Toledo · Castilla-La Mancha
Oropesa
A proud castle dating from 1366, part of it converted into a parador.
Why people fall for Oropesa
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
75 miles west of Toledo.
Worth the trip
- The 1366 castle, with 1402 additions now a parador
A little history
One of the counts of Oropesa, Francisco de Toledo, was Viceroy of Peru from 1569 to 1581.
Who it suits: Parador seekers
Who Oropesa 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 Oropesa lands.
Probably not for
- Heat-averse settlers 4th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: on/near the sea
- Families with school-age kids 20th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: on/near 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
- 8°C top 38% of 8,131 towns 0.2°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
- 54 days top 28% of 8,088 towns 21% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 44 bottom 49% of 8,033 towns 12 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €12,390 bottom 22% of 8,059 towns 15% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 25.5% bottom 47% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- no local data
- Nearest international school
- 87 km bottom 19% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 464 #14 of 17 regions, −15 vs national 17 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 33 min top 49% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 18.9 km bottom 14% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 92 days #8 of 17 regions, −11 days vs national 15% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 128 min bottom 10% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 92% top 39% of 8,132 towns 13% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 93% bottom 48% of 8,132 towns 9% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 2,582
- Born in Spain
- 92.6% 3.8% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.5% 2.4% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.55 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 Oropesa 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 Oropesa against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 33 min from Talavera de la Reina, if that's your anchor.
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