Guadalajara · Castilla-La Mancha
Sigüenza
A sleepy little town with a beautiful Catedral, seemingly untouched by contemporary life — though it was on the Civil War's Nationalist front line and paid a heavy toll.
Why people fall for Sigüenza
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
120km northeast of Madrid.
Worth the trip
- A fascinating array of historic mansions and churches
- A pencil-thin Catedral bell tower, still pockmarked by bullets and shrapnel
A little history
Taken by Franco's troops in 1936, the town was on the Nationalist front line for most of the Civil War, and its people and buildings paid a heavy toll.
Who it suits: History travellers
Who Sigüenza 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 Sigüenza lands.
Probably not for
- Retiring couples 2nd percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: close to a hospital
- American retirees 10th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: close to a hospital
- Heat-averse settlers 11th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: on/near the sea
- Budget-first coastal settlers 15th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: on/near the sea
- Families with school-age kids 20th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: on/near the sea
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
- 5.9°C bottom 32% of 8,131 towns 1.9°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 31°C bottom 41% of 8,131 towns 0.8°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 79 days bottom 27% of 8,088 towns 15% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 117 bottom 10% of 8,033 towns 60 above the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €14,099 bottom 47% of 8,059 towns 3% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 23.4% bottom 35% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- no local data
- Nearest international school
- 75 km bottom 25% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 464 #14 of 17 regions, −15 vs national 17 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 66 min bottom 11% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 34 km bottom 9% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 92 days #8 of 17 regions, −11 days vs national 15% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 100 min bottom 25% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 74% bottom 23% of 8,132 towns 5% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 82% bottom 24% of 8,132 towns 2% below the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 4,898
- Born in Spain
- 72.7% 16.1% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 4% 0.2% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.82 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 Sigüenza 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 Sigüenza against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 68 min from Guadalajara, if that's your anchor.
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