Burgos · Castilla Y Leon
Santo Domingo de Silos
A small village defined entirely by its Benedictine abbey — one of Spain's greatest Christian monuments, famed for its Gregorian-chant choir.
Why people fall for Santo Domingo de Silos
Portrait drawn from Lonely Planet & The Rough Guide.
18km southeast of Covarrubias.
Worth the trip
- The Abadía de Santo Domingo de Silos, with a double-storey 11th-century Romanesque cloister carved with eight graphic reliefs
- A Mudéjar wood-beamed ceiling blending Arab and Christian craftsmanship
- The monks' Gregorian chant choir, considered one of the top three in the world
A little history
A Visigoth place of worship stood on the site before a Benedictine monastery was founded in the 12th century; the present neoclassical complex was completed in 1792.
Who it suits: Monastery/architecture pilgrims · Choral-music lovers
Who Santo Domingo de Silos 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 Santo Domingo de Silos lands.
Probably not for
- American retirees 6th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: mild winters
- Retiring couples 9th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: mild 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
- 4.7°C bottom 8% of 8,131 towns 3.1°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 28°C top 18% of 8,131 towns 2.2°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 85 days bottom 20% of 8,088 towns 24% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 6.3 h/day bottom 17% of 3,829 towns 13% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 95 bottom 22% of 8,033 towns 39 above the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €18,898 top 5% of 8,059 towns 30% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 34.1% top 12% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 0 bottom 46% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 46 km top 50% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 499 #1 of 17 regions, +20 vs national 18 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 47 min bottom 30% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 13.8 km bottom 25% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 87 days #5 of 17 regions, −16 days vs national 19% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 131 min bottom 9% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 0% bottom 7% of 8,132 towns 79% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 0% bottom 6% of 8,132 towns 83% below the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 251
- Born in Spain
- 88.1% 0.7% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 4% 0.2% 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 Santo Domingo de Silos 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 Santo Domingo de Silos against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 59 min from Burgos, if that's your anchor.
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