Cádiz · Andalucía
Jerez de la Frontera
The home and heartland of sherry and Spanish brandy — an elegant, prosperous town arrayed round scores of bodegas, with a long and distinguished flamenco tradition.
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Living in Jerez de la Frontera
Jerez de la Frontera is the elegant, prosperous home of sherry — a city of 215,000 inland from the Cádiz coast, built around scores of bodegas, with a distinguished flamenco tradition and a snooty annual horse fair. Beneath the wine wealth sits a fine Almohad Alcázar and a lived-in Andalucian pace. It's overwhelmingly Spanish-born, with a large Moroccan and Colombian community. The climate is warm and sunny — hot summers near 34°C, mild winters around 12°C. It has its own hospital and airport, the airport barely half an hour away, with the Costa de la Luz beaches a short drive west.
Jerez de la Frontera'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 Jerez de la Frontera's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 80% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
The home and heartland of sherry and Spanish brandy — an elegant, prosperous town arrayed round scores of bodegas, with a long and distinguished flamenco tradition. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 12.4°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 173 days
- Registered long-let rent €6.51/m²·mo
Higher than 76% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
The home and heartland of sherry and Spanish brandy — an elegant, prosperous town arrayed round scores of bodegas, with a long and distinguished flamenco tradition. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 12.4°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 1 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €6.51/m²·mo
Higher than 67% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
The home and heartland of sherry and Spanish brandy — an elegant, prosperous town arrayed round scores of bodegas, with a long and distinguished flamenco tradition. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 215,025 people and a hospital in town.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 100%
- Drive to nearest airport 29 min
- Registered long-let rent €6.51/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 34.2°C
Higher than 60% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
The home and heartland of sherry and Spanish brandy — an elegant, prosperous town arrayed round scores of bodegas, with a long and distinguished flamenco tradition. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 31 km from the sea and a hospital in town.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 34.2°C
- Rainy days a year 53 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 9
- Winter average temp 12.4°C
Higher than 54% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
The home and heartland of sherry and Spanish brandy — an elegant, prosperous town arrayed round scores of bodegas, with a long and distinguished flamenco tradition. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — a hospital in town and 215,025 people.
- Registered long-let rent €6.51/m²·mo
- Net income per person €12,242
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 34.2°C
Higher than 53% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
The home and heartland of sherry and Spanish brandy — an elegant, prosperous town arrayed round scores of bodegas, with a long and distinguished flamenco tradition. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 31 km from the sea and a hospital in town.
- Schools in town 148
- PISA maths (region) 457
- Registered long-let rent €6.51/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
What is the climate like in Jerez de la Frontera?
Jerez de la Frontera's reported winter average is 12.4°C, while July–August highs reach 34.2°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 12.4°C top 8% of 8,131 towns 4.6°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 34.2°C bottom 13% of 8,131 towns 4°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 53 days top 23% of 8,088 towns 23% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 8.4 h/day top 4% of 3,829 towns 15% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 9 top 12% of 8,033 towns 47 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)
- 0.08 ha/km² bottom 49% of 8,132 towns 2.23 ha/km² below 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 Jerez de la Frontera?
Jerez de la Frontera's nearest health centre is 4.6 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
- 4.6 km top 24% 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 Jerez de la Frontera?
Jerez de la Frontera has 148 schools in town; the nearest international school is 14 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 148 top 1% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 14 km top 14% 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 Jerez de la Frontera?
Jerez de la Frontera's reported home price is €1,743/m², while registered long-let rent is €6.51/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,743/m² appraisal (valor tasado) top 39% of 306 towns 21% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €6.51/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €5.19/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €8.11/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- 4.48% top 35% of 306 towns
- Net income per person
- €12,242 bottom 21% of 8,059 towns 16% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 29.6% top 29% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Jerez de la Frontera?
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 Jerez de la Frontera?
Jerez de la Frontera's reported population is 215,025.
Who lives here
- Population
- 215,025
- Born in Spain
- 93.8% 5% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1% 2.8% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Jerez de la Frontera?
Jerez de la Frontera is a reported 29 min drive from the nearest airport, with 98% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 29 min top 6% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 98% top 13% of 8,132 towns 19% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 12% of 8,132 towns 16% 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 Jerez de la Frontera 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 Jerez de la Frontera against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 43 min from Puerto de Santa María, El, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Jerez de la Frontera 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 an insurer how the mapped flood or wildfire exposure affects cover.
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