Tarragona · Cataluña
Valls
An open and prosperous city nestled between two torrents, its three assets being folklore, shops and culinary specialties.
Why people fall for Valls
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
10 miles south of Montblanc, in rugged terrain among mountain chains and valleys.
On the table. Culinary specialties among its three assets, alongside folklore and shops.
Worth the trip
- An old quarter that has retained its medieval character
- A theatre built in 1884
Who it suits: Folklore/culture travellers
Who Valls 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 Valls lands.
Good for
- American retirees 99th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · a health centre close by
- Retiring couples 98th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · a health centre close by
- Families with school-age kids 95th percentile of 8,132 towns 20 km from the sea · 25,540 people
- Remote-working couples 95th percentile of 8,132 towns 25,540 people · 20 km from the sea
- Budget-first coastal settlers 93rd percentile of 8,132 towns 25,540 people · 20 km from 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
- 10.4°C top 19% of 8,131 towns 2.7°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30°C top 45% of 8,131 towns 0.2°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 48 days top 13% of 8,088 towns 31% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 7.3 h/day bottom 47% of 3,829 towns about the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- 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
- €14,607 top 45% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 17.3% bottom 11% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 16 top 4% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 16 km top 15% 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
- 0 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 2 km top 8% 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
- 27 min top 6% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 93% top 38% of 8,132 towns 14% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 94% top 48% of 8,132 towns 10% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 25,540
- Born in Spain
- 77.6% 11.2% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.2% 1.6% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.27 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 Valls 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 Valls against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 22 min from Reus, if that's your anchor.
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