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Aranjuez
A little green oasis at the confluence of the Tajo and Jarama rivers, where 18th-century Bourbon rulers built a spring and autumn retreat, its beauty inspiring the famous Concierto de Aranjuez.
Why people fall for Aranjuez
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide & The Rough Guide.
At the confluence of the Tajo and Jarama rivers, on the southern edge of Madrid province.
On the table. Famed for its summer strawberries, served with cream (fresas con nata) at roadside stalls, and asparagus.
Worth the trip
- Lavish palaces and luxuriant gardens that inspired Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez
Who it suits: Day-trippers from Madrid · Music/garden lovers
Who Aranjuez 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 Aranjuez lands.
Good for
- American retirees 94th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · direct flights to new york
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
- 8.3°C top 35% of 8,131 towns 0.5°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 34.8°C bottom 9% of 8,131 towns 4.6°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 53 days top 24% of 8,088 towns 23% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 8.2 h/day top 5% of 3,829 towns 14% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 38 top 48% of 8,033 towns 18 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €2,151/m² bottom 45% of 306 towns 3% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €14,173 bottom 48% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 22.8% bottom 31% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 24 top 2% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 2 km top 1% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 494 #4 of 17 regions, +15 vs national 13 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 6.6 km top 34% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 50 days #1 of 17 regions, −53 days vs national 54% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 57 min top 32% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 99% top 7% of 8,132 towns 20% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 9% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 63,838
- Born in Spain
- 77.5% 11.3% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.7% 0.1% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.85 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 Aranjuez 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 Aranjuez against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 24 min from Valdemoro, if that's your anchor.
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