Cáceres · Extremadura
Arroyo de la Luz
A small Extremaduran town known chiefly for a single Renaissance altarpiece.
Living in Arroyo de la Luz
Arroyo de la Luz is a small Extremaduran town of around 5,500, best known for a single Renaissance altarpiece painted in its church in the 1560s. It is about as Spanish as towns come — barely one resident in fifty was born abroad — and settled into a quiet agricultural rhythm. Summers are hot with highs pushing 34°C, winters mild around 9°C. Cáceres, the provincial capital, is about forty minutes off, with the nearest hospital a similar drive.
Arroyo de la Luz'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 Arroyo de la Luz's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 50% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A small Extremaduran town known chiefly for a single Renaissance altarpiece. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 39 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 9.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 39 min
- Surgical wait (region) 135 days
- Registered long-let rent €2.99/m²·mo
Higher than 48% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A small Extremaduran town known chiefly for a single Renaissance altarpiece. A strong pick for American retirees — 39 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 9.3°C
- Drive to a hospital 39 min
- U.S.-born residents 0 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €2.99/m²·mo
Higher than 13% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A small Extremaduran town known chiefly for a single Renaissance altarpiece. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — low cost of living (registered rent ~€2.99/m²·mo) and 5,495 people.
- Registered long-let rent €2.99/m²·mo
- Net income per person €11,587
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 34.1°C
Higher than 9% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A small Extremaduran town known chiefly for a single Renaissance altarpiece. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — low cost of living (registered rent ~€2.99/m²·mo) and 5,495 people.
- Schools in town 4
- PISA maths (region) 469
- Registered long-let rent €2.99/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 39 min
Higher than 8% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A small Extremaduran town known chiefly for a single Renaissance altarpiece. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — low cost of living (registered rent ~€2.99/m²·mo) and 5,495 people.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 90%
- Drive to nearest airport 106 min
- Registered long-let rent €2.99/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 34.1°C
Higher than 7% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A small Extremaduran town known chiefly for a single Renaissance altarpiece. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — low cost of living (registered rent ~€2.99/m²·mo) and 39 min to a hospital.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 34.1°C
- Rainy days a year 60 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 21
- Winter average temp 9.3°C
What is the climate like in Arroyo de la Luz?
Arroyo de la Luz's reported winter average is 9.3°C, while July–August highs reach 34.1°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 9.3°C top 27% of 8,131 towns 1.6°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 34.1°C bottom 13% of 8,131 towns 3.9°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 60 days top 42% of 8,088 towns 12% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 21 top 23% of 8,033 towns 36 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)
- 0.86 ha/km² bottom 19% of 8,132 towns 1.45 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 11 bottom 10% of 8,132 towns 5 above the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 20.7% top 26% of 8,130 towns 2.2% 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 Arroyo de la Luz?
Arroyo de la Luz's nearest health centre is 4.4 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 39 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 39 min bottom 41% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 4.4 km top 23% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 135 days #14 of 17 regions, +32 days vs national 25% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Arroyo de la Luz?
Arroyo de la Luz has 4 schools in town; the nearest international school is 82 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 4 top 15% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 82 km bottom 18% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 469 #12 of 17 regions, −10 vs national 12 below the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Arroyo de la Luz?
Arroyo de la Luz's reported asking price is €637/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €637/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026 · small sample
- Registered long-let rent
- €2.99/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €2.59/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €3.47/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €11,587 bottom 14% of 8,059 towns 20% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 30.1% top 26% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Arroyo de la Luz?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Extremadura, 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 Extremadura region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Arroyo de la Luz?
Arroyo de la Luz's reported population is 5,495.
Who lives here
- Population
- 5,495
- Born in Spain
- 98.1% 9.3% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 0.3% 3.6% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Arroyo de la Luz?
Arroyo de la Luz is a reported 106 min drive from the nearest airport, with 88% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 106 min bottom 21% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 88% bottom 45% of 8,132 towns 9% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 90% bottom 39% of 8,132 towns 7% 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 Arroyo de la Luz 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 Arroyo de la Luz against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 40 min from Cáceres, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Arroyo de la Luz 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 local schools and confirm places for incoming families.
- Confirm health-centre registration and opening hours in person.
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