Zamora · Castilla Y Leon
Toro
An ancient, eroded, red-walled town spread along the top of a huge flat boulder, its Battle of Toro (1476) laying the basis for the unification of Spain.
Why people fall for Toro
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
30km east of Zamora.
On the table. Increasingly well known for its gutsy red wines; a Plaza Mayor lined with tapas bars and restaurants.
Worth the trip
- The Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor, its west portal (c.1240) one of the most beautiful examples of Romanesque art in the region
- The Virgin of the Fly, a notable fifteenth-century painting in the sacristy
A little history
The Battle of Toro in 1476 effectively ended Portugal's interest in Spanish affairs and laid the basis for the unification of Spain, when the Reyes Católicos defeated their rivals.
Who it suits: Wine tourists · History travellers
Who Toro 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 Toro lands.
Toro is mid-pack for all six profiles we score (between the 29th and 64th 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
- 6.3°C bottom 39% of 8,131 towns 1.4°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30.8°C bottom 44% of 8,131 towns 0.6°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 65 days bottom 45% of 8,088 towns 5% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 7 h/day bottom 28% of 3,829 towns 3% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 60 bottom 41% of 8,033 towns 3 above the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €13,082 bottom 31% of 8,059 towns 10% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 28% top 38% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 8 top 8% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 96 km bottom 14% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 499 #1 of 17 regions, +20 vs national 18 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 50 min bottom 27% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 6.7 km top 34% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 87 days #5 of 17 regions, −16 days vs national 19% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 69 min top 45% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 98% top 15% of 8,132 towns 19% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 98% top 24% of 8,132 towns 15% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 8,349
- Born in Spain
- 89.1% 0.3% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.4% 0.4% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.72 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 Toro 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 Toro against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 50 min from Zamora, if that's your anchor.
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