Balears, Illes · Baleares
Maó
Menorca's compact island capital and the eighteenth-century birthplace of mayonnaise — its charm is wandering the alleyways, not any one sight.
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Why people fall for Maó
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
Perched high above the largest natural harbour in the Mediterranean.
On the table. Birthplace of mayonnaise (mahonesa) in the eighteenth century.
Worth the trip
- A fish market in operation since 1927 on Pl. Espanya
- The harbourside strip of restaurants and cafés
- Georgian townhouses reflecting a strong British colonial connection
Who it suits: Short city stays (walkable in a day)
Who Maó 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 Maó lands.
Good for
- Families with school-age kids 96th percentile of 8,132 towns 7 km from the sea · 30,986 people
- Remote-working couples 96th percentile of 8,132 towns 7 km from the sea · 30,986 people
- Budget-first coastal settlers 95th percentile of 8,132 towns 7 km from the sea · 30,986 people
- Retiring couples 94th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · 12.3°C average winters
- American retirees 94th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · 12.3°C average winters
- Heat-averse settlers 93rd percentile of 8,132 towns 7 km from the sea · a hospital in town
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
- 12.3°C top 9% of 8,131 towns 4.5°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 29.5°C top 35% of 8,131 towns 0.7°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 62 days top 47% of 8,088 towns 9% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 7.3 h/day bottom 45% of 3,829 towns about the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+)
- no local data
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €2,812/m² bottom 25% of 306 towns 27% more than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €16,314 top 23% of 8,059 towns 13% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 25.6% bottom 47% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- no local data
- Nearest international school
- 104 km bottom 11% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 471 #11 of 17 regions, −8 vs national 10 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
- 105 days #11 of 17 regions, +2 days vs national 3% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 15 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 87% bottom 43% of 8,132 towns 9% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 97% top 36% of 8,132 towns 13% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 30,986
- Born in Spain
- 74.4% 14.4% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.8% 0.1% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.81 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 Maó 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 Maó against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities.
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