Navarra · C. Foral De Navarra
Roncal
The nicest place to get your bearings in what is arguably the prettiest valley in the Navarran Pyrenees.
Living in Roncal
Roncal is a tiny stone village of around 200 in what many call the prettiest valley in the Navarrese Pyrenees — a landscape of meadows, wildflowers and beech woods, at its best in spring and autumn. It's mostly Spanish, with a small North African minority. Set high in the mountains, it has cold, snowy winters and cool green summers with plenty of rain. It's genuinely remote — the nearest hospital is over an hour away, Pamplona further still — and can get busy in high summer, but the rest of the year it offers real mountain quiet.
Roncal'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 Roncal's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 8% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
The nicest place to get your bearings in what is arguably the prettiest valley in the Navarran Pyrenees. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a health centre close by and daily-needs services.
- Winter average temp 5°C
- Drive to a hospital 67 min
- Surgical wait (region) 96 days
Higher than 7% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
The nicest place to get your bearings in what is arguably the prettiest valley in the Navarran Pyrenees. A strong pick for American retirees — a health centre close by and daily-needs services.
- Winter average temp 5°C
- Drive to a hospital 67 min
- U.S.-born residents 0 per 1,000
Not scored for heat-averse settlers — no registered-rent data for Roncal.
The nicest place to get your bearings in what is arguably the prettiest valley in the Navarran Pyrenees. Worth a look if you can't stand hot summers.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28.5°C
- Rainy days a year 99 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 32
- Winter average temp 5°C
Not scored for families — no registered-rent data for Roncal.
The nicest place to get your bearings in what is arguably the prettiest valley in the Navarran Pyrenees. Worth a look for a family with school-age kids.
- Schools in town 4
- PISA maths (region) 492
- Drive to a hospital 67 min
- Nearest international school 55 km
Not scored for remote workers — no registered-rent data for Roncal.
The nicest place to get your bearings in what is arguably the prettiest valley in the Navarran Pyrenees. Worth a look for a remote-working couple.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 92%
- Drive to nearest airport 74 min
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28.5°C
Not scored for budget-first coastal settlers — no registered-rent data for Roncal.
The nicest place to get your bearings in what is arguably the prettiest valley in the Navarran Pyrenees. Worth a look for coastal living on a budget.
- Net income per person €16,451
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28.5°C
What is the climate like in Roncal?
Roncal's reported winter average is 5°C, while July–August highs reach 28.5°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 5°C bottom 16% of 8,131 towns 2.8°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 28.5°C top 24% of 8,131 towns 1.7°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 99 days bottom 11% of 8,088 towns 45% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- 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
- 25% bottom 27% of 8,130 towns 2.1% 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 Roncal?
Roncal's nearest health centre is 6.5 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 67 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 67 min bottom 11% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 6.5 km top 37% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 96 days #9 of 17 regions, −7 days vs national 11% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Roncal?
Roncal has 4 schools in town; the nearest international school is 55 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 4 top 15% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 55 km bottom 37% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 492 #6 of 17 regions, +13 vs national 11 above the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Roncal?
Roncal's reported net income per person is €16,451.
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
- €16,451 top 22% of 8,059 towns 13% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- no local data
Which languages are used in schools in Roncal?
Navarre's school-language model depends on the language zone and chosen track. Spanish-medium and Basque-medium or bilingual options coexist, so check the specific municipality and school before enrolling. See the Navarre region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Roncal?
Roncal's reported population is 208.
Who lives here
- Population
- 208
- Born in Spain
- 83.7% 5.1% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.9% 1.9% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Roncal?
Roncal is a reported 74 min drive from the nearest airport, with 92% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 74 min bottom 49% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 92% top 40% of 8,132 towns 13% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 92% bottom 46% of 8,132 towns 9% 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 Roncal 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 Roncal against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 77 min from Pamplona/Iruña, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Roncal 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.
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