May 31.2 · Jun 8.2 · Jul 1 · Aug 3.2 · Sep 27.2 · Oct 42 · Nov 49.1 · Dec 44.2 mm	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station GRANADA/BASE AÉREA¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by month	Jan 174.1 · Feb 178.3 · Mar 219.5 · Apr 244.9 · May 293.3 · Jun 343.4 · Jul 373.2 · Aug 338.3 · Sep 258.4 · Oct 217.2 · Nov 168.9 · Dec 161.9 hours	1991–2020	WMO Climatological Normals 1991-2020 — station GRANADA/BASE AÉREA¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In Spain: Alcobendas ±0.8 °C. Elsewhere: Little Rock (United States) ±2.0 °C, Oklahoma City (United States) ±2.1 °C, Murfreesboro (United States) ±2.2 °C, Foggia (Italy) ±1.5 °C, Carrollton (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 Villa de Otura?

The published population was 7,696 people in January 2025. Source: INE — Padrón municipal (t=2856, c3=ine5)⁹

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport94.5%

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

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	24.6 km²	20 Oct 2025	www.ign.es²⁰Official
Foreign residents	422 people	1 Jan 2024	Official INE municipal population by country of nationality; foreign total derived as Total nationality minus España.¹⁵Official
Female residents	3,707 people	31 Dec 2023	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)¹¹Official
Male residents	3,759 people	31 Dec 2023	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)¹¹Official
Population	7,696 people	1 Jan 2025	INE — Padrón municipal (t=2856, c3=ine5)⁹Official

International community in Villa de Otura

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	7,211	100.0%
Spain	6,667	92.5%
European Union (without Spain)	195	2.7%
South America	135	1.9%
Rent of Europe	72	1.0%
Africa	65	0.9%
Central America and Caribbean	33	0.5%
Asia	26	0.4%
North America	17	0.2%
Oceania	1	0.0%

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

Citizenship

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

Published group	People	Share
TOTAL	7,211	100.0%
Spanish	6,888	95.5%
European Union (without Spain)	105	1.5%
South America	67	0.9%
Rent of Europe	53	0.7%
Africa	42	0.6%
Asia	28	0.4%
Central America and Caribbean	19	0.3%
North America	9	0.1%

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

Additional context

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Households	2,559 households	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹⁴Official
Labour force	3,528 people	31 Dec 2021	Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain¹⁴Official

Alternatives for people set on Villa de Otura

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.

Gójar as a Villa de Otura alternative in the same region

3 km away, better on 1 of 6 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.

Residents: 6,371 Gójar vs 7,696 Villa de Otura−17%
Unemployment: 5.9% Gójar vs 6.2% Villa de Otura−5%
Nearest airport: 18.1 km Gójar vs 16.4 km Villa de Otura+10%
Median gross pay, region: €1,796 Gójar vs €1,796 Villa de Oturasame level
Recorded crime, per 100k: 4,750 Gójar vs 4,750 Villa de Oturasame level
Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Gójar vs 8.0 µg/m³ Villa de Oturasame level

Full comparison More about Gójar

Tres Cantos as a Villa de Otura alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 391 km, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1. Recorded crime, per 100k cannot be compared like for like.

Residents: 54,592 Tres Cantos vs 7,696 Villa de Otura+609%
Unemployment: 2.6% Tres Cantos vs 6.2% Villa de Otura−58%
Median gross pay, region: €2,336 Tres Cantos vs €1,796 Villa de Otura+30%
Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,044 Tres Cantos vs 4,750 Villa de Oturano percentage
Nearest airport: 16.9 km Tres Cantos vs 16.4 km Villa de Otura+3%
Annual PM2.5: 8.0 µg/m³ Tres Cantos vs 8.0 µg/m³ Villa de Oturasame level

Full comparison More about Tres Cantos

Cities near Villa de Otura

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

Armilla Commuting Zone · 5.4 km away

Rent: 5.9 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Granada Commuting Zone · 9.5 km away

Rent: 6.1 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Alhendín 1.8 km away

Rent: 5.4 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Gójar 3.0 km away

Rent: 4.8 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Ogíjares 3.8 km away

Rent: 5.1 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

La Zubia 5.3 km away

Rent: 5.2 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Las Gabias 5.6 km away

Rent: 5.3 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2022-12-31

Alternative cities in Spain

Other cities in Spain to compare with Villa de Otura, nearest in population first.

All Spain cities

Villanueva del Arzobispo7,703 residents Mojácar7,680 residents Altsasu/Alsasua7,717 residents Ondara7,717 residents Turís7,717 residents Balmaseda7,718 residents

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Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Villa de Otura 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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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

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; Villa de Otura's school authority applies it locally.

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

Is Villa de Otura part of Armilla?

Villa de Otura is in the published commuting zone of Armilla; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Armilla city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source⁸

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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 Villa de Otura?

The published population was 7,696 people in January 2025. Source: INE — Padrón municipal (t=2856, c3=ine5).

Is the air quality good in Villa de Otura?

What is the unemployment rate in Villa de Otura?

The unemployment rate is about 6.2 % (June 2026). Source: SEPE — registered unemployment by municipality, June 2026.

What is the typical salary around Villa de Otura?

The median gross salary is 1,796 EUR/month. Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).

How many foreign residents live in Villa de Otura?

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

Is Villa de Otura a good place to live?

Villa de Otura 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.

Is Villa de Otura part of Armilla?

Villa de Otura is in the published commuting zone of Armilla; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Villa de Otura?

Armilla, Granada, Alhendín, Gójar, Ogíjares are near Villa de Otura. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people born in Spain live in Villa de Otura?

The official country of birth distribution records 6,667 people (92.5%) 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, October 16). Villa de Otura, Spain: population, salary, cost of living [ImmigrationDB compilation; version acf41195730467ec0fbc44dd24198ead]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/es/villa-de-otura/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Villa de Otura, Spain: population, salary, cost of living},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {acf41195730467ec0fbc44dd24198ead},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/es/villa-de-otura/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}

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