Badajoz · Extremadura
Llerena
A Plaza Mayor town with a harmonious Renaissance church façade holding a Zurbarán Crucifixion.
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Living in Llerena
Llerena is a handsome small town of 5,700 in southern Badajoz, its arcaded Plaza Mayor set off by the harmonious Renaissance façade of a church that holds a Zurbarán Crucifixion. It's an overwhelmingly Spanish country town on the plains between Extremadura and Andalucía. Summers are hot with highs around 35°C, winters mild near 10°C. It has its own hospital — useful, given the isolation, with Seville over an hour and a half away and no city closer — making it a self-reliant base in a thinly-populated corner.
Llerena'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 Llerena's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 68% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A Plaza Mayor town with a harmonious Renaissance church façade holding a Zurbarán Crucifixion. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 9.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 135 days
- Registered long-let rent €3.79/m²·mo
Higher than 63% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A Plaza Mayor town with a harmonious Renaissance church façade holding a Zurbarán Crucifixion. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 9.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.35 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €3.79/m²·mo
Higher than 45% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A Plaza Mayor town with a harmonious Renaissance church façade holding a Zurbarán Crucifixion. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.79/m²·mo) and a hospital in town.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 93%
- Drive to nearest airport 101 min
- Registered long-let rent €3.79/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 35°C
Higher than 36% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A Plaza Mayor town with a harmonious Renaissance church façade holding a Zurbarán Crucifixion. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — a hospital in town and low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.79/m²·mo).
- Schools in town 5
- PISA maths (region) 469
- Registered long-let rent €3.79/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
Higher than 31% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A Plaza Mayor town with a harmonious Renaissance church façade holding a Zurbarán Crucifixion. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.79/m²·mo) and a hospital in town.
- Registered long-let rent €3.79/m²·mo
- Net income per person €12,810
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 35°C
Higher than 18% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A Plaza Mayor town with a harmonious Renaissance church façade holding a Zurbarán Crucifixion. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — a hospital in town and low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.79/m²·mo).
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 35°C
- Rainy days a year 58 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 106
- Winter average temp 9.5°C
What is the climate like in Llerena?
Llerena's reported winter average is 9.5°C, while July–August highs reach 35°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 9.5°C top 25% of 8,131 towns 1.7°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 35°C bottom 5% of 8,131 towns 4.8°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 58 days top 36% of 8,088 towns 15% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 106 bottom 17% of 8,033 towns 49 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)
- 0.12 ha/km² bottom 44% of 8,132 towns 2.19 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 3 bottom 32% of 8,132 towns 3 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 22.9% bottom 43% of 8,130 towns about 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 Llerena?
Llerena's nearest health centre is 2.8 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
- 2.8 km top 14% 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 Llerena?
Llerena has 5 schools in town; the nearest international school is 92 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 5 top 12% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 92 km bottom 13% 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 Llerena?
Llerena's reported registered long-let rent is €3.79/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €3.79/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €3.21/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €4.49/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €12,810 bottom 27% of 8,059 towns 12% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 25.1% bottom 44% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Llerena?
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 Llerena?
Llerena's reported population is 5,663.
Who lives here
- Population
- 5,663
- Born in Spain
- 94.6% 5.8% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 0.8% 3.1% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.35 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Llerena?
Llerena 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 41% of 8,132 towns 8% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 93% bottom 49% of 8,132 towns 10% 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 Llerena 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 Llerena against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 93 min from Sevilla, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Llerena 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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