Toledo · Castilla-La Mancha
Talavera de la Reina
A town retaining part of its medieval walls, whose name is primarily associated with distinctive blue-and-yellow ceramic azulejo tiles.
Why people fall for Talavera de la Reina
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
50 miles west of Toledo.
Worth the trip
- The Basílica of the Virgen del Prado, showing the evolution of azulejo tile styles from the 14th to 18th centuries
Who it suits: Ceramics/craft enthusiasts
Who Talavera de la Reina 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 Talavera de la Reina lands.
Probably not for
- Heat-averse settlers 21st 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
- 8°C top 38% of 8,131 towns 0.2°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 34.9°C bottom 7% of 8,131 towns 4.7°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 54 days top 28% of 8,088 towns 21% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 44 bottom 49% of 8,033 towns 12 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,248/m² top 17% of 306 towns 43% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €11,820 bottom 16% of 8,059 towns 18% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 24.6% bottom 41% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- no local data
- Nearest international school
- 65 km bottom 32% 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
- 0 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 28.9 km bottom 10% 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
- 103 min bottom 23% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 97% top 19% of 8,132 towns 18% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 1% of 8,132 towns 17% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 84,413
- Born in Spain
- 84.7% 4.1% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.6% 1.2% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.62 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 Talavera de la Reina 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 Talavera de la Reina against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 64 min from Toledo, if that's your anchor.
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