Cádiz · Andalucía

Setenil de las Bodegas

The only village in this part of Andalusia where cave dwellings still exist.

2,637 residents~95 min to Marbella
Setenil de las Bodegas, Cádiz
Photo: Jialiang Gao www.peace-on-earth.org · CC BY-SA 2.5

Why people fall for Setenil de las Bodegas

Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.

Worth the trip

  • Cave-dwelling streets, Calles Cuevas del Sol and Cuevas de la Sombra
  • A 16th-century artesonado ceiling in the tourist office

Who Setenil de las Bodegas 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 Setenil de las Bodegas lands.

Good for

  • Heat-averse settlers 92nd percentile of 8,132 towns 48 km from the sea · a real food scene

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 0.3°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
Summer high (Jul–Aug)
29.4°C top 34% of 8,131 towns 0.8°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
Rainy days a year
71 days bottom 34% of 8,088 towns 3% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
Sunshine
no local data
Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
9 top 12% of 8,033 towns 47 below the Spanish average (56)

Cost & economy

Home price
no local data
Net income per person
€11,157 bottom 10% of 8,059 towns 23% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
Income growth ’18–’23
29.9% top 27% of 6,605 towns

Schools

Schools in town
4 top 15% of 7,042 towns
Nearest international school
45 km top 49% of 8,132 towns
PISA maths (region) regional estimate
457 #16 of 17 regions, −22 vs national 24 below the Spanish average (481)

Healthcare

Drive to a hospital
22 min top 26% of 8,132 towns
Nearest health centre
3.6 km top 15% of 7,025 towns
Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
173 days #17 of 17 regions, +70 days vs national 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)

Getting around

Drive to nearest airport
105 min bottom 22% of 8,132 towns
Fibre-to-home coverage
99% top 6% of 8,132 towns 20% above the Spanish average (79%)
100 Mbps+ coverage
100% top 11% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (83%)

Who lives here

Population
2,637
Born in Spain
95.5% 6.7% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
Born elsewhere in EU/UK
2.1% 1.7% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
U.S.-born residents
0.76 per 1,000
Nearest airport Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP) — 105 min drive · international hub: direct flights to 43 countries (incl. UK, Germany, US, Sweden)
Winter 8°C average — 0.3°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
Summer 29.4°C high — 0.8°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)

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.

10° 20° 30° 300 0 mm 11° 12° 14° 16° 21° 10° 25° 14° 29° 17° 30° 17° 25° 14° 20° 11° 14° 12° day high night low JFMAMJJASOND
day high → night low (°C) rain (mm/month, right axis) Measured at the GRAZALEMA station, 22 km away — the nearest with full 30-year normals.

How does Setenil de las Bodegas 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 Setenil de las Bodegas against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 95 min from Marbella, if that's your anchor.

Take the quiz — rank Setenil de las Bodegas for you →

Nearby towns

Other places we profile within easy reach.

The SpainScore Letter

Get the full data — all 8,132 Spanish towns, free.

Climate, cost, healthcare, and settlement data for every municipality we map — plus The SpainScore Letter, a monthly letter for people actually settling in Spain.

One monthly letter. The dataset download is on the next page. Unsubscribe anytime.

Not sure where to settle? Take the 3-minute quiz →