Granada · Andalucía
Órgiva
The lively 'capital' and market centre of the western Alpujarras, with a bustling Thursday market.
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Why people fall for Órgiva
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
11km east of Lanjarón.
Worth the trip
- An over-restored Mudéjar palace now housing the ayuntamiento
- The sixteenth-century church of Nuestra Señora de la Expectación
Who it suits: Alpujarras travellers needing a supply stop
Who Órgiva 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 Órgiva lands.
Good for
- Remote-working couples 91st percentile of 8,132 towns 18 km from the sea · 5,763 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
- 8.6°C top 32% of 8,131 towns 0.8°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 34.5°C bottom 11% of 8,131 towns 4.3°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 51 days top 19% of 8,088 towns 26% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 8.1 h/day top 11% of 3,829 towns 12% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 30 top 32% of 8,033 towns 26 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €10,513 bottom 4% of 8,059 towns 27% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 34.3% top 12% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 6 top 10% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 28 km top 30% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 #16 of 17 regions, −22 vs national 24 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 33 min top 48% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 4.8 km top 22% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 173 days #17 of 17 regions, +70 days vs national 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 60 min top 36% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 65% bottom 17% of 8,132 towns 14% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 93% top 49% of 8,132 towns 10% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 5,763
- Born in Spain
- 73.3% 15.5% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 18.6% 14.8% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 6.07 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 Órgiva 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 Órgiva against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 34 min from Motril, if that's your anchor.
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