Spain
Spain is a large western European country spanning Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts and a dry interior, a major destination for remote workers and retirees. The figures below are screened, sourced, and dated. They are not advice.
Cost and climate
| Cost of living (price level index) | 91.6 verified source Eurostat, price level index for actual individual consumption (tec00120, EU27=100) Verified 2026-06-24 Spain price level index for actual individual consumption (EU27 = 100): 91.6 in 2025 (100 = EU average). |
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| Average January high | 10 °C low confidence, verify Madrid climate normals (AEMET 1991-2020, Retiro), via Wikipedia Verified 2026-06-24 Madrid, the capital, shown as representative for Spain: mean daily maximum 10.0 C in January (1991 to 2020 normals). |
| Average July high | 32.8 °C low confidence, verify Madrid climate normals (AEMET 1991-2020, Retiro), via Wikipedia Verified 2026-06-24 Madrid: mean daily maximum 32.8 C in July (1991 to 2020 normals). |
| Annual sunshine | 2744 hours low confidence, verify Madrid climate normals (AEMET), via Wikipedia Verified 2026-06-24 Madrid: about 2,744 mean annual sunshine hours. |
| Climate classification | Csa verified source GloH2O Koppen-Geiger climate classification (Beck et al. 2023) Verified 2026-06-24 Koppen-Geiger class Csa, hot-summer Mediterranean, across central Spain; coastal and northern areas differ. |
Residency and tax
These are published national rules reported from their source on the verified date. They are not advice and they change. Confirm your own position with a licensed professional and the official source.
| Digital nomad visa, minimum net income | 2763 EUR/month good source Spain Ministry of Foreign Affairs, telework (digital nomad) visa; floor is 200 percent of the SMI Verified 2026-06-24 Spain telework (digital nomad) visa: minimum income of 200 percent of the minimum interprofessional wage, about 2,763 euros per month in 2025. |
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| Golden visa / investor residency | Abolished on 3 April 2025 under Organic Law 1/2025. Investor residence permits tied to real estate investment over 500,000 euros no longer exist. verified source La Moncloa (Government of Spain press office), end of the golden visa Verified 2026-06-24 The government ends, on 3 April 2025, residence permits linked to real estate investment over 500,000 euros, known as the golden visa. |
| Top personal income tax rate | 47 % good source PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Spain, taxes on personal income Verified 2026-06-24 State top rate 47 percent on income above 300,000 euros; combined state and regional top rates typically range from 47 to 54 percent by autonomous community. |
| Special tax regime for movers | Beckham regime (Article 93 LIRPF): 24 percent flat on Spanish employment income up to 600,000 euros (47 percent above), for the arrival year plus five years. good source PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries, Spain, other issues Verified 2026-06-24 24 percent for the first 600,000 euros of taxable income and 47 percent on any excess; the regime applies in the year of the option and the following five years. |
Healthcare and safety
| Physicians per 1,000 people | 4.48 good source WHO Global Health Observatory, medical doctors per 10,000, via Wikipedia Verified 2026-06-24 Spain: 44.8 medical doctors per 10,000 (about 4.5 per 1,000), WHO 2021. |
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| Global Peace Index score (lower is safer) | 1.597 good source Institute for Economics and Peace, Global Peace Index 2024 Verified 2026-06-24 Spain 2024 Global Peace Index score 1.597 (rank 23 of 163). Lower is more peaceful. |
How to read this page
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