Cádiz · Andalucía
Algeciras
An unabashed port and industrial centre across the bay from Gibraltar, once elegant but grown ugly — though its old town still has attractive, barely-changed corners.
Living in Algeciras
Algeciras is a big working port of 126,000 on the Bay of Gibraltar — the busy gateway to Morocco, industrial and unglamorous, though the old town around Plaza Alta still keeps barely-changed corners. Its position by the strait keeps the weather mild and breezy: summers are notably cool for Andalucía, highs around 25°C, but winters are wet, with heavy rain and roughly 600mm a year. It is a genuinely mixed town — a large Moroccan community makes up much of its foreign-born population, reflecting the ferries that leave daily for Morocco. There's a hospital in town, and La Línea, beside the Gibraltar border, is about half an hour away.
Algeciras'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 Algeciras's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 84% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
An unabashed port and industrial centre across the bay from Gibraltar, once elegant but grown ugly — though its old town still has attractive, barely-changed corners. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 4 km from the sea and mild 25.1°C summer highs.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 25.1°C
- Rainy days a year 57 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 30
- Winter average temp 13.9°C
Higher than 77% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
An unabashed port and industrial centre across the bay from Gibraltar, once elegant but grown ugly — though its old town still has attractive, barely-changed corners. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 13.9°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 173 days
- Registered long-let rent €6.77/m²·mo
Higher than 73% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
An unabashed port and industrial centre across the bay from Gibraltar, once elegant but grown ugly — though its old town still has attractive, barely-changed corners. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 13.9°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.37 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €6.77/m²·mo
Higher than 70% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
An unabashed port and industrial centre across the bay from Gibraltar, once elegant but grown ugly — though its old town still has attractive, barely-changed corners. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 4 km from the sea and 126,500 people.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 100%
- Drive to nearest airport 86 min
- Registered long-let rent €6.77/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 25.1°C
Higher than 68% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
An unabashed port and industrial centre across the bay from Gibraltar, once elegant but grown ugly — though its old town still has attractive, barely-changed corners. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 4 km from the sea and a hospital in town.
- Schools in town 77
- PISA maths (region) 457
- Registered long-let rent €6.77/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
Higher than 58% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
An unabashed port and industrial centre across the bay from Gibraltar, once elegant but grown ugly — though its old town still has attractive, barely-changed corners. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 4 km from the sea and 126,500 people.
- Registered long-let rent €6.77/m²·mo
- Net income per person €12,564
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 25.1°C
What is the climate like in Algeciras?
Algeciras's reported winter average is 13.9°C, while July–August highs reach 25.1°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 13.9°C top 3% of 8,131 towns 6.1°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 25.1°C top 8% of 8,131 towns 5.1°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 57 days top 35% of 8,088 towns 16% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 30 top 32% of 8,033 towns 26 below 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)
- 5.97 ha/km² bottom 6% of 8,132 towns 3.66 ha/km² above the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 13 bottom 8% of 8,132 towns 7 above the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 19.2% top 5% of 8,130 towns 3.7% below 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 Algeciras?
Algeciras's nearest health centre is 3.1 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 0 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 3.1 km top 16% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 173 days #17 of 17 regions, +70 days vs national 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Algeciras?
Algeciras has 77 schools in town; the nearest international school is 3 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 77 top 1% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 3 km top 2% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 #16 of 17 regions, −22 vs national 24 below the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Algeciras?
Algeciras's reported home price is €1,533/m², while registered long-let rent is €6.77/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,533/m² appraisal (valor tasado) top 27% of 306 towns 31% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €6.77/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €5.36/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €8.5/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- 5.3% top 8% of 306 towns
- Net income per person
- €12,564 bottom 24% of 8,059 towns 13% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 23.9% bottom 38% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Algeciras?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Andalusia, 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 Andalusia region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Algeciras?
Algeciras's reported population is 126,500.
Who lives here
- Population
- 126,500
- Born in Spain
- 85.4% 3.4% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.5% 2.3% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.37 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Algeciras?
Algeciras is a reported 86 min drive from the nearest airport, with 94% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 86 min bottom 38% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 94% top 31% of 8,132 towns 15% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 1% of 8,132 towns 17% 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 Algeciras 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 Algeciras against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 30 min from Línea de la Concepción, La, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Algeciras 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 about summer rental crowds and parking near the coast.
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