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Coste de vida
$941/mo
ES · VALENCIADatos locales
Vivir en Valencia.
Spain's third-largest city, on the Mediterranean coast: a mild climate with roughly eight pleasant months a year, mid-range Spanish rents well below Madrid and Barcelona, clean urban-background air by Spanish standards, and a dense cluster of internationally accredited schools (IB, Cambridge, French AEFE and German Abitur) across the metro area.
Verificado
Población 840.792
· Europe/Madrid· Se aplican las normas de Spain
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2025
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Official INE municipal population for the city of València (municipality 46250) at 1 Jan 2025, from the Cifras oficiales table 2903 JSON API (servicios.ine.es/wstempus/js/es/DATOS_TABLA/2903), series DPOP21796 = 840,792. Cross-checked against the same table's Hombres (399,746) + Mujeres (441,046) = 840,792. NOTE: the table's first 'Valencia/València. Total' series (DPOP21046 = 2,758,633) is the PROVINCE total, not the city — the city is a separate series.
- Notas
- The 1 Jan 2024 figure in the same official series is 825,948 (definitive, approved by Real Decreto). The 1 Jan 2025 figure of 840,792 is the INE cifras-oficiales value now published in table 2903; early-2026 press reports cited a provisional 841,169 (INE) vs 844,424 (municipal padrón) pending an allegation procedure.
ES · VALENCIA
01
Vista rápida
Las cifras principales de Valencia, cada una con su fuente y su frescura. Una cifra oficial viva no es lo mismo que una estimación de encuesta ni que una normal climática de 30 años.
7.8/10
02
Alquiler, 1–3 dorm.
$649–$1796
/mes
03
Impuestos del autónomo
28,4%
Seguridad
9.6/100,72/100k
Calidad del aire
7.0/1012,4 µg/m³
Internet
5.0/1050 Mbps
Inglés
5.0/10Moderate
Sanidad privada
9.1/10$821/yr
Qué significan las etiquetasoficial — cifra viva de un gobierno o una autoridaddatos abiertos — conjunto de datos abierto (Eurostat, AEMA, M-Lab, UdSC…)encuesta — estimación de una encuesta o un índicerecopilado — estimación montada por SettleMetric: abre la fuente para ver el método
02
Lo que te cuesta al mes
Una estimación para planificar: alquiler de oferta real más una cesta de coste de vida ajustada a tu hogar. No es un presupuesto en firme.
Hogar
Estilo de vida
Zona
Total estimado
$1588/mes
≈ $19.056 / año
En qué se va
- Alquiler (1 dorm.)$649
- Food & non-alcoholic drinks$205
- Transport$147
- Restaurants & eating out$128
- Utilities (water, electricity, gas)$66
- Recreation & culture$64
- Clothing & footwear$54
- Health (out-of-pocket)$52
- Household goods$48
- Insurance & financial services$48
- Personal care & misc.$47
- Communications$42
- Education$21
- Alcohol & tobacco$17
- Gastos corrientes$939
El alquiler sale de la matriz de alquileres de oferta de abajo. Los gastos corrientes escalan una cesta de una persona ($939/mes) según el tamaño del hogar y el estilo de vida; los factores de equivalencia son un supuesto nuestro. No se incluyen colegios ni gastos únicos de instalación.
03
Coste de vida
Lo que gasta al mes una persona sola —comida, suministros, transporte, comer fuera y lo demás—, sin contar el alquiler.
INE — Encuesta de Presupuestos Familiares 2024 (household budget survey)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- INE EPF 2024 per-household COICOP category spending, rent removed (imputed rent €9,299 stripped from the housing group, utilities kept), divided by average household size 2.50 to a per-capita non-rent basket, converted at EUR/USD 1.1399. Categories sum to the ~$941/mo cost-of-living aggregate. National per-capita basis — living alone in Madrid/Barcelona runs higher.
01Food & non-alcoholic drinks205 USD
02Transport147 USD
03Restaurants & eating out128 USD
04Utilities (water, electricity, gas)66 USD
05Recreation & culture64 USD
06Clothing & footwear54 USD
07Health (out-of-pocket)52 USD
08Household goods48 USD
09Insurance & financial services48 USD
10Personal care & misc.47 USD
11Communications42 USD
12Education21 USD
13Alcohol & tobacco17 USD
Cesta de gasto de un hogar de una persona en Spain, sin contar el alquiler. Lo que no es alquiler varía poco entre ciudades; la parte propia de cada ciudad es el alquiler, que aparece más abajo en Vivienda.
01Cost of living (single, excl. rent)a nivel de país941USD/month, single person, excluding rent7.8
Qué mide esto
Monthly cost of a defined single-person basket (food, transport, utilities, mobile+internet, modest leisure) excluding rent, curated from national statistics office price data and large local retailers' published prices, converted to USD at the ECB rate recorded in fx-rates. The method field of each value itemizes the basket inputs.
Cuanto más bajo, mejorUSD/month, single person, excluding rentse vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
INE — Encuesta de Presupuestos Familiares 2024 (household budget survey), rent stripped
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- INE EPF 2024 average household spending by COICOP group (total €34,044/hh). Housing group €11,029 reduced to utilities only (imputed rent €9,299 removed), leaving a non-rent basket of €24,746/hh. Divided by average household size 2.50 (€34,044 ÷ €13,626 per-person) → €9,905/person/yr = €825/mo; converted at EUR/USD 1.1399 (ECB 2026-07-02) → $941/mo. Cross-checked against Eurostat comparative price levels (Spain ≈ 92% of EU27; ≈ 1.28× Poland, whose figure is $753).
- Notas
- National per-capita non-rent basket. A person living alone typically spends somewhat more per head (fixed costs not shared) — this figure is the reproducible household-survey floor. City files (Madrid/Barcelona) run higher; Valencia/smaller cities lower.
04
Vivienda
Lo que cuesta alquilar, por tipo de vivienda y zona.
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 may 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Base rent per type = idealista city rental index 14.1 €/m²/month (May 2026) × representative long-term-rental floor area: studio 35 m² (€493.5), 1BR 50 m² (€705, matches rent-1br-center), 2BR 70 m² (€987), 3BR 95 m² (€1,339.5). Center/outside multipliers derived from idealista's April 2026 by-district average asking rents vs the city average €1,716: center = mean of Ciutat Vella (€1,890) and L'Eixample (€2,147) = €2,018.5 → ×1.176; outside = mean of Patraix (€1,287), Benimaclet (€1,486), Jesús (€1,392), Olivereta (€1,305), La Saïdia (€1,453) = €1,384.6 → ×0.807. EUR→USD at 1.1399 (data/fx-rates.json, ECB EUR base 2026-07-02). E.g. 1BR center = 705 × 1.176 × 1.1399 = $945; studio outside = 493.5 × 0.807 × 1.1399 = $454. idealista pages are bot-protected (HTTP 403), so both the city €/m² and the by-district averages are taken from idealista's own published reporting (via idealista report pages / press summaries) rather than fetched from the live page.
- Notas
- ALL cells are DERIVED, not directly observed: idealista publishes a city €/m² and separately by-district average total rents, but never a studio/1BR/2BR/3BR × center/outside grid. Room split = city €/m² × representative floor area; center/outside split = district-average-rent ratios (which mix apartment sizes, so the multiplier captures location premium, not a like-for-like size-controlled figure). Center = Ciutat Vella + L'Eixample (task definition); outside = outer districts Patraix, Benimaclet, Jesús, Olivereta, La Saïdia. 1BR-center ($945) sits ~18% above the city-average 1BR of rent-1br-center ($804), as expected.
| Vivienda | Centro | Fuera del centro |
|---|---|---|
| Estudio | 661 USD/mes | 454 USD/mes |
| 1 dormitorio | 945 USD/mes | 649 USD/mes |
| 2 dormitorios | 1323 USD/mes | 908 USD/mes |
| 3 dormitorios | 1796 USD/mes | 1232 USD/mes |
05
Clima
Temperatura y lluvia a lo largo del año, más la calidad del aire.
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- WMO 1991–2020 station normals (public domain), Daily_Minimum_Temperature and Daily_Maximum_Temperature (Mean, °C) and Precipitation_Total (Sum, mm). Station: Valencia/Aeropuerto (Manises), WMO 8284, lat 39°29'06"N, lon 0°28'29"W, elev 56 m — the standard WMO synoptic station for Valencia.
Temperatura media de día y de noche (líneas, eje izquierdo) y lluvia total (barras, eje derecho) por mes, con normales de 1991–2020. Pasa el cursor por un mes para ver las cifras exactas.
| ene | feb | mar | abr | may | jun | jul | ago | sept | oct | nov | dic | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Máxima diurna °C | 16.7° | 17.5° | 19.7° | 21.7° | 25.0° | 28.5° | 31.0° | 31.4° | 28.4° | 24.8° | 20.0° | 17.1° |
| Mínima nocturna °C | 4.6° | 5.2° | 7.3° | 9.7° | 13.1° | 17.1° | 20.1° | 20.5° | 17.4° | 13.4° | 8.5° | 5.4° |
| Lluvia mm | 35 | 27 | 37 | 36 | 37 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 61 | 57 | 45 | 47 |
01Climate comfort8pleasant months/year8.0
Qué mide esto
Number of months whose 1991–2020 climate normals satisfy: mean daily maximum between 15°C and 28°C and monthly precipitation under 150mm. Computed from the city's climate-normals indicator; the raw normals are stored alongside so users can judge by their own taste.
Cuanto más alto, mejorpleasant months/yearse vuelve a verificar cada 3650 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
SettleMetric computation over climate-normals (NOAA/WMO 1991–2020, Valencia/Aeropuerto 8284)
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Months whose 1991–2020 normals have mean daily max 15–28°C and precipitation < 150 mm: Jan (16.7), Feb (17.5), Mar (19.7), Apr (21.7), May (25.0), Oct (24.8), Nov (20.0), Dec (17.1) = 8. Jun–Sep excluded (max 28.4–31.4°C).
02Air quality (PM2.5)12,4µg/m³, annual mean PM2.57.0
Qué mide esto
Annual mean fine-particulate (PM2.5) concentration for the city, latest available year. Anchors follow the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³ → 10) through the EU limit value territory (25 µg/m³ → 2). Preferred source: European Environment Agency city-level air quality data; outside Europe: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database or the national monitoring network.
Cuanto más bajo, mejorµg/m³, annual mean PM2.5se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Mean of daily PM2.5 values for 2024 at the València-Vivers urban-background station (46250043), computed from the 12 official monthly CSVs of the GVA open dataset: 277 valid daily means across all 12 calendar months, mean = 12.44 µg/m³ (rounded 12.4). Vivers is the Valencia city urban-background station used by MITECO's national exposure index (IME). Corroborated by València-Avd. França (traffic, 46250047): 10.45 µg/m³ over 341 days; and the national IME 2022–2024 population-weighted mean of 11.5 µg/m³ (MITECO). Excluded València-Pista de Silla (5.97 µg/m³) as implausibly low for a traffic site (likely instrument/sizing difference).
- Notas
- Urban-background annual mean, 75.7% daily coverage (below the 90% EU-compliance threshold but above the 75% EEA minimum; all 12 months represented, so not seasonally biased). About 2.5× the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³), within the current EU limit (25) but above the 2030 EU limit (10). The EEA European city air quality viewer (the criterion's first-choice source) could not be queried directly (interactive tool, no static per-city export); this national-network computation is the transparent fallback.
06
Seguridad
Cómo de segura es la vida diaria, según estadísticas oficiales de criminalidad.
01Homicide ratea nivel de país0,7intentional homicides per 100,000/year9.6
Qué mide esto
Intentional homicide victims per 100,000 population, latest available year. Country level: UNODC national series. City level: official municipal/police statistics where published; otherwise null (country value shown as country-level).
Cuanto más bajo, mejorintentional homicides per 100,000/yearse vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Datos abiertos
Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (ICCS 0101, per 100k)
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Latest year 2024 = 0.72 per 100k (2023: 0.69; 2022: 0.69). Spain is among the safer EU countries for intentional homicide.
Eurostat — police-recorded offences by category (crim_off_cat, ICCS, unit P_HTHAB)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 12 jul 2026
- Notas
- Police-recorded offences per 100,000 inhabitants, 2024 (ICCS categories: theft 0502, burglary 0501, robbery 0401, serious assault 020111, drug offences 0601, sexual violence 0301). Intentional homicide (0.72, same Eurostat 2024 series) is the scored safety headline shown separately. Recording practices and legal definitions differ between countries, so read the levels as context, not a league table.
01Theft451por 100 000
02Burglary293por 100 000
03Robbery130por 100 000
04Serious assault59,1por 100 000
05Drug offences44,3por 100 000
06Sexual violence40,4por 100 000
Police-recorded offences per 100,000 inhabitants, 2024 (ICCS categories: theft 0502, burglary 0501, robbery 0401, serious assault 020111, drug offences 0601, sexual violence 0301). Intentional homicide (0.72, same Eurostat 2024 series) is the scored safety headline shown separately. Recording practices and legal definitions differ between countries, so read the levels as context, not a league table.
OSCE ODIHR Hate Crime Reporting — Spain (official police-recorded)
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- OSCE ODIHR 2024: 1,808 hate crimes recorded by police; the bias breakdown sums exactly to the total, with 804 racist/xenophobic — the largest category (also anti-LGBTI 528, gender-based 181). ODIHR caveat: police figures include some offences outside the OSCE definition (e.g. incitement/slander) that could not be excluded; a further 147 ideology-motivated offences were excluded. Not comparable across countries.
1808
registrados por la policía
804
racistas o xenófobos
OSCE ODIHR 2024: 1,808 hate crimes recorded by police; the bias breakdown sums exactly to the total, with 804 racist/xenophobic — the largest category (also anti-LGBTI 528, gender-based 181). ODIHR caveat: police figures include some offences outside the OSCE definition (e.g. incitement/slander) that could not be excluded; a further 147 ideology-motivated offences were excluded. Not comparable across countries.
07
Infraestructura
Velocidad de internet y cómo llegan los paquetes a tu puerta.
01Domestic delivery qualitya nivel de paísGood7.0
Qué mide esto
Quality of in-country parcel delivery. excellent = nationwide next-day widely available, dense parcel-locker network, real-time tracking standard; good = 1–3 day delivery, lockers in major cities; basic = reliable but slow (3–7 days), mostly to-door or post-office pickup; poor = unreliable delivery, street addresses often unusable, informal workarounds common. Classified from official service/coverage data of the national postal operator and the two largest private carriers; inputs itemized in each value's method field.
Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
Correos official (network of delivery points, Citypaq lockers) + private carriers
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2025
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Correos ~13,000 attention/pickup points (2,380 offices + rural points + 2,115+ Citypaq lockers, plus new Punto Correos convenience points, end-2025); SEUR, MRW, GLS, DHL, UPS, Correos Express operate nationwide with tracking; 24–48h delivery standard in cities. Locker density lower than the most locker-dense EU markets, so classified 'good' rather than 'excellent'.
- Notas
- Reliable, tracked 1–3 day domestic delivery with a growing parcel-locker network (Citypaq); to-door and PUDO pickup both common.
02International delivery easea nivel de paísMinor friction7.0
Qué mide esto
Ease of receiving goods from abroad. seamless = major international carriers deliver door-to-door, meaningful duty-free de-minimis threshold, customs clearance predictable in days; minor-friction = carriers present but low de-minimis, extra paperwork or routine delays; significant-friction = frequent customs holds, high brokerage fees, some marketplaces refuse to ship; unreliable = parcels regularly lost or blocked, informal import channels dominate. De-minimis thresholds and clearance rules from the national customs authority (official source, cite the regulation); carrier presence from carriers' official pages.
Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Intra-EU shipping is frictionless (single market, all major carriers). Non-EU imports: the €150 duty-free threshold was removed EU-wide on 2026-07-01 — a temporary flat €3-per-item customs duty applies to ≤€150 consignments (until 2028); VAT already collected at checkout via IOSS since 2021. Predictable but no longer duty-free; DHL/UPS/FedEx/SEUR clear customs routinely.
03Internet speeda nivel de país50,4Mbps, median fixed download5.0
Qué mide esto
Median fixed-broadband download speed over the trailing 6 months from M-Lab NDT open data (CC0), aggregated at country or city level. Not comparable with Ookla figures (different test methodology) — do not mix sources within this criterion.
Cuanto más alto, mejorMbps, median fixed downloadse vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Datos abiertos
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Spain
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Median of 344 daily country medians, 9,298,577 tests (2023 — latest full year in M-Lab's public stats API; 2024 file is partial at 86 days with a similar 52.5 Mbps median).
- Notas
- M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads well below Ookla-style figures — comparable only within this criterion. Spain has extensive FTTH coverage; real advertised fibre speeds are far higher than this test-based median.
08
Sanidad
Lo que cuesta un seguro médico privado completo.
01Private healthcare costa nivel de país821USD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-old9.1
Qué mide esto
Median of at least three publicly quoted annual premiums for comprehensive private medical insurance (outpatient + inpatient, ~$100k coverage, small deductible) for a healthy 35-year-old resident foreigner, from local and international insurers. Method field lists the insurers quoted.
Cuanto más bajo, mejorUSD/year, comprehensive private insurance premium, healthy 35-year-oldse vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Comprehensive Spanish private health policies (póliza de salud) include outpatient AND hospitalization/inpatient by default. For a healthy 35-year-old, full-cover plans run ≈ €45–52/mo with modest copays and ≈ €65–90/mo copay-free (Sanitas, Adeslas, DKV — 2026 published ranges). Comprehensive midpoint ≈ €60/mo ≈ €720/yr ≈ $821 at EUR/USD 1.1399 (range ≈ $615–$1,230/yr).
- Notas
- Residents in the contributory system have public healthcare (Sistema Nacional de Salud); private cover is optional and widely bought for speed/choice. Premiums are quoted on request and vary by province (Madrid/Barcelona highest) and copay structure, so this is a curated market midpoint on a comprehensive (outpatient+inpatient) basis, not a single public quote.
09
Dinero y cripto
Normas sobre cripto y con qué libertad se mueve el dinero personal.
01Crypto regulationa nivel de paísLegal regulated8.0
Qué mide esto
Own classification of the legal status of holding, trading and cashing out cryptocurrency for individuals: legal-friendly (legal with clear, favourable rules or explicit tax exemptions), legal-regulated (legal under standard licensing/AML and taxation), restricted (partial bans: payments or banking access prohibited), banned (holding/trading prohibited). Classified from national regulators' and central banks' official positions.
Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 180 días
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Holding/trading legal for individuals. Gains on disposal (to fiat OR crypto-to-crypto swaps, which ARE taxable, unlike Poland) are savings income (renta del ahorro) taxed 19–30% under IRPF; FIFO applies. EU MiCA fully applicable in Spain from 1 July 2026 (CASPs licensed/supervised by CNMV and Banco de España); DAC8 reporting from 2026. Buying with fiat is not a taxable event.
02Financial control levela nivel de paísLow10.0
Qué mide esto
Own composite of state control over personal money flows: currency/capital controls (IMF AREAER), restrictions on foreign accounts and transfers, mandatory income declaration scope for residents, cash payment limits, banking access for foreigners. Low = free movement of personal funds and easy non-resident banking; very-high = strict capital controls and pervasive reporting. Method field on each value lists the inputs used.
Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 365 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
Agencia Tributaria — límite de pagos en efectivo (Ley 11/2021); eurozone member, no capital controls
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Composite: eurozone member, euro fully convertible, no currency/capital controls (free EU capital movement). Cash-payment limit €1,000 per transaction when a party acts as business/professional (Ley 11/2021), €10,000 for non-resident private individuals. Standard EU CRS/DAC bank reporting and DAC8 for crypto; Modelo 720 declaration of foreign assets >€50,000 exists (informational). No exchange restrictions on personal funds; non-residents can open bank accounts (NIE required).
- Notas
- Modelo 720 foreign-asset reporting (>€50,000) is an information duty; EU Court struck down its disproportionate penalty regime in 2022, penalties since aligned to general rules. Overall personal money movement is free (low control) by the criterion's definition.
10
Idioma
Hasta dónde llega el inglés en la vida diaria y en los trámites.
01English proficiencya nivel de paísModerate5.0
Qué mide esto
Own banding of how far English gets a resident in daily life (government offices, healthcare, housing, services). Informed by EF EPI band (research source, cited with attribution, not republished) plus official language status and service-sector realities. Values are our bands, not EF scores.
Valorado por categoría—se vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Estudio
EF EPI 2025 (Spain rank 36/123, score 540 — Moderate band)
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First; Spain score 540, Moderate band, weakest in speaking 462). English is workable in tourist/hospitality zones and among younger urban professionals, but limited in government offices, healthcare, and everyday services outside big cities — a moderate rating for daily life.
11
Educación
Opciones de colegios internacionales para familias.
01International schools14accredited international schools, count8.3
Qué mide esto
Count of international schools in the metro area accredited by or member of IB, CIS, COBIS, or an equivalent national-curriculum-abroad body (verified against the accreditor's public registry, not aggregator sites).
Cuanto más alto, mejoraccredited international schools, countse vuelve a verificar cada 730 días
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Count of distinct Valencia metro-area schools each verified against at least one listed accreditor (deduplicated). IB (ibo.org profiles): American School of Valencia (Puçol), Complejo Educativo Mas Camarena (Paterna), Colegio Camarena Valterna (Paterna), El Plantío International School (Paterna, also Cambridge), Colegio Internacional Ausiàs March (Picassent), Colegio CEU San Pablo Valencia, IALE International School, Shackleton International School (also Cambridge). Cambridge International: Caxton College (Puçol), Cambridge House British International School (Rocafort), British School of Valencia (official Cambridge exam centre). AEFE: Lycée Français International de Valence (Paterna). German Auslandsschulwesen/ZfA (German Abitur): Deutsche Schule Valencia. British College La Cañada (Paterna, British/Cambridge). = 14 distinct schools.
- Notas
- Verified FLOOR, not an exhaustive census: IB (ibo.org), AEFE (aefe.gouv.fr) and German ZfA registries were cross-checked; several Cambridge schools are confirmed but the Cambridge and CIS/COBIS registries are behind bot protection, so additional Cambridge/CIS members likely exist (British School of Valencia notes 8 'Cambridge Advantage Premium' centres in the Valencia region alone). Metro-area basis (Valencia city plus Paterna, Rocafort, Puçol, Picassent, Bétera, La Cañada). ±3 uncertainty.
12
Demografía
Quién más vive aquí: el porcentaje de residentes extranjeros y las mayores comunidades nacionales, según estadísticas oficiales.
Openness to foreignersa nivel de paísMuy abiertaGallup MAI 7,44/9 · 2016 · WVS w7 · KCL 13% rechazan tener vecinos extranjeros
Qué mide esto
How accepting the resident population is of migrants and foreigners — the inverse of xenophobia, a real concern for someone relocating. Our own five-band reading (very-open / open / moderate / reserved / low) informed primarily by the Gallup Migrant Acceptance Index (0–9 scale: three questions on migrants living in the country, becoming neighbours, and marrying into the family; 2019 wave), cross-checked where available with the World Values Survey wave 7 / European Values Study 2017 question on whether people would not want immigrants or foreign workers as neighbours (a higher share = more hostile). Banding guide against the Gallup 0–9 score: ≥7.0 very-open, 5.5–7.0 open, 4.0–5.5 moderate, 2.5–4.0 reserved, below 2.5 low (the 2019 global average of 5.21 sits in 'moderate'). Country level only: no credible city-level survey of attitudes to foreigners exists, so on city pages the country reading is shown as country context. Gallup is a research source cited with attribution, not republished in bulk; the raw index score/year and any cross-check figure are carried inside each value. Value shape: { band, gallupMai?, gallupYear?, unwantedNeighborPct?, unwantedNeighborSource? }. Display-only: attitudinal, survey-based and ~2019 vintage, so it is shown as honest context and never folded into the composite score.
Datos de referencia—se vuelve a verificar cada 1825 días
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 23 ago 2017
- Verificado
- 15 jul 2026
- Notas
- Gallup MAI 7.44/9 (2016/2017 wave) — among the 20 most-accepting countries worldwide. Cross-check — World Values Survey wave 7 (via King’s College London’s cross-country analysis): 13% said they would not want immigrants or foreign workers as neighbours (mid-range for Western Europe). Band: very-open.
INE — Censo Anual de Población / Estadística Continua de Población, 1 Jan 2025
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2025
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- 6,911,971 foreign nationals of 49,128,297 residents = 14.1% (INE, 1 Jan 2025). Basis = foreign citizenship on the population register (padrón), which captures registered residents including most long-term migrants. 19.3% of residents are foreign-born (higher, includes naturalized citizens).
Mayores comunidades de los residentes extranjeros6.911.971 total
INE — Censo Anual de Población, foreign population by nationality, 1 Jan 2025
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2025
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- INE 1 Jan 2025 foreign-population-by-nationality counts; shares = count ÷ 6,911,971 total foreign nationals. Top 10 shown; the register covers many more nationalities.
- Notas
- Latin American (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Honduras, Ecuador) and Moroccan communities dominate, plus large Romanian and Italian EU groups. Ukrainians (177,929) include temporary-protection beneficiaries registered in the padrón.
01Morocco14%968.999
02Colombia9,8%676.534
03Romania8,8%609.270
04Italy5,5%377.809
05Venezuela5%345.777
06United Kingdom3,9%266.462
07China3,4%238.372
08Peru2,9%202.105
09Ukraine2,6%177.929
10Honduras2,1%148.585
Latin American (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Honduras, Ecuador) and Moroccan communities dominate, plus large Romanian and Italian EU groups. Ukrainians (177,929) include temporary-protection beneficiaries registered in the padrón.
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Cómo puedes quedarte
Cómo puedes entrar y quedarte legalmente. Se aplican en todo Spain.
Todos los requisitos y filtro por nacionalidad- 01International teleworking authorization (digital nomad visa)Visado de nómada digitalTodas salvo EU citizensingresos ≥ 2849 EUR/monthNon-EU national working remotely for companies outside Spain; work for Spanish-based firms may not exceed 20% of total professional activity1 año +→ vía a la residencia permanente
- 02Residence and work authorization — self-employment (cuenta propia)Permiso para autónomosTodas salvo EU citizensingresos ≥ 600 EUR/monthBusiness plan validated with a positive viability report from a recognized self-employed workers' association (ATA, UPTA, CIAE, etc.)1 año +→ vía a la residencia permanente
- 03Non-lucrative residence visa (passive income)Residencia temporalTodas salvo EU citizensingresos ≥ 28.800 EUR/yearProve passive income or sufficient savings ≥ 400% IPREM (pension, rents, dividends, savings) — NOT from working in Spain1 año +→ vía a la residencia permanente
- 04EU Blue Card (highly-qualified employment)Residencia temporalTodas salvo EU citizensingresos ≥ 33.000 EUR/yearBinding job offer / employment contract with a Spanish employer in a highly-qualified role3 años +→ vía a la residencia permanente
- 05EU/EEA citizens — registration of residencePrograma especialEU citizensNo visa or permit needed; full labour-market access and self-employment on the same terms as Spanish nationals10 años +→ vía a la residencia permanente
- 06Visa-free stay (Schengen 90/180)Estancia sin visadoUS citizens, UK citizens, Ukrainian citizensPassport of an EU visa-exempt (Annex II) country; for Ukraine and other Eastern Partnership states: biometric passports only3 meses
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Lo que pagarías en impuestos
Los regímenes fiscales entre los que puede elegir un autónomo. Las normas son nacionales: las mismas en todo Spain.
Regímenes completos y calculadora- 01Beckham regime — special impatriate tax (flat 24%)progressive on revenue: 24% up to 600,000, 47% above24.0%de carga con 60 000 €
- 02Autónomo — estimación directa simplificada (RETA + IRPF)fixed per month by annual profit: 205.88 up to 8,040; 226.47 up to 10,800; 267.65 up to 14,000; 299.56 up to 15,600; 302.65 up to 18,000; 302.65 up to 20,400; 360.29 up to 22,200; 380.88 up to 24,360; 401.47 up to 27,960; 427.21 up to 33,120; 452.94 up to 38,280; 478.68 up to 43,440; 504.41 up to 48,600; 545.59 up to 72,000; 607.35 above + 5% of profit32.1%de carga con 60 000 €
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Tus ingresos frente a los regímenes fiscales reales de Spain, con el mismo motor que la calculadora completa.
- 1 Beckham regime — special impatriate tax (flat 24%)45.600 EURneto/año24.0 % de carga
- 2 Autónomo — estimación directa simplificada (RETA + IRPF)40.767 EURneto/año32.1 % de carga
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¿Para quién es Valencia?
El mismo lugar se lee distinto según por qué te mudes. Cada perspectiva reúne los datos que más importan para ese plan, con sus fuentes y las contrapartidas dichas sin rodeos.
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Cost of living (single, excl. rent)$941/mo
INE — Encuesta de Presupuestos Familiares 2024 (household budget survey), rent stripped
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- INE EPF 2024 average household spending by COICOP group (total €34,044/hh). Housing group €11,029 reduced to utilities only (imputed rent €9,299 removed), leaving a non-rent basket of €24,746/hh. Divided by average household size 2.50 (€34,044 ÷ €13,626 per-person) → €9,905/person/yr = €825/mo; converted at EUR/USD 1.1399 (ECB 2026-07-02) → $941/mo. Cross-checked against Eurostat comparative price levels (Spain ≈ 92% of EU27; ≈ 1.28× Poland, whose figure is $753).
- Notas
- National per-capita non-rent basket. A person living alone typically spends somewhat more per head (fixed costs not shared) — this figure is the reproducible household-survey floor. City files (Madrid/Barcelona) run higher; Valencia/smaller cities lower.
Domestic delivery qualityGood
Correos official (network of delivery points, Citypaq lockers) + private carriers
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2025
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Correos ~13,000 attention/pickup points (2,380 offices + rural points + 2,115+ Citypaq lockers, plus new Punto Correos convenience points, end-2025); SEUR, MRW, GLS, DHL, UPS, Correos Express operate nationwide with tracking; 24–48h delivery standard in cities. Locker density lower than the most locker-dense EU markets, so classified 'good' rather than 'excellent'.
- Notas
- Reliable, tracked 1–3 day domestic delivery with a growing parcel-locker network (Citypaq); to-door and PUDO pickup both common.
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Freelancer tax burden28,4%
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Best realistically-eligible scheme for a solo IT freelancer = es-autonomo-estimacion-directa at €60,000 revenue with 10% (€6,000) expenses. RETA cuota tramo 14 (base 1,732.03 × 31.5%) = 6,547.08/yr; difícil-justificación 2,000 (notional); IRPF base 39,902.92 (after mínimo personal 5,550) → 10,465.58. Total levies 17,012.66 / 60,000 = 28.4%. The Beckham regime (flat 24%) is NOT open to ordinary freelancers, only to eligible employed/relocated impatriates — see es-beckham-impatriate.
Internet speed50 Mbps
M-Lab NDT country aggregates for Spain
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2023
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Median of 344 daily country medians, 9,298,577 tests (2023 — latest full year in M-Lab's public stats API; 2024 file is partial at 86 days with a similar 52.5 Mbps median).
- Notas
- M-Lab NDT is single-stream and reads well below Ookla-style figures — comparable only within this criterion. Spain has extensive FTTH coverage; real advertised fibre speeds are far higher than this test-based median.
English proficiencyModerate
EF EPI 2025 (Spain rank 36/123, score 540 — Moderate band)
Estudio
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 nov 2025
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Own band informed by EF EPI 2025 (attribution: EF Education First; Spain score 540, Moderate band, weakest in speaking 462). English is workable in tourist/hospitality zones and among younger urban professionals, but limited in government offices, healthcare, and everyday services outside big cities — a moderate rating for daily life.
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International schools14
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Count of distinct Valencia metro-area schools each verified against at least one listed accreditor (deduplicated). IB (ibo.org profiles): American School of Valencia (Puçol), Complejo Educativo Mas Camarena (Paterna), Colegio Camarena Valterna (Paterna), El Plantío International School (Paterna, also Cambridge), Colegio Internacional Ausiàs March (Picassent), Colegio CEU San Pablo Valencia, IALE International School, Shackleton International School (also Cambridge). Cambridge International: Caxton College (Puçol), Cambridge House British International School (Rocafort), British School of Valencia (official Cambridge exam centre). AEFE: Lycée Français International de Valence (Paterna). German Auslandsschulwesen/ZfA (German Abitur): Deutsche Schule Valencia. British College La Cañada (Paterna, British/Cambridge). = 14 distinct schools.
- Notas
- Verified FLOOR, not an exhaustive census: IB (ibo.org), AEFE (aefe.gouv.fr) and German ZfA registries were cross-checked; several Cambridge schools are confirmed but the Cambridge and CIS/COBIS registries are behind bot protection, so additional Cambridge/CIS members likely exist (British School of Valencia notes 8 'Cambridge Advantage Premium' centres in the Valencia region alone). Metro-area basis (Valencia city plus Paterna, Rocafort, Puçol, Picassent, Bétera, La Cañada). ±3 uncertainty.
Homicide rate0,72/100k
Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (ICCS 0101, per 100k)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Latest year 2024 = 0.72 per 100k (2023: 0.69; 2022: 0.69). Spain is among the safer EU countries for intentional homicide.
Private healthcare cost$821/yr
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 4 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Comprehensive Spanish private health policies (póliza de salud) include outpatient AND hospitalization/inpatient by default. For a healthy 35-year-old, full-cover plans run ≈ €45–52/mo with modest copays and ≈ €65–90/mo copay-free (Sanitas, Adeslas, DKV — 2026 published ranges). Comprehensive midpoint ≈ €60/mo ≈ €720/yr ≈ $821 at EUR/USD 1.1399 (range ≈ $615–$1,230/yr).
- Notas
- Residents in the contributory system have public healthcare (Sistema Nacional de Salud); private cover is optional and widely bought for speed/choice. Premiums are quoted on request and vary by province (Madrid/Barcelona highest) and copay structure, so this is a curated market midpoint on a comprehensive (outpatient+inpatient) basis, not a single public quote.
Air quality (PM2.5)12,4 µg/m³
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Mean of daily PM2.5 values for 2024 at the València-Vivers urban-background station (46250043), computed from the 12 official monthly CSVs of the GVA open dataset: 277 valid daily means across all 12 calendar months, mean = 12.44 µg/m³ (rounded 12.4). Vivers is the Valencia city urban-background station used by MITECO's national exposure index (IME). Corroborated by València-Avd. França (traffic, 46250047): 10.45 µg/m³ over 341 days; and the national IME 2022–2024 population-weighted mean of 11.5 µg/m³ (MITECO). Excluded València-Pista de Silla (5.97 µg/m³) as implausibly low for a traffic site (likely instrument/sizing difference).
- Notas
- Urban-background annual mean, 75.7% daily coverage (below the 90% EU-compliance threshold but above the 75% EEA minimum; all 12 months represented, so not seasonally biased). About 2.5× the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³), within the current EU limit (25) but above the 2030 EU limit (10). The EEA European city air quality viewer (the criterion's first-choice source) could not be queried directly (interactive tool, no static per-city export); this national-network computation is the transparent fallback.
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Crypto regulationLegal regulated
Fuente oficial
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 jul 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Holding/trading legal for individuals. Gains on disposal (to fiat OR crypto-to-crypto swaps, which ARE taxable, unlike Poland) are savings income (renta del ahorro) taxed 19–30% under IRPF; FIFO applies. EU MiCA fully applicable in Spain from 1 July 2026 (CASPs licensed/supervised by CNMV and Banco de España); DAC8 reporting from 2026. Buying with fiat is not a taxable event.
Financial control levelLow
Agencia Tributaria — límite de pagos en efectivo (Ley 11/2021); eurozone member, no capital controls
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Composite: eurozone member, euro fully convertible, no currency/capital controls (free EU capital movement). Cash-payment limit €1,000 per transaction when a party acts as business/professional (Ley 11/2021), €10,000 for non-resident private individuals. Standard EU CRS/DAC bank reporting and DAC8 for crypto; Modelo 720 declaration of foreign assets >€50,000 exists (informational). No exchange restrictions on personal funds; non-residents can open bank accounts (NIE required).
- Notas
- Modelo 720 foreign-asset reporting (>€50,000) is an information duty; EU Court struck down its disproportionate penalty regime in 2022, penalties since aligned to general rules. Overall personal money movement is free (low control) by the criterion's definition.
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Freelancer tax burden28,4%
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 1 ene 2026
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Best realistically-eligible scheme for a solo IT freelancer = es-autonomo-estimacion-directa at €60,000 revenue with 10% (€6,000) expenses. RETA cuota tramo 14 (base 1,732.03 × 31.5%) = 6,547.08/yr; difícil-justificación 2,000 (notional); IRPF base 39,902.92 (after mínimo personal 5,550) → 10,465.58. Total levies 17,012.66 / 60,000 = 28.4%. The Beckham regime (flat 24%) is NOT open to ordinary freelancers, only to eligible employed/relocated impatriates — see es-beckham-impatriate.
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Homicide rate0,72/100k
Eurostat — police-recorded intentional homicide (ICCS 0101, per 100k)
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Notas
- Latest year 2024 = 0.72 per 100k (2023: 0.69; 2022: 0.69). Spain is among the safer EU countries for intentional homicide.
Air quality (PM2.5)12,4 µg/m³
Datos abiertos
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Mean of daily PM2.5 values for 2024 at the València-Vivers urban-background station (46250043), computed from the 12 official monthly CSVs of the GVA open dataset: 277 valid daily means across all 12 calendar months, mean = 12.44 µg/m³ (rounded 12.4). Vivers is the Valencia city urban-background station used by MITECO's national exposure index (IME). Corroborated by València-Avd. França (traffic, 46250047): 10.45 µg/m³ over 341 days; and the national IME 2022–2024 population-weighted mean of 11.5 µg/m³ (MITECO). Excluded València-Pista de Silla (5.97 µg/m³) as implausibly low for a traffic site (likely instrument/sizing difference).
- Notas
- Urban-background annual mean, 75.7% daily coverage (below the 90% EU-compliance threshold but above the 75% EEA minimum; all 12 months represented, so not seasonally biased). About 2.5× the WHO 2021 guideline (5 µg/m³), within the current EU limit (25) but above the 2030 EU limit (10). The EEA European city air quality viewer (the criterion's first-choice source) could not be queried directly (interactive tool, no static per-city export); this national-network computation is the transparent fallback.
Climate comfort8/12 mo
SettleMetric computation over climate-normals (NOAA/WMO 1991–2020, Valencia/Aeropuerto 8284)
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2020
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- Months whose 1991–2020 normals have mean daily max 15–28°C and precipitation < 150 mm: Jan (16.7), Feb (17.5), Mar (19.7), Apr (21.7), May (25.0), Oct (24.8), Nov (20.0), Dec (17.1) = 8. Jun–Sep excluded (max 28.4–31.4°C).
Cost of living (single, excl. rent)$941/mo
INE — Encuesta de Presupuestos Familiares 2024 (household budget survey), rent stripped
Recopilado por SettleMetric
- Datos a fecha de
- 31 dic 2024
- Verificado
- 4 jul 2026
- Método
- INE EPF 2024 average household spending by COICOP group (total €34,044/hh). Housing group €11,029 reduced to utilities only (imputed rent €9,299 removed), leaving a non-rent basket of €24,746/hh. Divided by average household size 2.50 (€34,044 ÷ €13,626 per-person) → €9,905/person/yr = €825/mo; converted at EUR/USD 1.1399 (ECB 2026-07-02) → $941/mo. Cross-checked against Eurostat comparative price levels (Spain ≈ 92% of EU27; ≈ 1.28× Poland, whose figure is $753).
- Notas
- National per-capita non-rent basket. A person living alone typically spends somewhat more per head (fixed costs not shared) — this figure is the reproducible household-survey floor. City files (Madrid/Barcelona) run higher; Valencia/smaller cities lower.
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