Castellón/Castelló · Comunidad Valenciana
Sant Mateu
The historical capital of the Maestrazgo, its wool-trade wealth still visible in its arcaded Plaza Mayor and Gothic palaces.
Why people fall for Sant Mateu
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
25 miles northwest of Sant Mateu's regional area, in the Maestrazgo.
Worth the trip
- Beautiful Gothic palaces from the 15th century on Calle Historiador Betí
- The Iglesia Archipresbyterale, one of the most remarkable Gothic sanctuaries in the region
A little history
Fell under the military rule of Montesa in 1319, when the leaders of the knights established their residence there, bringing a period of great wealth from the wool trade.
Who Sant Mateu 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 Sant Mateu lands.
Good for
- Retiring couples 90th percentile of 8,132 towns only 39 rainy days a year · 11.2°C average winters
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
- 11.2°C top 15% of 8,131 towns 3.4°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 31°C bottom 38% of 8,131 towns 0.8°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 39 days top 4% of 8,088 towns 43% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 115 bottom 14% of 8,033 towns 59 above the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €13,535 bottom 38% of 8,059 towns 7% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 23.5% bottom 35% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 3 top 19% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 54 km bottom 41% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 473 #10 of 17 regions, −6 vs national 8 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 37 min bottom 45% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- no local data
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 88 days #6 of 17 regions, −15 days vs national 18% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 41 min top 15% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 78% bottom 27% of 8,132 towns 1% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 87% bottom 31% of 8,132 towns 3% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 2,010
- Born in Spain
- 79.4% 9.4% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 9.2% 5.4% above 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 Sant Mateu 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 Sant Mateu against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 58 min from Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana, if that's your anchor.
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