Tarragona · Cataluña
Montblanc
A walled medieval town, surprisingly beautiful to discover in the middle of nowhere, where St George is said to have slain the dragon.
Why people fall for Montblanc
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
8km before the turning to the Poblet monastery.
Worth the trip
- The Torre-portal de Bové, the medieval gateway
- Santa Maria la Major, a grand Gothic parish church with an elaborate lion-faced facade
Fiestas
- A fiesta on April 23 commemorating St George slaying the dragon
Who it suits: Medieval-architecture travellers
Who Montblanc 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 Montblanc lands.
Good for
- American retirees 99th percentile of 8,132 towns 13 min to a hospital · a health centre close by
- Retiring couples 96th percentile of 8,132 towns 13 min to a hospital · a health centre close by
- Remote-working couples 94th percentile of 8,132 towns 7,568 people · 28 km from the sea
- Families with school-age kids 93rd percentile of 8,132 towns 28 km from the sea · 13 min to a hospital
- Budget-first coastal settlers 91st percentile of 8,132 towns 7,568 people · 28 km from the sea
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°C top 12% of 8,131 towns 4.2°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 29.7°C top 42% of 8,131 towns 0.5°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 50 days top 17% of 8,088 towns 27% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 7.6 h/day top 37% of 3,829 towns 5% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 73 bottom 31% of 8,033 towns 16 above the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €16,054 top 25% of 8,059 towns 11% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 21.3% bottom 23% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 4 top 15% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 23 km top 23% 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
- 13 min top 10% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 1.7 km top 7% 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
- 36 min top 11% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 90% top 47% of 8,132 towns 12% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 91% bottom 41% of 8,132 towns 7% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 7,568
- Born in Spain
- 83.1% 5.7% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.8% about the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.53 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 Montblanc 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 Montblanc against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 29 min from Reus, if that's your anchor.
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