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Spain / Southern Europe

Alcorcón City Intelligence

Alcorcón is a satellite city in the Madrid metropolitan area in central Spain, with services, commuter-rail, and university activity inside a continental Mediterranean climate context. Alcorcón is a southern europe city of about ~0.17M in Spain. On the composite city-intelligence score, Alcorcón sits below the indexed median, with practical gaps to close (66/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~0.17M
View of Alcorcón, Spain

Image credit: Image: RICHTEA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

Overall score

Use the Alcorcón profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level metro context alongside Madrid and Toledo.

Overall66/100
Affordability69/100
Air quality65/100
Energy68/100

Overall city intelligence

Mixed

66/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Alcorcón data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Alcorcón city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score66/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living69/100Alcorcón's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality65/100Alcorcón's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy68/100Alcorcón's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety65/100Alcorcón's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed67/100Alcorcón's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk64/100Alcorcón's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience64/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety79/100
Low crime81/100
Personal safety81/100
Night safety76/100
Road safety77/100

Alcorcón is estimated to be a generally safe city (79/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life85/100
Healthcare86/100
Education84/100
Green space94/100
Cleanliness84/100
Infrastructure87/100
Mobility68/100

Alcorcón has a very high quality-of-life estimate (85/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness83/100
Education84/100
Green space94/100
Overall safety79/100

Alcorcón scores very high for family living (83/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability77/100
Walkability81/100
Cycling54/100
Infrastructure87/100

Alcorcón is high for remote workers (77/100), based on connectivity, affordability, walkability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability83/100
Healthcare86/100
Cleanliness84/100
Outdoor lifestyle68/100

Alcorcón is very high for retirement (83/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Alcorcón

Local public safety guidance for Alcorcón, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
Spain emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
European emergency11224/7112 reaches police, fire, and ambulance dispatch across the European Union from any phone, free of charge.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Alcorcón, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Spain emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Alcorcón

Healthcare context for Alcorcón, with national-level information from Spain where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Unverified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Alcorcón, see the Spain healthcare profile, which currently lists no verified national healthcare information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Alcorcón

Local mobility context for Alcorcón, with national-level context from Spain where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Unverified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Alcorcón, see the Spain transport profile, which currently lists no verified national transport information.

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Alcorcón. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Alcorcón

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Alcorcón will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Alcorcón air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Alcorcón modules

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Cost of Living in Alcorcón

Alcorcón's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Alcorcón

Alcorcón's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Alcorcón

Alcorcón's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Alcorcón

Alcorcón's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Alcorcón

Alcorcón's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Alcorcón

Alcorcón's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Alcorcón

Cost of living estimates for Alcorcón — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Alcorcón

Climate profile for Alcorcón — Mediterranean climate, annual average 16.6°C, comfort score 94/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Alcorcón

Economy and jobs profile for Alcorcón — tourism economy, economy score 64/100, key industries including tourism, hospitality, manufacturing. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Alcorcón

Education profile for Alcorcón — regional education center, education score 63/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Healthcare and retirement in Alcorcón

Healthcare and retirement profile for Alcorcón — healthcare access city, healthcare score 69/100, retirement score 77/100. Medical access, specialist and emergency care, affordability, and retirement suitability. Deterministic planning estimates.

Visual guide to Alcorcón

Source-attributed visual context for Alcorcón using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Alcorcón

Weekend trip planning checklist for Alcorcón — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Alcorcón

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Alcorcón

Estimate a monthly budget for Alcorcón using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Alcorcón

Plan a trip budget for Alcorcón using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Alcorcón

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Alcorcón. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

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Getafe, Spain

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Madrid, Spain

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Toledo, Spain

Mountain cluster · about 56 km from Alcorcón. Explore Toledo's city intelligence profile.

Segovia, Spain

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Valladolid, Spain

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Salamanca, Spain

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Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Alcorcón — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Alcorcón — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Alcorcón profile to compare cost framing, transport access, and country-level metro context alongside Madrid and Toledo. Its standout dimensions are cost of living (69/100) and energy (68/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (64/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Spain country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Alcorcón appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.