Region · Spain
Living in Extremadura
Extremadura runs hot and dry: summer highs average 34°C over only about 62 rainy days a year, with plenty of sun. That suits sun-seekers, but summer water stress is worth watching (WEI+ 65 vs a national 56).
Overview
On the wallet: homes run about €1,085/m² (46% below the national average (€2,024/m²)); median net income is about €11,293 per person (21% below the national average (€14,279)).
Public healthcare here means a mean surgical wait around 135 days (31% above the national average (103 days)), with 23.1% of the surgical list waiting over six months — a real, published number, not a brochure claim.
We publish 14 of Extremadura's 388 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 Extremadura
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
- 9.0°C 1.3 °C above the national average (7.8°C)
- Summer high
- 34.0°C 3.8 °C above the national average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 62 days 9% below the national average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 8.2 h/day 13% above the national average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+)
- 65 9 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
- 469 10 points below the national average (479)
- PISA reading
- 468 10 points below the national average (478)
- PISA science
- 479 10 points below the national average (489)
PISA 2022, reported per comunidad autónoma (INEE). National reference = the mean across the 17 comunidades.
Healthcare
- Surgical wait
- 135 days 31% above the national average (103 days)
- Waiting over 6 months
- 23.1% 6.5 pts above the national average (16.6%)
- Specialist consult wait
- 112 days 18% above the national average (95 days)
Public waiting lists, SISLE-SNS Dic 2025 (2025-12-31), per comunidad autónoma.
Cost & economy
- Median net income / person
- €11,293 21% below the national average (€14,279)
- Median home price
- €1,085/m² 46% below 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
- 95.4% 6.6 pts above the national average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.8% 2.1 pts below the national average (3.8%)
Share of residents by place of birth, averaged across the region's municipalities (INE).
Town profiles in Extremadura
We profile 14 of Extremadura's 388 municipalities in depth — numbers plus an honest portrait. More as we cover them.
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