Zaragoza · Aragon
Daroca
A charming old town set within an impressive, largely ruined run of walls that includes no fewer than 114 towers.
Why people fall for Daroca
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
38km southeast of Calatayud.
Worth the trip
- The original town gates, Puerta Alta and Puerta Baja, linked by C/Mayor
- The Renaissance Basilica de Santa María, with a small museum of religious artefacts
Who it suits: Medieval-wall enthusiasts
Who Daroca 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 Daroca lands.
Daroca is mid-pack for all six profiles we score (between the 33rd and 66th 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
- 6.1°C bottom 35% of 8,131 towns 1.6°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 31.2°C bottom 34% of 8,131 towns 1°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 63 days top 50% of 8,088 towns 8% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 7.2 h/day bottom 33% of 3,829 towns about the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 51 bottom 43% of 8,033 towns 6 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €14,169 bottom 48% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 16.6% bottom 9% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 3 top 19% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 114 km bottom 8% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 487 #7 of 17 regions, +8 vs national 6 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 41 min bottom 38% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 0.4 km top 1% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 132 days #13 of 17 regions, +29 days vs national 22% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 86 min bottom 38% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 92% top 39% of 8,132 towns 13% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 97% top 33% of 8,132 towns 14% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 1,900
- Born in Spain
- 78.2% 10.6% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 7.2% 3.3% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.58 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 Daroca 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 Daroca against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 70 min from Teruel, if that's your anchor.
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