Sevilla · Andalucía
Sevilla
The Andalucian capital and jewel in the region's cultural crown — a luminous, romantic city whose unique blend of Moorish, Jewish, Christian and Romani influences infuses every detail.
Why people fall for Sevilla
Portrait drawn from Lonely Planet & The Rough Guide.
Old city sited along the east bank of the Guadalquivir.
On the table. A debonair nightlife spilling from tapas bars and bodegas throughout the city.
Worth the trip
- The Giralda tower, Catedral and Alcázar, the three great monuments standing side by side
- The Catedral, completed 1402-1506, the largest Gothic church in the world
- Barrio Santa Cruz, the medieval Jewish quarter, now the heart of tourist life
- Museo de Bellas Artes, second in importance in Spain only to the Prado
Fiestas
- Semana Santa (Holy Week)
- Feria de Abril, starting two weeks after Easter and lasting a week
A little history
Once-mighty civilisations, including the Romans, the Moors and the Reyes Católicos, have left indelible marks on Seville, layered across the urban space like rock strata.
Who it suits: Architecture and heritage travellers · Flamenco and tapas seekers
Who Sevilla 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 Sevilla lands.
Good for
- Retiring couples 93rd percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · a health centre close by
- American retirees 92nd percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · a health centre close by
- Remote-working couples 90th percentile of 8,132 towns 688,714 people · a hospital in town
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
- 12.8°C top 5% of 8,131 towns 5.1°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 36.3°C bottom 1% of 8,131 towns 6.1°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 50 days top 18% of 8,088 towns 27% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 8.5 h/day top 3% of 3,829 towns 17% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 4 top 2% of 8,033 towns 53 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €2,571/m² bottom 32% of 306 towns 16% more than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €14,979 top 41% of 8,059 towns 3% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 26.1% top 49% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 528 top 1% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 2 km top 1% 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
- 0 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 0.5 km top 1% 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
- 16 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 99% top 7% of 8,132 towns 20% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 8% of 8,132 towns 17% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 688,714
- Born in Spain
- 88.3% 0.5% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.4% 2.4% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.88 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 Sevilla 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 Sevilla against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 21 min from Alcalá de Guadaíra, if that's your anchor.
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