Toledo · Castilla-La Mancha
Toledo
The 2000-year-old imperial city, Spain's capital until 1561 — a fortified 'City of Three Cultures' fusing Moorish, Christian and Jewish influences.
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Why people fall for Toledo
Portrait drawn from Lonely Planet, the Michelin Green Guide & The Rough Guide.
Atop a rocky embankment overlooking the Río Tajo.
Worth the trip
- The Catedral, the Museo del Greco and the Sinagoga del Tránsito
- The enchanting miniature mosque of Cristo de la Luz
- El Grecos on display throughout the city
A little history
First conquered by the Romans in 193 BCE, it successively became capital of the Visigothic kingdom, a stronghold of the Córdoba Emirate, and the seat of Charles V; in 1986 its historic centre became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Who it suits: El Greco pilgrims · History and architecture travellers
Who Toledo 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 Toledo lands.
Probably not for
- Heat-averse settlers 23rd 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
- 8.3°C top 35% of 8,131 towns 0.5°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 34.8°C bottom 9% of 8,131 towns 4.6°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 53 days top 24% of 8,088 towns 23% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 8.2 h/day top 5% of 3,829 towns 14% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 44 bottom 49% of 8,033 towns 12 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,966/m² top 48% of 306 towns 11% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €16,704 top 19% of 8,059 towns 15% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 21.2% bottom 23% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- no local data
- Nearest international school
- 5 km top 3% 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
- 38.3 km bottom 8% 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
- 67 min top 43% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 97% top 15% of 8,132 towns 19% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 9% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 87,074
- Born in Spain
- 84.2% 4.6% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.9% 1.9% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.16 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 Toledo 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 Toledo against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 36 min from Parla, if that's your anchor.
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