Cádiz · Andalucía
Arcos de la Frontera
A White Town perched on a rocky spur that invites a journey back in time — Michelin rates it worth a detour (2 stars).
Why people fall for Arcos de la Frontera
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
Coming from Jerez, one is struck by the beauty of the place.
Worth the trip
- The Church of Santa María de la Asunción, built around 1530 on the site of the former great mosque, with a Plateresque facade and a 17th-century retable of the Assumption
- Plaza del Cabildo, with the town hall, parador and castle, and a terrace view over the valley
Who it suits: White-towns road-trippers
Who Arcos de la Frontera 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 Arcos de la Frontera lands.
Good for
- Remote-working couples 96th percentile of 8,132 towns low housing cost (~€1,263/m²) · 31,281 people
- Budget-first coastal settlers 95th percentile of 8,132 towns homes around €1,263/m² · 31,281 people
- Families with school-age kids 92nd percentile of 8,132 towns homes around €1,263/m² · 31,281 people
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
- 12.4°C top 8% of 8,131 towns 4.6°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 34.2°C bottom 13% of 8,131 towns 4°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 53 days top 23% of 8,088 towns 23% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 8.4 h/day top 4% of 3,829 towns 15% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 9 top 12% of 8,033 towns 47 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,263/m² top 18% of 306 towns 43% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €10,607 bottom 5% of 8,059 towns 27% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 33% top 15% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 24 top 2% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 33 km top 35% 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
- 36 min bottom 47% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 3.8 km top 16% 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
- 34 min top 10% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 89% bottom 49% of 8,132 towns 10% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 97% top 34% of 8,132 towns 13% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 31,281
- Born in Spain
- 95.6% 6.8% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.7% 2.2% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.67 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 Arcos de la Frontera 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 Arcos de la Frontera against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 44 min from Jerez de la Frontera, if that's your anchor.
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