Castellón/Castelló · Comunidad Valenciana
Vilafamés
An attractive hill town that successfully mixes the medieval, Renaissance and modern, anchored by a well-regarded contemporary art museum.
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Why people fall for Vilafamés
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
24km inland from Castellón.
Worth the trip
- An ancient ruined castle, conquered by Jaime I in 1233
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, in the fifteenth-century Palau del Batlle, with works by Miró, Chillida and Barjola
Who it suits: Art lovers
Who Vilafamés 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 Vilafamés lands.
Good for
- Retiring couples 96th percentile of 8,132 towns only 43 rainy days a year · 12.3°C average winters
- American retirees 93rd percentile of 8,132 towns only 43 rainy days a year · 12.3°C average winters
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
- 12.3°C top 8% of 8,131 towns 4.5°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30.6°C bottom 49% of 8,131 towns 0.4°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 43 days top 7% of 8,088 towns 37% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 8 h/day top 16% of 3,829 towns 10% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 115 bottom 14% of 8,033 towns 59 above the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €14,804 top 43% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 22.3% bottom 28% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 1 top 39% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 14 km top 12% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 473 #10 of 17 regions, −6 vs national 8 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 29 min top 40% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- no local data
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 88 days #6 of 17 regions, −15 days vs national 18% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 26 min top 5% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 67% bottom 18% of 8,132 towns 12% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 77% bottom 19% of 8,132 towns 7% below the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 1,961
- Born in Spain
- 86.3% 2.5% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 6.1% 2.2% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.51 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 Vilafamés 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 Vilafamés against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 29 min from Castelló de la Plana/Castellón de la Plana, if that's your anchor.
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