Region · Spain
Living in the Balearics
the Balearics runs hot and dry: summer highs average 30.7°C over only about 57 rainy days a year, with plenty of sun. That suits sun-seekers, but summer water stress is worth watching (WEI+ 69 vs a national 56).
Overview
On the wallet: homes run about €3,698/m² (83% above the national average (€2,024/m²)); median net income is about €16,092 per person (13% above the national average (€14,279)).
Public healthcare here means a mean surgical wait around 105 days (about the national average (103 days)), with 22.4% of the surgical list waiting over six months — a real, published number, not a brochure claim.
We publish 5 of the Balearics's 67 municipalities in depth so far — the ones with a full guide portrait to sit alongside the numbers, weighted toward the warm-summer south and interior. Every figure below is shown against the national reference, gaps included.
The numbers for the Balearics
Region-level data, each figure against the national reference. Where a figure is a comunidad-autónoma reading rather than a town measurement, we say so under the card.
Climate
- Winter average
- 11.8°C 4.1 °C above the national average (7.8°C)
- Summer high
- 30.7°C 0.5 °C above the national average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 57 days 17% below the national average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 7.6 h/day 5% above the national average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+)
- 69 12 points above the national average (56)
Aggregated from the region's municipalities (AEMET/derived); summer water stress is a river-basin (WEI+) reading.
Schools
- PISA maths
- 471 8 points below the national average (479)
- PISA reading
- 472 6 points below the national average (478)
- PISA science
- 480 9 points below the national average (489)
PISA 2022, reported per comunidad autónoma (INEE). National reference = the mean across the 17 comunidades.
Healthcare
- Surgical wait
- 105 days about the national average (103 days)
- Waiting over 6 months
- 22.4% 5.8 pts above the national average (16.6%)
- Specialist consult wait
- 71 days 25% below the national average (95 days)
Public waiting lists, SISLE-SNS Dic 2025 (2025-12-31), per comunidad autónoma.
Cost & economy
- Median net income / person
- €16,092 13% above the national average (€14,279)
- Median home price
- €3,698/m² 83% above the national average (€2,024/m²)
Median across the region's municipalities (INE net income; Catastro-derived sale price).
Who lives here
- Born in Spain
- 74.9% 13.9 pts below the national average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 9.1% 5.3 pts above the national average (3.8%)
Share of residents by place of birth, averaged across the region's municipalities (INE).
Tax posture
- Wealth tax
- Real wealth-tax bills — the Balearic Islands levy Patrimonio with no blanket rebate.
Among the regions where a wealth-tax bill is a genuine cost, in contrast to Madrid/Andalucía/Galicia. Source: REAF Panorama de la Fiscalidad Autonómica y Foral 2025 (Consejo General de Economistas). General posture, not personal tax advice — thresholds and reliefs change and depend on your circumstances.
Town profiles in the Balearics
We profile 5 of the Balearics's 67 municipalities in depth — numbers plus an honest portrait. More as we cover them.
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