Ciudad Real · Castilla-La Mancha
Almagro
An elegant little town that was quite a metropolis in southern Castile in the 15th and 16th centuries, thanks partly to the Fuggers, bankers to Carlos I.
Living in Almagro
Almagro is an elegant small town of around 9,000 on the flat plains of La Mancha, grand beyond its size thanks to a 16th-century heyday when it was a Castilian boomtown backed by the Fugger banking family. It is emphatically inland: nine in ten residents are Spanish-born, summers are fierce with July–August highs above 35°C, and winters cold and clear around 7°C. Ciudad Real, the provincial capital, is about twenty minutes away, and the nearest hospital roughly the same. Life here is town-scaled and Castilian — a handsome plaza, hot afternoons, and the sea a long drive in any direction.
Almagro'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 Almagro's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 32% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
An elegant little town that was quite a metropolis in southern Castile in the 15th and 16th centuries, thanks partly to the Fuggers, bankers to Carlos I. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 22 min to a hospital and low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.72/m²·mo).
- Winter average temp 7.2°C
- Drive to a hospital 22 min
- Surgical wait (region) 92 days
- Registered long-let rent €3.72/m²·mo
Higher than 29% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
An elegant little town that was quite a metropolis in southern Castile in the 15th and 16th centuries, thanks partly to the Fuggers, bankers to Carlos I. A strong pick for American retirees — 22 min to a hospital and low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.72/m²·mo).
- Winter average temp 7.2°C
- Drive to a hospital 22 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.11 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €3.72/m²·mo
Higher than 6% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
An elegant little town that was quite a metropolis in southern Castile in the 15th and 16th centuries, thanks partly to the Fuggers, bankers to Carlos I. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.72/m²·mo) and 22 min to a hospital.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 96%
- Drive to nearest airport 164 min
- Registered long-let rent €3.72/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 35.4°C
Higher than 4% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
An elegant little town that was quite a metropolis in southern Castile in the 15th and 16th centuries, thanks partly to the Fuggers, bankers to Carlos I. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 22 min to a hospital and low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.72/m²·mo).
- PISA maths (region) 464
- Registered long-let rent €3.72/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 22 min
- Nearest international school 114 km
Higher than 4% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
An elegant little town that was quite a metropolis in southern Castile in the 15th and 16th centuries, thanks partly to the Fuggers, bankers to Carlos I. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.72/m²·mo) and 22 min to a hospital.
- Registered long-let rent €3.72/m²·mo
- Net income per person €11,838
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 35.4°C
Higher than 2% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
An elegant little town that was quite a metropolis in southern Castile in the 15th and 16th centuries, thanks partly to the Fuggers, bankers to Carlos I. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 22 min to a hospital and low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.72/m²·mo).
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 35.4°C
- Rainy days a year 55 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 175
- Winter average temp 7.2°C
What is the climate like in Almagro?
Almagro's reported winter average is 7.2°C, while July–August highs reach 35.4°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 7.2°C top 48% of 8,131 towns 0.6°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 35.4°C bottom 3% of 8,131 towns 5.2°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 55 days top 29% of 8,088 towns 20% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 175 bottom 5% of 8,033 towns 119 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)
- 0.18 ha/km² bottom 38% of 8,132 towns 2.13 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 8 bottom 14% of 8,132 towns 2 above the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 24.1% bottom 31% of 8,130 towns 1.2% 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 Almagro?
Almagro's nearest health centre is 70.1 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 22 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 22 min top 26% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 70.1 km bottom 2% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 92 days #8 of 17 regions, −11 days vs national 15% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Almagro?
Almagro's reported nearest international school is 114 km.
Schools
- Schools in town
- no local data
- Nearest international school
- 114 km bottom 6% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 464 #14 of 17 regions, −15 vs national 17 below the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Almagro?
Almagro's reported asking price is €716/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €716/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026 · small sample
- Registered long-let rent
- €3.72/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €2.79/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €5.46/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €11,838 bottom 16% of 8,059 towns 18% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 22.9% bottom 31% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Almagro?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Castilla-La Mancha, 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 Castilla-La Mancha region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Almagro?
Almagro's reported population is 9,238.
Who lives here
- Population
- 9,238
- Born in Spain
- 90.5% 1.7% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.6% 2.2% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.11 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Almagro?
Almagro is a reported 164 min drive from the nearest airport, with 95% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 164 min bottom 1% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 95% top 27% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 96% top 38% of 8,132 towns 13% 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 Almagro 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 Almagro against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 23 min from Ciudad Real, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Almagro for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- Ask what recent sales closed at; the published figure is asking price.
- Test fibre speed at the exact address, not the town average.
- Visit the school and ask about places for incoming families.
- Confirm health-centre registration and opening hours in person.
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