Granada · Andalucía
Alhama de Granada
Named 'al-Hamman' ('hot spring') by the Arabs for its thermal springs, retaining a pleasant Middle Eastern quarter.
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Why people fall for Alhama de Granada
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
37 miles west of Granada, above a cliff over the Río Alhama.
Worth the trip
- The Arab Bath at the Balneario Hotel thermal springs
- A viewpoint over the cliff of the Río Alhama
- The Church of the Encarnación's remarkable tower
A little history
Named 'al-Hamman' ('hot spring') by the Arabs due to its thermal springs.
Who it suits: Spa-seekers
Who Alhama de Granada is for — and who it isn't
Not our opinion: we ran the same scoring engine behind the quiz for six settler profiles across all 8,132 municipalities and read off where Alhama de Granada lands.
Alhama de Granada is mid-pack for all six profiles we score (between the 80th and 89th percentile) — a solid all-rounder, a standout for nobody. Your own priorities may read it differently: that's what the quiz is for.
The numbers
The decision data — each figure placed among all Spanish municipalities that report it ("top 10%" always means good, also where lower is better). Regional overlays and estimates are labelled, and where there's no local reading we say so plainly.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 13.8°C top 3% of 8,131 towns 6.1°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 29.6°C top 36% of 8,131 towns 0.6°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 41 days top 5% of 8,088 towns 40% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 4 top 4% of 8,033 towns 52 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €10,661 bottom 6% of 8,059 towns 26% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 32.1% top 18% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 7 top 9% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 39 km top 42% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 #16 of 17 regions, −22 vs national 24 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 46 min bottom 31% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 1.4 km top 6% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 173 days #17 of 17 regions, +70 days vs national 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 40 min top 15% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 76% bottom 25% of 8,132 towns 3% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 81% bottom 23% of 8,132 towns 2% below the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 5,547
- Born in Spain
- 81.8% 7% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.3% 1.6% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.72 per 1,000
Numbers: SpainScore town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma and the Catastro. Percentile chips count only the municipalities that report the figure — the "of n" says how many. Region-ranked figures (PISA, surgical waits) compare Spain's 17 comunidades autónomas. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
The year, month by month
AEMET 30-year climate normals — what a January or an August actually feels like, not the annual average.
How does Alhama de Granada fit you?
These are the town's numbers. Whether it's your town depends on what you're optimising for — winter sun or mild summers, a city or a village, short medical waits, an easy flight home. The 3-minute quiz scores Alhama de Granada against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 58 min from Vélez-Málaga, if that's your anchor.
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