Benreis · CC BY-SA 3.0Coastal town
Níjar is a Spanish municipality in the province of Almería, Andalusia. It lies in the eastern part of Almería, in the Sierra de Alhamilla and the south-eastern Mediterranean coast, in the Campo de Níjar, near the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park.
Níjar covers an area of 599.8 square kilometres. Its population of 17,824 (2002) is mainly concentrated in the cities of Campohermoso, San Isidro, and Níjar.
The main sources of income are agriculture, especially in the growing of greenhouse crops, and tourism, especially the watersports centre of San José.
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Data from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), extract from October 2026: we count what is mapped within the municipal boundary. "No data" means OpenStreetMap doesn't have it, not that it doesn't exist. Completed with Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0): the pharmacies, health centres, petrol stations, banks, cash machines, food shops and schools that OpenStreetMap was missing. Connectivity: Spanish Ministry for Digital Transformation, % of homes covered in June 2025.
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Official figures, each with its source, its year and whether it refers to the village or the province. They are medians and averages: your case may differ.
| Renting a flat (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Níjar · 499 leases | €399/month |
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| Renting a house (median)MIVAU, rent indices · 2024 · figure for Níjar | €367/month |
| Buying a home (appraised value)MIVAU, appraised value of private housing · Q2 2026 · figure for Níjar | €1,329/m² |
| Average net household incomeINE, Income Distribution Atlas · 2023 · figure for Níjar | €27,125/year |
| Petrol 95Ministry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 12 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.756/litre |
| DieselMinistry, fuel prices · 15 October 2026 · average of 12 petrol stations within 10 km | €1.908/litre |
Sources: State Housing Rent Index System and appraised housing value (Spanish Ministry of Housing and Urban Agenda); Household Income Distribution Atlas (INE); fuel prices (Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition). Open data, reusable with attribution. The set lunch menu and coffee aren't shown: there are no public statistics on those prices by village or by province.
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