Girona · Cataluña
Figueres
Forever linked with its most famous son Salvador Dalí, whose genius still haunts the streets — one of the most dynamic tourist spots in Catalonia.
Why people fall for Figueres
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
In the Empordà hinterland, 21 miles west of Cadaqués.
Worth the trip
- Teatre-Museu Dalí, the former municipal theatre Dalí adapted himself in 1968, with a Mae West room and a glass geodesic dome
- Castell de Sant Ferran, a pentagon-shaped 18th-century fortress, one of the largest in Europe at 79 acres
- Museu del Joguet, one of Europe's most important toy museums
A little history
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989), born in Figueres to a wealthy family, became one of the world's most famous Surrealist painters.
Who it suits: Dalí/art pilgrims
Who Figueres 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 Figueres lands.
Good for
- Families with school-age kids 95th percentile of 8,132 towns 19 km from the sea · a hospital in town
- Remote-working couples 94th percentile of 8,132 towns 49,556 people · 19 km from the sea
- Budget-first coastal settlers 93rd percentile of 8,132 towns 49,556 people · 19 km from the sea
- Retiring couples 91st percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · a health centre close by
- American retirees 90th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · a health centre close by
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
- 10.2°C top 21% of 8,131 towns 2.4°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 31°C bottom 41% of 8,131 towns 0.8°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 59 days top 37% of 8,088 towns 15% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 73 bottom 31% of 8,033 towns 16 above the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,494/m² top 26% of 306 towns 32% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €12,566 bottom 24% of 8,059 towns 13% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 17.2% bottom 11% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 29 top 2% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 34 km top 37% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 469 #12 of 17 regions, −10 vs national 12 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 1.1 km top 4% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 142 days #16 of 17 regions, +39 days vs national 32% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 52 min top 26% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 98% top 10% of 8,132 towns 19% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 8% of 8,132 towns 17% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 49,556
- Born in Spain
- 62.9% 25.9% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.6% 0.2% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.5 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 Figueres 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 Figueres against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 43 min from Girona, if that's your anchor.
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