Cáceres · Extremadura
Trujillo
The most attractive town in Extremadura — a classic conquistador stage set of escutcheoned mansions, stork-topped towers and castle walls, birthplace of Francisco Pizarro.
Why people fall for Trujillo
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
A very small place, still only a little larger than its extent in conquistador times.
Worth the trip
- Escutcheoned mansions and castle walls, largely untouched since the sixteenth century
A little history
Francisco Pizarro, conqueror of Peru, was born here, as were many of the men who helped him defeat the Incas.
Who it suits: Conquistador-history travellers
Who Trujillo 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 Trujillo lands.
Probably not for
- Heat-averse settlers 16th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: on/near the sea
- Retiring couples 24th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: close to a hospital
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
- 9.5°C top 26% of 8,131 towns 1.7°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 33.9°C bottom 14% of 8,131 towns 3.7°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 63 days top 50% of 8,088 towns 8% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 8.3 h/day top 4% of 3,829 towns 15% 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
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €12,227 bottom 20% of 8,059 towns 16% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 29.3% top 30% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 7 top 9% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 116 km bottom 7% 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
- 61 min bottom 16% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 10.9 km bottom 39% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 135 days #14 of 17 regions, +32 days vs national 25% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 109 min bottom 20% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 90% top 50% of 8,132 towns 11% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 90% bottom 39% of 8,132 towns 7% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 8,660
- Born in Spain
- 94.6% 5.8% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.4% 2.4% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 2.19 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 Trujillo 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 Trujillo against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 60 min from Cáceres, if that's your anchor.
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