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Águilas
A rural-charm port town hemmed in by parched hills, its economy built on tomatoes and fishing, whose Carnaval is especially wild.
Living in Águilas
Águilas is a port town of 38,000 at Murcia's far southwestern corner, hemmed in by parched hills, its economy still built on tomatoes and fishing — the daily 5pm fish auction is a fixture — and its February Carnaval famously wild. Undeveloped coves, the Cuatro Calas, string the coast south of town. It has a settled international minority of British and German residents among a mostly Spanish population. The climate is hot and dry — summers near 34°C, mild winters around 12°C, and barely 280mm of rain. The nearest hospital is about thirty-five minutes inland, with Lorca forty and the region's airport an hour.
Águilas's Spainability Scores — by who's moving
Not our opinion: we ran the same scoring engine behind the quiz for six settler profiles across all 8,132 municipalities. Each score is Águilas's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 96% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A rural-charm port town hemmed in by parched hills, its economy built on tomatoes and fishing, whose Carnaval is especially wild. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 37 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 11.7°C
- Drive to a hospital 37 min
- Surgical wait (region) 103 days
- Registered long-let rent €4.88/m²·mo
Higher than 93% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A rural-charm port town hemmed in by parched hills, its economy built on tomatoes and fishing, whose Carnaval is especially wild. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — a settled international community and 37,761 people.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 98%
- Drive to nearest airport 64 min
- Registered long-let rent €4.88/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 33.6°C
Higher than 90% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A rural-charm port town hemmed in by parched hills, its economy built on tomatoes and fishing, whose Carnaval is especially wild. A strong pick for American retirees — 37 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 11.7°C
- Drive to a hospital 37 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.42 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €4.88/m²·mo
Higher than 87% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A rural-charm port town hemmed in by parched hills, its economy built on tomatoes and fishing, whose Carnaval is especially wild. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 11 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- Schools in town 16
- PISA maths (region) 463
- Registered long-let rent €4.88/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 37 min
Higher than 85% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A rural-charm port town hemmed in by parched hills, its economy built on tomatoes and fishing, whose Carnaval is especially wild. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — a settled international community and 37,761 people.
- Registered long-let rent €4.88/m²·mo
- Net income per person €11,511
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 33.6°C
Higher than 55% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A rural-charm port town hemmed in by parched hills, its economy built on tomatoes and fishing, whose Carnaval is especially wild. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 11 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 33.6°C
- Rainy days a year 34 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 259
- Winter average temp 11.7°C
What is the climate like in Águilas?
Águilas's reported winter average is 11.7°C, while July–August highs reach 33.6°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 11.7°C top 14% of 8,131 towns 3.9°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 33.6°C bottom 17% of 8,131 towns 3.4°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 34 days top 2% of 8,088 towns 51% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 259 bottom 1% of 8,033 towns 203 above the Spanish average (56)
- River-flood depth (T=100, town centre) estimated
- 0 m top 1% of 8,129 towns 0.04 m below the Spanish average (0.04 m)
- River-flood risk score estimated
- 0 top 1% of 8,129 towns about the Spanish average (0)
- Wildfire burn rate (2010–23)
- 0.19 ha/km² bottom 37% of 8,132 towns 2.12 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 4 bottom 25% of 8,132 towns 2 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 24.2% bottom 30% of 8,130 towns 1.3% above the Spanish average (22.9%)
The year, month by month
AEMET 30-year climate normals — what a January or an August actually feels like, not the annual average.
How good is healthcare in Águilas?
Águilas's nearest health centre is 6.1 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 37 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 37 min bottom 45% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 6.1 km top 34% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 103 days #10 of 17 regions, at the national mark 4% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Águilas?
Águilas has 16 schools in town; the nearest international school is 35 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 16 top 4% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 35 km top 41% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 463 #15 of 17 regions, −16 vs national 18 below the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Águilas?
Águilas's reported home price is €1,461/m², while registered long-let rent is €4.88/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,461/m² appraisal (valor tasado) top 25% of 306 towns 34% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €4.88/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €3.76/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €6.34/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- 4.01% bottom 39% of 306 towns
- Net income per person
- €11,511 bottom 13% of 8,059 towns 21% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 27.7% top 39% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Águilas?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Murcia, and Spanish-medium teaching is the public-school default. Individual bilingual and international programmes can use other languages, so check the specific school. See the Murcia region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Águilas?
Águilas's reported population is 37,761.
Who lives here
- Population
- 37,761
- Born in Spain
- 82.6% 6.2% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 4.6% 0.8% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.42 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Águilas?
Águilas is a reported 64 min drive from the nearest airport, with 97% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 64 min top 40% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 97% top 16% of 8,132 towns 18% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 98% top 29% of 8,132 towns 14% above the Spanish average (83%)
Numbers: Spainability town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma and the Catastro. Registered long-let rent is SERPAVI declared-contract data; its p25–p75 values show the observed band. Registered-rent yield is gross, excludes costs and is never imputed. 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.
How does Águilas 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 Águilas against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 38 min from Lorca, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Águilas for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- Request recent comparable sales before relying on the appraisal figure.
- Test fibre speed at the exact address, not the town average.
- Visit local schools and confirm places for incoming families.
- Confirm health-centre registration and opening hours in person.
- Ask an insurer how the mapped flood or wildfire exposure affects cover.
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