Alicante/Alacant · Comunidad Valenciana
Dénia
A historic port town on an imposing peninsula, named for the goddess Diana — a beach-hopping base with UNESCO-recognised seafood and a real summer buzz.
Why people fall for Dénia
Portrait drawn from Lonely Planet.
At the foot of the Parc Natural del Montgó, on the Costa Blanca.
On the table. UNESCO-recognised gastronomy — restaurants work wonders with impossibly fresh seafood.
Worth the trip
- A Moorish-era castle, the Castillo de Dénia
- Beautiful, less-developed beaches and coves further south, some reachable via coastal paths
A little history
Named by the Romans after the goddess Diana, patroness of the wilderness and the moon.
Who it suits: Beach-and-sightseeing travellers · Foodies
Who Dénia 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 Dénia lands.
Good for
- Retiring couples 94th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · only 39 rainy days a year
- American retirees 91st percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · only 39 rainy days a year
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
- 12.5°C top 8% of 8,131 towns 4.7°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 31.3°C bottom 34% of 8,131 towns 1.1°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 39 days top 4% of 8,088 towns 44% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 110 bottom 15% of 8,033 towns 53 above the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €2,842/m² bottom 24% of 306 towns 29% more than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €12,954 bottom 29% of 8,059 towns 11% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 28.1% top 37% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 24 top 2% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 14 km top 12% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 473 #10 of 17 regions, −6 vs national 8 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- no local data
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 88 days #6 of 17 regions, −15 days vs national 18% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 84 min bottom 40% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 92% top 41% 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
- 47,568
- Born in Spain
- 63.5% 25.3% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 12.9% 9% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 3.78 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 Dénia 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 Dénia against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 42 min from Gandia, if that's your anchor.
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