Málaga · Andalucía
Marbella
A favourite destination of the jet-set, synonymous with glamour — yet it retains an old quarter with white houses.
What Marbella is like
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
Worth the trip
- Luxury boutiques, health resorts and golf courses
- The Orange Square, a pleasant terrace spot in the old quarter
Who it suits: Jet-set travellers
The numbers
The decision data — each figure against the Spanish average. Regional overlays and estimates are labelled, and where there's no local reading we say so plainly.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 14.6°C 6.8°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 26.9°C 3.3°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 43 days 37% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 30 26 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €4,333/m² 96% more than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €13,384 8% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 35.5%
Schools
- Schools in town
- 88
- Nearest international school
- 4 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 24 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min
- Nearest health centre
- 0.4 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 173 days 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 48 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 97% 18% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 160,478
- Born in Spain
- 60.8% 28% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 10.2% 6.4% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 3.46 per 1,000
Numbers: SettleSpain town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma, Ministerio del Interior and the Catastro. National average = the unweighted mean across all 8,132 Spanish municipalities with data. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
How does Marbella 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 Marbella against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 25 min from Fuengirola, if that's your anchor.
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