Lleida · Cataluña
Lleida
A rich-history inland Catalan city at the heart of a fertile plain — a Roman municipium, then centre of a small Arab kingdom, its splendid old Catedral alone justifies a visit.
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Why people fall for Lleida
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide & The Rough Guide.
At the heart of a fertile plain in inland Catalunya.
Worth the trip
- Seu Vella, the old Catedral enclosed within the ruined Castillo del Rey, with Gothic cloisters among the largest in the world
- Seu Nova, an austere 18th-century Neoclassical cathedral
A little history
First a municipium under the Roman Empire and later the centre of a small Arab kingdom, it was reconquered by the Catalans and became the seat of a bishopric in 1149.
Who it suits: University-town nightlife seekers · Architecture travellers
Who Lleida 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 Lleida lands.
Good for
- Remote-working couples 94th percentile of 8,132 towns low housing cost (~€1,428/m²) · 147,369 people
- Retiring couples 93rd percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · only 46 rainy days a year
- American retirees 93rd percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · only 46 rainy days a year
- Families with school-age kids 92nd percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · homes around €1,428/m²
- Budget-first coastal settlers 91st percentile of 8,132 towns homes around €1,428/m² · 147,369 people
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
- 7.3°C top 45% of 8,131 towns 0.4°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 33°C bottom 22% of 8,131 towns 2.8°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 46 days top 11% of 8,088 towns 33% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 7.7 h/day top 28% of 3,829 towns 6% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 20 top 18% of 8,033 towns 36 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,428/m² top 22% of 306 towns 35% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €15,062 top 39% of 8,059 towns 4% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 19.5% bottom 16% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 91 top 1% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 16 km top 16% 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
- 3.3 km top 14% 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
- 21 min top 3% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 97% top 16% of 8,132 towns 18% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% top 22% of 8,132 towns 15% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 147,369
- Born in Spain
- 72.2% 16.6% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.8% about the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.39 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 Lleida 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 Lleida against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 77 min from Huesca, if that's your anchor.
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