Navarra · C. Foral De Navarra
Roncal
The nicest place to get your bearings in what is arguably the prettiest valley in the Navarran Pyrenees.
Why people fall for Roncal
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
6km south of Isaba, along the NA137.
Worth the trip
- Villages and meadows, wild flowers and trees, best in spring or autumn
Who it suits: Valley travellers avoiding peak summer
Who Roncal 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 Roncal lands.
Probably not for
- Retiring couples 8th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: close to a hospital
- American retirees 8th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: close to a hospital
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
- 5°C bottom 16% of 8,131 towns 2.8°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 28.5°C top 24% of 8,131 towns 1.7°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 99 days bottom 11% of 8,088 towns 45% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 32 top 35% of 8,033 towns 24 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €16,451 top 22% of 8,059 towns 13% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- no local data
Schools
- Schools in town
- 4 top 15% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 55 km bottom 40% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 492 #6 of 17 regions, +13 vs national 11 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 67 min bottom 11% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 6.5 km top 33% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 96 days #9 of 17 regions, −7 days vs national 11% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 74 min bottom 49% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 92% top 40% of 8,132 towns 13% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 92% bottom 46% of 8,132 towns 9% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 208
- Born in Spain
- 83.7% 5.1% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.9% 1.9% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0 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 Roncal 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 Roncal against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 77 min from Pamplona/Iruña, if that's your anchor.
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