Last checked 9 Nov 2026. Offers change often, so confirm the price on the outlet's own page before you pay.
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Spain
Borrow the day's paper on eBiblio Madrid
eBiblio Madrid lends the digital print edition of El País, its Madrid edition and Cinco Días as PDFs, with new issues each day. You need the carné único of the Comunidad de Madrid public libraries. A newspaper loan lasts 2 hours, and you can have up to 3 newspapers at once.
Borrow the day's paper on eBiblio Castilla-La Mancha
eBiblio Castilla-La Mancha also lends each day's El País as a PDF. You need a card from a library in the Castilla-La Mancha network; you can register at your nearest public library or through the regional government's electronic office. A newspaper loan lasts 2 hours, and copies are limited, so a day's issue can be out on loan.
Read El País by QR code in Madrid city libraries
Madrid's municipal libraries say you can read the digital edition of El País, and of ABC, by QR code in all their libraries. You need to be inside a library to use it.
El País at the University of the Basque Country library
The UPV/EHU library's July 2026 press catalogue lists El País through an online subscription, the MyNews press database (from 1996) and Kiosko y Más (from 2020) for reading in the library. It also lists ProQuest International Newsstream (from 2008) for remote use from the library catalogue, which normally needs a university login. Students at other Spanish universities should check their library's press page, as many offer MyNews.
Free articles and the free app
The El País app is free to download. Its App Store listing says that, as on the website, some content is for subscribers only and needs you to log in; the rest can be read without paying. We could not confirm how many free articles you get or whether registering adds more.
Basic or Premium in the iPhone or iPad app
The Spanish App Store lists these in-app subscriptions. Premium adds the digitised print edition of El País and its magazines, plus the business paper Cinco Días. The website shows its own prices and any first-month offers at checkout, which we could not read, so compare before you pay.
Buy one day's paper in Kiosko y Más
The Kiosko y Más press app sells single digital issues of El País, a copy of the printed paper, for €1.29 each. It also lists an El País subscription at €16.99, without saying how long it runs. This is cheaper than a subscription if you only want the odd day's paper.
United States
Basic or Premium in the app, US prices
The US App Store lists these in-app subscriptions. Premium adds the digitised print edition of El País, its magazines and Cinco Días.
Mexico
Basic or Premium in the app, Mexican prices
The Mexican App Store lists these in-app subscriptions in the store's local currency. Some content in the app is for subscribers only; the rest is free to read.
Colombia
Basic, weekly or Premium in the app, Colombian prices
The Colombian App Store lists these in-app subscriptions in the store's local currency. The weekly plan is a low-cost way to try it. Note that El País of Cali (elpais.com.co) is a different newspaper with its own subscriptions.
Argentina
Basic, weekly or Premium in the app, priced in US dollars
The Argentine App Store lists these in-app subscriptions in US dollars. The weekly plan is a low-cost way to try it.