Rioja, La · Rioja
Enciso
La Rioja's main dinosaur centre — the easiest place to see preserved dinosaur footprints, now home to an expanded, Disneyesque themed attraction.
Living in Enciso
Enciso is a near-empty Riojan village of under 200, high in the hills at nearly 900m, whose claim to fame is dinosaurs — the surrounding rock holds some of the best-preserved dinosaur footprints in Spain, now built up into a themed family attraction with a signposted trail. It's overwhelmingly Spanish and very quiet, the kind of place where the population has dwindled to a fraction of its past. Summers are warm around 30°C, winters cool near 7°C. Everything practical is a drive: the nearest hospital is over forty minutes off, and Logroño well over an hour.
Enciso'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 Enciso's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 56% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
La Rioja's main dinosaur centre — the easiest place to see preserved dinosaur footprints, now home to an expanded, Disneyesque themed attraction. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 43 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 7.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 43 min
- Surgical wait (region) 78 days
Higher than 46% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
La Rioja's main dinosaur centre — the easiest place to see preserved dinosaur footprints, now home to an expanded, Disneyesque themed attraction. A strong pick for American retirees — 43 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 7.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 43 min
- U.S.-born residents 0 per 1,000
Not scored for heat-averse settlers — no registered-rent data for Enciso.
La Rioja's main dinosaur centre — the easiest place to see preserved dinosaur footprints, now home to an expanded, Disneyesque themed attraction. Worth a look if you can't stand hot summers.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.5°C
- Rainy days a year 70 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 32
- Winter average temp 7.5°C
Not scored for families — no registered-rent data for Enciso.
La Rioja's main dinosaur centre — the easiest place to see preserved dinosaur footprints, now home to an expanded, Disneyesque themed attraction. Worth a look for a family with school-age kids.
- Schools in town 1
- PISA maths (region) 493
- Drive to a hospital 43 min
- Nearest international school 39 km
Not scored for remote workers — no registered-rent data for Enciso.
La Rioja's main dinosaur centre — the easiest place to see preserved dinosaur footprints, now home to an expanded, Disneyesque themed attraction. Worth a look for a remote-working couple.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 71%
- Drive to nearest airport 111 min
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.5°C
Not scored for budget-first coastal settlers — no registered-rent data for Enciso.
La Rioja's main dinosaur centre — the easiest place to see preserved dinosaur footprints, now home to an expanded, Disneyesque themed attraction. Worth a look for coastal living on a budget.
- Net income per person €14,745
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.5°C
What is the climate like in Enciso?
Enciso'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 ha/km² top 1% of 8,132 towns 2.31 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 0 top 1% of 8,132 towns 6 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 Enciso?
Enciso's nearest health centre is 12.2 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 43 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 43 min bottom 35% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 12.2 km bottom 31% 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 Enciso?
Enciso has 1 schools in town; the nearest international school is 39 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 1 top 39% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 39 km top 46% 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 Enciso?
Enciso's reported net income per person is €14,745.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- no local data
- Registered rent p25
- no local data
- Registered rent p75
- no local data
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €14,745 top 44% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 23% bottom 32% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Enciso?
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 Enciso?
Enciso's reported population is 167.
Who lives here
- Population
- 167
- Born in Spain
- 92.8% 4% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.6% 0.2% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Enciso?
Enciso is a reported 111 min drive from the nearest airport, with 66% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 111 min bottom 18% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 66% bottom 17% of 8,132 towns 13% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 71% bottom 15% of 8,132 towns 13% below 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 Enciso 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 Enciso against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 70 min from Logroño, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Enciso for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask local agents what long-let rents are actually closing at.
- 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.
- Test the reported airport drive at the time you would travel.
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