Centro-Casco Histórico
200.000 - 460.000 €Indicative guide pricesIt is priced above the municipal asking figure, and it is rising more slowly than the municipality over the year.
223.576
Population
13.3°C
Annual mean
9.7%
Foreign residents
€2,372
Avg €/m²
Updated 19 Sept 2026How we source our data →
Living in Oviedo
Oviedo is the capital of Asturias, where the province and the autonomous community are one and the same territory. How many people live there depends on which official operation you read. The annual census gives 223,576 at 1 January 2025, the municipal register gives 223,968 on the same date, and SADEI, the Asturian statistics office, gives 223,512 in its residente de referencia series and 224,565 six months later. Three operations, one reference date, and no factor converts one into another. We use the Censo anual figure throughout, because the foreign resident counts come from it.
Prices here are asking prices from the July 2026 report, not what anyone paid. Oviedo's municipal figure sits above the one Idealista publishes for the province of Asturias, so the idea that a northern capital must be cheap does not survive contact with its own region. That province figure also appears on our Gijon page: it is a single observation covering both cities rather than a description of what surrounds either one.
Two things that are easy to get wrong here. HUCA is Oviedo's reference hospital, under Area II, Centro-suroccidente, and it is not Gijon's. And the AEMET station behind our climate figures sits in the municipality of Oviedo itself.
The verdict
Honestly considered, both sides.
The upside is real. So is the downside. Both matter more than any brochure will admit.
The case for
A climate station inside the city itself
AEMET's normals come from station 1249I, at 336 metres, covering 1981 to 2010, and its printed municipality is Oviedo itself. We check where a station sits before quoting it, because the name on a station does not settle which municipality it is in.
A reference hospital settled by decree
Asturias replaced its eight health areas with three under Decreto 86/2025, published in the BOPA on 30 June 2025 and reported as in force from early 2026. Oviedo sits in Area II, Centro-suroccidente, with HUCA as its reference hospital.
Asking prices below the 2007 high
Idealista's July 2026 municipal asking figure sits below the highest it has recorded for Oviedo in this series, which it printed in September 2007. That index tracks advertised prices rather than completed sales.
Real range across the priced districts
Centro-Casco Historico carries the highest asking figure of the seven priced districts and La Manjoya-Parroquias Sur the lowest, with San Claudio-Trubia-Las Caldas next lowest. One municipality offers entry points at very different levels per square metre.
Two rail networks and a regional airport
Renfe runs a Cercanias Asturias nucleo covering the city, and the metre gauge network, called Renfe Cercanias AM since 2021, runs services in Asturias. Aeropuerto de Asturias, in the municipality of Castrillon, handled 2,051,342 passengers in 2025.
The case against
Two districts listed without a price
Idealista lists nine districts for Oviedo and prices seven of them. Corredoria-Huca-Teatinos and Parroquias Norte-Naranco appear in the selector with no figure, and the barrio tier below the districts is outside our scope for this batch.
Above the province figure, not below it
Oviedo's asking figure sits above the one Idealista publishes for the province of Asturias, so it is not the cheap corner of its own region. That province figure covers Gijon as well and describes neither city on its own.
Rain, fog and modest sunshine in the normals
The 1981 to 2010 normals for the Oviedo station show 960 mm of rain a year, 122.3 days with a millimetre or more of it, 97.6 foggy days and 1756 hours of sunshine. This is not a sun destination.
Population and origin figures need their labels
Three official population counts exist for 1 January 2025. Foreign residents also come two ways, 21,702 by nationality and 36,559 by country of birth, both INE's own published figures at that date. Quoted without its measure, either one misleads.
High speed at the station is unestablished
The Variante de Pajares was inaugurated on 30 November 2023, bringing high speed rail into Asturias. The source naming it names no Asturian station, and we could not establish from Renfe or Adif which stations those trains call at.
Editor's note
Where you might be better off elsewhere
What this page leaves out is worth listing. We publish nothing on cost of living, schools, crime, air quality, household size or housing stock, and nothing about buyers as distinct from residents. Every price is an asking price from the July 2026 report; no transaction or deed based figure appears on this page. Below the district tier we publish nothing at all, and SADEI's parish tier for Asturian councils exists but was not pulled.
Read Oviedo alongside the other northern cities rather than on its own. Gijon is the obvious pair, in the same province, sharing both the province price figure and the airport, though its reference hospital is Cabuenes and we could not establish AEMET normals for it at all, so we cannot tell you how its weather compares with this one. Santander gives you Cantabria's Area I and Valdecilla, with one district price that needs a hedge and a commuter line only partly reopened. Bilbao adds a metro and a tram, and Vigo has AVE service to Madrid. Read Oviedo for the city, and those four for the comparisons one page cannot make on its own.
Oviedo on the map
Lifestyle data
Climate
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Low 8.3°CHigh 19.1°C
- Annual mean
- 13.3°C
- Rain days
- 122.3/yr
station: Oviedo
Average 1981-2010 · AEMET
Property market
€2,372
/m²
+17.3% year on year
Updated 1 Sept 2026
Access
ASTURIAS AIRPORT
Asturias · OVD
Community
9.7%
Foreign residents
INE Annual Population Census, nationality basis, 1 January 2025
Oviedo neighborhoods
Where to live and what to expect at each price point.
Buenavista-Ería-Montecerrao
170.000 - 400.000 €Indicative guide pricesIt is priced close to the municipal asking figure, and it is moving in line with the municipality's pace over the year.
Ciudad Naranco-Vallobín-La Florida
170.000 - 390.000 €Indicative guide pricesIt is priced close to the municipal asking figure, and it is moving in line with the municipality's pace over the year.
San Lazaro-Otero-Villafría
160.000 - 360.000 €Indicative guide pricesIt is priced below the municipal asking figure.
Fozaneldi-Tenderina-Ventanielles
130.000 - 310.000 €Indicative guide pricesIt is priced below the municipal asking figure.
San Claudio-Trubia-Las Caldas
90.000 - 220.000 €Indicative guide pricesIt is rising faster than the municipality over the year.
La Manjoya-Parroquias Sur
80.000 - 180.000 €Indicative guide pricesIt is priced below the municipal asking figure, and it is rising more slowly than the municipality over the year.
Oviedo FAQ
Honest answers to the questions buyers actually ask.
Which hospital would I be referred to?+
HUCA. Asturias abolished its eight health areas and replaced them with three under Decreto 86/2025, published in the BOPA on 30 June 2025 and reported as in force from early 2026. Oviedo falls in Area II, Centro-suroccidente, whose reference hospital is HUCA. Read that as Oviedo's designation and not as Asturias's: Gijon sits in Area III, Oriente, and its reference hospital is Cabuenes. Any guide naming HUCA for the region as a whole, or using the old area numbers, is out of date.
What is the weather like in Oviedo?+
Wet, foggy and mild. AEMET's 1981 to 2010 normals for station 1249I, whose printed municipality is Oviedo, give an average annual temperature of 13.3 degrees, 960 mm of rain, 122.3 days with a millimetre or more of rain, 97.6 foggy days and 1756 hours of sunshine. The station sits at 336 metres and its printed municipality is Oviedo, so this is the city's own record rather than one borrowed from a station in another municipality.
Which population figure should I use?+
Name the operation and stay with it. At 1 January 2025 the annual census gives 223,576, the municipal register gives 223,968, and SADEI's residente de referencia series gives 223,512, with 224,565 at 1 July 2025. All are official, all share one reference date, and none converts into another. We use the Censo anual figure on this page, because that is the operation the foreign resident counts come from.
How many foreign residents live in Oviedo?+
Two answers, both from the annual census at 1 January 2025, because there are two measures. By nationality, 21,702 residents hold a foreign one. By country of birth, 36,559 were born outside Spain. Both are INE's own published figures rather than something we derived. They count different things, and the gap between them is wide, so treat any single number quoted without its measure with care.
Which are the largest foreign communities?+
Colombia leads on both measures. By country of birth the five largest groups are Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Cuba and Paraguay. By nationality they are Colombia, Venezuela, Romania, Paraguay and Morocco. Those are the five largest in each list rather than the full set of origins. The country rows are INE's own, but the tables they sit in publish no foreign total, so any total assembled from them would be ours and not INE's.
How good is the price data by area?+
Reasonable, with two holes. The July 2026 report lists nine districts for Oviedo and prices seven; Corredoria-Huca-Teatinos and Parroquias Norte-Naranco carry no figure. One warning on that first name: the Huca in it is a place label inside an Idealista district name, not the hospital. We do not publish the barrio tier below the districts, so a single figure still covers a lot of ground in each one.
Is Oviedo cheap by Asturian standards?+
No. Idealista's July 2026 asking figure for Oviedo sits above the one it publishes for the province of Asturias, so it is not a bargain measured against its own region. That province figure is also the one we show on our Gijon page: Asturias is a single province and a single autonomous community, and one observation covers both cities without describing either one's immediate surroundings. Every figure here is an asking price.
How is Oviedo connected?+
Renfe operates a Cercanias Asturias nucleo covering the city, and the metre gauge network is Renfe Cercanias AM, renamed from FEVE in 2021, though a transport authority's own page still prints Feve, which is not evidence the name is current. We obtained no operator published line list for either network anywhere in this batch, and Renfe's own Asturias map yielded no line codes. Aeropuerto de Asturias sits in the municipality of Castrillon, and Aena put it at 2,051,342 passengers and 15,783 aircraft movements across full-year 2025. Those are passenger movements rather than tourists.
What are the costs of buying property in Oviedo?+
When buying property in Oviedo, budget for property transfer tax (ITP) of 8% up to €300,000 (9% up to €500,000, 10% above that, applied to the full taxable value, not marginal bands) [Servicios Tributarios del Principado de Asturias: https://sede.tributasenasturias.es/sites/epstpa/default/es_ES/tributos/transmisiones-patrimoniales/guia-del-impuesto/modalidad-transmisiones-patrimoniales-onerosas], plus roughly 3-4% in notary, land registry and legal fees. Agency commission is usually paid by the seller. On the mainland and the Balearics, new builds pay VAT (IVA) of 10% plus AJD stamp duty instead of ITP. Transfer tax is set by Asturias rather than nationally, and reduced rates can apply for main homes and younger buyers.
What are the ongoing costs of owning property in Oviedo?+
Annual property ownership costs in Oviedo include IBI (property tax) of 0.4-1.1% of cadastral value, community fees (for apartments), rubbish collection tax (basura), utility bills, and property insurance. Budget approximately 2-4% of property value per year for all running costs. IBI is set by the town hall of Oviedo within a national band, so it is municipal rather than regional.
What taxes do I pay when selling property in Oviedo?+
When selling property in Oviedo, you pay capital gains tax (plusvalía) on the profit at rates of 19-26% depending on the gain amount. Non-residents have 3% of the sale price withheld at completion. You may also pay municipal capital gains tax. Main residence exemptions may apply for residents over 65. Capital gains tax is national, so it is the same in Asturias as anywhere in Spain. Plusvalia municipal is set by the town hall of Oviedo and has had two calculation methods since the 2021 reform, so ask your lawyer which one is cheaper for you.
Can I still get a Golden Visa by buying property in Spain?+
No. Spain withdrew the Golden Visa property investment route in April 2025, so buying in Oviedo no longer leads to residency. Non-EU buyers who want to live in Spain apply for a separate permit instead, most often the non-lucrative visa (proof of income and private health insurance) or the digital nomad visa (remote work for non-Spanish clients). Ask an immigration lawyer which route fits your situation before you buy.
Transfer tax rates as of August 2026. Rates are set per autonomous community and do change. Confirm the current figures with a Spanish lawyer or tax adviser before you budget.
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