Barcelona · Cataluña
Vilanova i la Geltrú
Calmer and more family-oriented than its neighbour Sitges, its main assets are its museums and fine, shallow sandy beaches.
Why people fall for Vilanova i la Geltrú
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
7.5 miles southwest of Sitges.
Worth the trip
- Museu Romàntic – Can Papiol, a mansion (1790-1801) reflecting 19th-century industrial-bourgeoisie life
- The Víctor Balaguer Library-Museum, with 19th-century art and part of the Prado's collection
- The Railway Museum, showcasing Spain's most comprehensive locomotive collection
Who it suits: Families
Who Vilanova i la Geltrú 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 Vilanova i la Geltrú lands.
Good for
- American retirees 99th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · direct flights to new york
- Families with school-age kids 97th percentile of 8,132 towns 3 km from the sea · a hospital in town
- Remote-working couples 96th percentile of 8,132 towns 3 km from the sea · 71,305 people
- Retiring couples 94th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · a health centre close by
- Budget-first coastal settlers 94th percentile of 8,132 towns 3 km from the sea · 71,305 people
- Heat-averse settlers 91st percentile of 8,132 towns 3 km from the sea · a hospital in town
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
- 10.9°C top 17% of 8,131 towns 3.1°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 28.6°C top 26% of 8,131 towns 1.6°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 53 days top 23% of 8,088 towns 23% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 6.8 h/day bottom 22% of 3,829 towns 6% less than 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
- €2,698/m² bottom 29% of 306 towns 22% more than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €16,690 top 19% of 8,059 towns 15% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 24.2% bottom 39% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 33 top 2% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 4 km top 2% 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
- 1.9 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
- 36 min top 11% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 96% top 24% of 8,132 towns 17% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% top 20% of 8,132 towns 15% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 71,305
- Born in Spain
- 80.3% 8.5% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.7% 0.1% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.68 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 Vilanova i la Geltrú 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 Vilanova i la Geltrú against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 26 min from Castelldefels, if that's your anchor.
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