Murcia · Murcia
Mazarrón
One of the region's main resorts, mainly attracting Spanish families, along a scenic and largely undeveloped stretch of coast.
Why people fall for Mazarrón
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
South of Cartagena.
Worth the trip
- Fine coves along the arid, serrated coastline
- Playa Poniente, a well-maintained south-facing beach at Águilas with a view to the castle
Who it suits: Spanish family holidaymakers
Who Mazarrón 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 Mazarrón lands.
Good for
- Retiring couples 98th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · only 35 rainy days a year
- American retirees 96th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · only 35 rainy days a year
- Remote-working couples 93rd percentile of 8,132 towns 35,642 people · 23 km from the sea
- Budget-first coastal settlers 91st percentile of 8,132 towns 35,642 people · 23 km from the sea
- Families with school-age kids 90th percentile of 8,132 towns 23 km from the sea · 35,642 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
- 11.7°C top 14% of 8,131 towns 4°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 34.9°C bottom 7% of 8,131 towns 4.7°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 35 days top 3% of 8,088 towns 49% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 259 bottom 1% of 8,033 towns 203 above the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,611/m² top 33% of 306 towns 27% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €10,468 bottom 4% of 8,059 towns 28% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 28% top 38% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 15 top 4% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 23 km top 24% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 463 #15 of 17 regions, −16 vs national 18 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 4.3 km top 19% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 103 days #10 of 17 regions, at the national mark 4% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 44 min top 19% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 99% top 5% of 8,132 towns 20% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% top 16% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 35,642
- Born in Spain
- 59.1% 29.7% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 18.2% 14.4% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.79 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 Mazarrón 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 Mazarrón against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 36 min from Cartagena, if that's your anchor.
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