Rioja, La · Rioja
Arnedillo
A pretty minor spa town set in a deep river valley beneath spiky crags.
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Living in Arnedillo
Arnedillo is a tiny Riojan spa village of under 500, set deep in a river valley beneath spiky crags and long visited for its thermal waters. It is a largely Spanish place where the main pastime is walking the river paths past old water mills and hermitages. Summers are warm and dry with highs around 30°C, winters cool and damp near 7°C. It sits well off the main routes: the nearest hospital is about half an hour away, and Logroño, the regional capital, a full hour.
Arnedillo'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 Arnedillo's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 43% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A pretty minor spa town set in a deep river valley beneath spiky crags. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 33 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 7.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 33 min
- Surgical wait (region) 78 days
- Registered long-let rent €4.96/m²·mo
Higher than 37% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A pretty minor spa town set in a deep river valley beneath spiky crags. A strong pick for American retirees — 33 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 7.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 33 min
- U.S.-born residents 0 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €4.96/m²·mo
Higher than 8% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A pretty minor spa town set in a deep river valley beneath spiky crags. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 33 min to a hospital and a real food scene.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.5°C
- Rainy days a year 70 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 32
- Winter average temp 7.5°C
Higher than 4% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A pretty minor spa town set in a deep river valley beneath spiky crags. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 33 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Schools in town 1
- PISA maths (region) 493
- Registered long-let rent €4.96/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 33 min
Higher than 1% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A pretty minor spa town set in a deep river valley beneath spiky crags. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 33 min to a hospital and a real food scene.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 86%
- Drive to nearest airport 101 min
- Registered long-let rent €4.96/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.5°C
Higher than 0% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A pretty minor spa town set in a deep river valley beneath spiky crags. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 33 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Registered long-let rent €4.96/m²·mo
- Net income per person €14,090
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.5°C
What is the climate like in Arnedillo?
Arnedillo's reported winter average is 7.5°C, while July–August highs reach 30.5°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 7.5°C top 43% of 8,131 towns 0.3°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30.5°C top 49% of 8,131 towns 0.3°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 70 days bottom 37% of 8,088 towns about the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 6.6 h/day bottom 20% of 3,829 towns 9% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 32 top 35% of 8,033 towns 24 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)
- 0.04 ha/km² top 44% of 8,132 towns 2.27 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 1 top 39% of 8,132 towns 5 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 26.3% bottom 15% of 8,130 towns 3.4% 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 Arnedillo?
Arnedillo's nearest health centre is 11.9 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 33 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 33 min top 48% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 11.9 km bottom 32% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 78 days #4 of 17 regions, −25 days vs national 28% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Arnedillo?
Arnedillo has 1 schools in town; the nearest international school is 32 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 1 top 39% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 32 km top 37% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 493 #5 of 17 regions, +14 vs national 12 above the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Arnedillo?
Arnedillo's reported registered long-let rent is €4.96/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €4.96/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €4.07/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €5.82/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €14,090 bottom 47% of 8,059 towns 3% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 17.5% bottom 11% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Arnedillo?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in La Rioja, 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 La Rioja region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Arnedillo?
Arnedillo's reported population is 437.
Who lives here
- Population
- 437
- Born in Spain
- 87% 1.8% below 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 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Arnedillo?
Arnedillo is a reported 101 min drive from the nearest airport, with 86% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 101 min bottom 25% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 86% bottom 40% of 8,132 towns 7% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 86% bottom 30% of 8,132 towns 3% 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 Arnedillo 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 Arnedillo against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 60 min from Logroño, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Arnedillo for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- Request comparable sales; neither appraisal nor asking data is published.
- 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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