Girona · Cataluña
Torroella de Montgrí
A once-important medieval port left high and dry by the receding Mediterranean, now standing inland beneath a crenellated hilltop castle.
Why people fall for Torroella de Montgrí
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
8km from Ullastret, 9km beyond Pals, 5km inland from the sea.
Worth the trip
- Castell de Montgrí, a huge crenellated hilltop castle begun by King Jaume II in 1294 but never completed
- The fourteenth-century parish church of Sant Genís
Fiestas
- Festival de Torroella de Montgrí, each July and August, featuring classical music
A little history
Once an important medieval port, today left high and dry by the receding Mediterranean, standing 5km inland.
Who it suits: Classical-music festival goers
Who Torroella de Montgrí 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 Torroella de Montgrí lands.
Good for
- Remote-working couples 91st percentile of 8,132 towns 17 km from the sea · 12,507 people
- Families with school-age kids 90th percentile of 8,132 towns 17 km from the sea · 12,507 people
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
- 9.9°C top 24% of 8,131 towns 2.1°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30.5°C top 49% of 8,131 towns 0.3°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 63 days top 48% of 8,088 towns 9% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 73 bottom 31% of 8,033 towns 16 above the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €14,152 bottom 48% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 25.1% bottom 44% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 7 top 9% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 28 km top 29% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 469 #12 of 17 regions, −10 vs national 12 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 31 min top 44% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 3.5 km top 15% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 142 days #16 of 17 regions, +39 days vs national 32% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 62 min top 38% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 92% top 39% of 8,132 towns 13% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% top 19% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 12,507
- Born in Spain
- 66.7% 22.1% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 8% 4.2% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.44 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 Torroella de Montgrí 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 Torroella de Montgrí against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 50 min from Girona, if that's your anchor.
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