Zaragoza · Aragon
Sos del Rey Católico
Derives its name from Fernando II, El Rey Católico, born here in 1452 — narrow cobbled streets packed with marvellously grand mansions.
Why people fall for Sos del Rey Católico
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
120km from Zaragoza.
Worth the trip
- The Casa Palacio de Sada, Fernando's reputed birthplace, with exhibits on the Aragonese monarchy
- The Romanesque Church of San Esteban, with beautifully preserved fourteenth-century frescoes
- The ruined Castillo de la Peña Felizana, with magnificent views
A little history
Fernando II, El Rey Católico, was born here in 1452, as powerful a local-boy-made-good as any Aragonese town could hope for.
Who it suits: Royal-history travellers · Parador seekers
Who Sos del Rey Católico 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 Sos del Rey Católico lands.
Sos del Rey Católico is mid-pack for all six profiles we score (between the 34th and 78th percentile) — a solid all-rounder, a standout for nobody. Your own priorities may read it differently: that's what the quiz is for.
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
- 6.8°C bottom 45% of 8,131 towns 1°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 28.9°C top 32% of 8,131 towns 1.3°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 93 days bottom 14% of 8,088 towns 35% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 6.2 h/day bottom 11% of 3,829 towns 15% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 32 top 35% of 8,033 towns 24 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €16,550 top 20% of 8,059 towns 14% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 27.1% top 43% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 1 top 39% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 52 km bottom 44% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 487 #7 of 17 regions, +8 vs national 6 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 33 min top 47% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 3.9 km top 17% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 132 days #13 of 17 regions, +29 days vs national 22% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 55 min top 30% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 73% bottom 22% of 8,132 towns 6% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 78% bottom 20% of 8,132 towns 5% below the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 582
- Born in Spain
- 82% 6.8% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.9% 0.9% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.72 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 Sos del Rey Católico 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 Sos del Rey Católico against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 57 min from Pamplona/Iruña, if that's your anchor.
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