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Oviedo
The relatively wealthy Asturian capital, its bourgeois culture contrasting sharply with the working-class ethos of the region's other cities — home to three small ninth-century churches unique to Asturias.
Why people fall for Oviedo
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
Enclosed by scattered sections of medieval town walls, centring on the Catedral.
On the table. Excellent bars and restaurants, many aimed at the lively student population.
Worth the trip
- The Catedral's Cámara Santa, built by King Alfonso II to house relics rescued from Toledo
- Three small ninth-century churches unique to Asturias
- The Diocesan Museum's Gothic cloister
A little history
Oviedo became the centre of the isolated Asturian kingdom in 810, as the base for King Alfonso II, son of the victorious Pelayo.
Who it suits: History and architecture travellers
Who Oviedo 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 Oviedo lands.
Good for
- Families with school-age kids 99th percentile of 8,132 towns 27 km from the sea · a hospital in town
- Heat-averse settlers 98th percentile of 8,132 towns 27 km from the sea · mild 23.4°C summer highs
- Remote-working couples 97th percentile of 8,132 towns 223,576 people · a hospital in town
- Budget-first coastal settlers 93rd percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · 27 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
- 9.2°C top 29% of 8,131 towns 1.5°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 23.4°C top 5% of 8,131 towns 6.8°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 125 days bottom 5% of 8,088 towns 83% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 4.9 h/day bottom 3% of 3,829 towns 32% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 6 top 6% of 8,033 towns 50 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €2,082/m² bottom 48% of 306 towns 6% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €16,926 top 16% of 8,059 towns 17% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 19.5% bottom 16% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 92 top 1% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 1 km top 1% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 495 #2 of 17 regions, +16 vs national 14 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 1.2 km top 5% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 91 days #7 of 17 regions, −12 days vs national 16% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 52 min top 26% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 98% top 15% of 8,132 towns 19% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% top 19% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 223,576
- Born in Spain
- 83.7% 5.1% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.2% 1.7% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.77 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 Oviedo 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 Oviedo against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 24 min from Siero, if that's your anchor.
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