Navarra · C. Foral De Navarra
Javier
A place of pilgrimage in its own right — St Francis Xavier, patron saint of Navarra, was born in its redoubtable castle in 1506.
Why people fall for Javier
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
5km south of Yesa.
Worth the trip
- Castillo de Javier, an absorbing museum dedicated to the saint's life, in a castle originally built as a Moorish stronghold in the ninth century
A little history
St Francis Xavier, the Jesuit missionary and patron saint of Navarra, was born here in 1506, travelled all over the Far East, and died in China in 1552.
Who it suits: Religious pilgrims
Who Javier 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 Javier lands.
Probably not for
- Retiring couples 12th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: few rainy days a year
- American retirees 17th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: few 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
- 6.8°C bottom 45% of 8,131 towns 1°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 28.9°C top 32% of 8,131 towns 1.3°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 93 days bottom 14% of 8,088 towns 35% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 6.2 h/day bottom 11% of 3,829 towns 15% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 32 top 35% of 8,033 towns 24 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €20,323 top 2% of 8,059 towns 40% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- no local data
Schools
- Schools in town
- 0 bottom 46% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 45 km top 50% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 492 #6 of 17 regions, +13 vs national 11 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 46 min bottom 31% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 6.1 km top 30% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 96 days #9 of 17 regions, −7 days vs national 11% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 45 min top 20% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 80% bottom 28% of 8,132 towns 1% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 80% bottom 21% of 8,132 towns 4% below the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 103
- Born in Spain
- 80.6% 8.2% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.9% 0.1% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0 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 Javier 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 Javier against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 47 min from Pamplona/Iruña, if that's your anchor.
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