Navarra · C. Foral De Navarra
Ujué
A perfect medieval defensive village perched high on a terraced hillside, so narrow to drive into that a king's heart is said to be preserved in its church altar.
Why people fall for Ujué
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide & The Rough Guide.
Twenty kilometres northeast of Olite, on the terraced hillside above harsh, arid La Ribera.
Worth the trip
- The thirteenth-century Romanesque church of Santa María, said to preserve the heart of King Carlos II of Navarra
- A romería (pilgrimage) on the first Sunday after St Mark's Day
Fiestas
- Romería on the first Sunday after St Mark's Day (25 April), when half of Tafalla walks through the night to Mass here
A little history
The romería commemorates the town's reconquest from the Moors in 1043.
Who it suits: Pilgrims
Who Ujué 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 Ujué lands.
Probably not for
- Retiring couples 17th percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: few rainy days a year
- American retirees 22nd percentile of 8,132 towns weakest factor: few rainy days a year
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
- 6.8°C bottom 45% of 8,131 towns 1°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 28.9°C top 32% of 8,131 towns 1.3°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 93 days bottom 14% of 8,088 towns 35% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 6.2 h/day bottom 11% of 3,829 towns 15% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 32 top 35% of 8,033 towns 24 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €18,667 top 6% of 8,059 towns 29% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- no local data
Schools
- Schools in town
- 1 top 39% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 40 km top 44% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 492 #6 of 17 regions, +13 vs national 11 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 44 min bottom 34% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 11.2 km bottom 37% of 7,025 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 96 days #9 of 17 regions, −7 days vs national 11% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 58 min top 33% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 0% bottom 7% of 8,132 towns 79% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 0% bottom 6% of 8,132 towns 83% below the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 169
- Born in Spain
- 94.1% 5.3% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.4% 1.5% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0 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 Ujué 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 Ujué against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 58 min from Pamplona/Iruña, if that's your anchor.
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