Valencia/València · Comunidad Valenciana
Xàtiva
An ancient, scenic, tranquil town probably founded by the Phoenicians, birthplace of two Borgia popes.
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Why people fall for Xàtiva
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide & The Rough Guide.
50km south of Valencia.
Worth the trip
- Museo del Almodí, with an archaeological collection and art including works by José Ribera, born here in 1591
- A tenth-century castle with stunning lookout points
- Església de Sant Feliu, the oldest church in Xàtiva, in transitional Romanesque-Gothic style
Fiestas
- Semana Santa and the Feria de Agosto, with bullfights and livestock fairs
A little history
Medieval Xàtiva was the birthplace of Alfonso de Borja (Pope Calixtus III) and his nephew Rodrigo (Pope Alexander VI), father of Lucrezia and Cesare Borgia.
Who it suits: Renaissance/Borgia history travellers
Who Xàtiva 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 Xàtiva lands.
Good for
- Retiring couples 97th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · only 40 rainy days a year
- Families with school-age kids 96th percentile of 8,132 towns 29 km from the sea · homes around €1,237/m²
- Remote-working couples 96th percentile of 8,132 towns low housing cost (~€1,237/m²) · 30,925 people
- Budget-first coastal settlers 96th percentile of 8,132 towns homes around €1,237/m² · 30,925 people
- American retirees 95th percentile of 8,132 towns a hospital in town · only 40 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
- 12°C top 10% of 8,131 towns 4.3°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 34.9°C bottom 6% of 8,131 towns 4.7°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 40 days top 4% of 8,088 towns 41% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 180 bottom 3% of 8,033 towns 123 above the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,237/m² top 17% of 306 towns 44% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €13,976 bottom 45% of 8,059 towns 4% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 28% top 38% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 21 top 3% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 2 km top 1% 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
- 0 min top 1% 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
- 52 min top 27% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 96% top 21% of 8,132 towns 17% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% top 19% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 30,925
- Born in Spain
- 83.3% 5.5% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 5.5% 1.7% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.84 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 Xàtiva 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 Xàtiva against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 44 min from Torrent, if that's your anchor.
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