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Tarazona

A town where Jews, Muslims, and Christians have long coexisted, once host to the court of the Catholic Monarchs, its absorbing sights in an old upper town of Judería and Morería quarters.

10,872 residents~73 min to Zaragoza
Tarazona, Zaragoza
Photo: Ecelan · CC BY-SA 3.0

Living in Tarazona

Tarazona is a historic town of 10,900 on the Río Queiles in the west of Zaragoza province, long a place where Jews, Muslims and Christians lived side by side — its atmospheric old upper town still keeps its Judería and Morería quarters and a former royal palace, now the bishop's residence. It's a mixed working town with a Moroccan community among a mostly Spanish population. The climate is continental — warm summers and cold winters. A hospital is about twenty-five minutes away, but Zaragoza is well over an hour, so it's a fairly self-contained town.

Tarazona'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 Tarazona's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.

Retiree Spainability Score 27

Higher than 27% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.

A town where Jews, Muslims, and Christians have long coexisted, once host to the court of the Catholic Monarchs, its absorbing sights in an old upper town of Judería and Morería quarters. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 26 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.

  • Winter average temp 4.8°C
  • Drive to a hospital 26 min
  • Surgical wait (region) 132 days
  • Registered long-let rent €4.95/m²·mo
American-retiree Spainability Score 24

Higher than 24% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.

A town where Jews, Muslims, and Christians have long coexisted, once host to the court of the Catholic Monarchs, its absorbing sights in an old upper town of Judería and Morería quarters. A strong pick for American retirees — 26 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.

  • Winter average temp 4.8°C
  • Drive to a hospital 26 min
  • U.S.-born residents 0.18 per 1,000
  • Registered long-let rent €4.95/m²·mo
Heat-averse Spainability Score 19

Higher than 19% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.

A town where Jews, Muslims, and Christians have long coexisted, once host to the court of the Catholic Monarchs, its absorbing sights in an old upper town of Judería and Morería quarters. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 26 min to a hospital and a real food scene.

  • Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28.8°C
  • Rainy days a year 80 days
  • Summer water stress (WEI+) 32
  • Winter average temp 4.8°C
Family Spainability Score 13

Higher than 13% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.

A town where Jews, Muslims, and Christians have long coexisted, once host to the court of the Catholic Monarchs, its absorbing sights in an old upper town of Judería and Morería quarters. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 26 min to a hospital and 10,872 people.

  • Schools in town 6
  • PISA maths (region) 487
  • Registered long-let rent €4.95/m²·mo
  • Drive to a hospital 26 min
Remote-work Spainability Score 9

Higher than 9% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.

A town where Jews, Muslims, and Christians have long coexisted, once host to the court of the Catholic Monarchs, its absorbing sights in an old upper town of Judería and Morería quarters. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 10,872 people and 26 min to a hospital.

  • 100 Mbps+ coverage 87%
  • Drive to nearest airport 84 min
  • Registered long-let rent €4.95/m²·mo
  • Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28.8°C
Budget-coastal Spainability Score 4

Higher than 4% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.

A town where Jews, Muslims, and Christians have long coexisted, once host to the court of the Catholic Monarchs, its absorbing sights in an old upper town of Judería and Morería quarters. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 10,872 people and 26 min to a hospital.

  • Registered long-let rent €4.95/m²·mo
  • Net income per person €13,887
  • Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28.8°C

What is the climate like in Tarazona?

Tarazona's reported winter average is 4.8°C, while July–August highs reach 28.8°C.

Climate

Winter average temp
4.8°C bottom 11% of 8,131 towns 3°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
Summer high (Jul–Aug)
28.8°C top 30% of 8,131 towns 1.4°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
Rainy days a year
80 days bottom 24% of 8,088 towns 16% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
Sunshine estimated
7.3 h/day bottom 41% of 3,829 towns about 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)
0.19 ha/km² bottom 38% of 8,132 towns 2.12 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
24% bottom 35% of 8,130 towns 1.1% 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.

vs London: ~4°C colder winters+1.5h December daylight~5°C hotter summers
-5° 15° 25° 35° 100 0 mm -1° 10° -1° 13° 15° 20° 25° 10° 29° 13° 29° 13° 24° 18° 12° day high night low JFMAMJJASOND
day high → night low (°C) rain (mm/month, right axis) Measured at the SORIA station, 63 km away — the nearest with full 30-year normals.

How good is healthcare in Tarazona?

Tarazona's nearest health centre is 2.1 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 26 min.

Healthcare

Drive to a hospital
26 min top 35% of 8,132 towns
Nearest health centre
2.1 km top 10% of 8,132 towns
Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
132 days #13 of 17 regions, +29 days vs national 22% more than the Spanish average (108 days)

What are schools like in Tarazona?

Tarazona has 6 schools in town; the nearest international school is 62 km away.

Schools

Schools in town
6 top 10% of 7,042 towns
Nearest international school
62 km bottom 31% of 8,132 towns
PISA maths (region) regional estimate
487 #7 of 17 regions, +8 vs national 6 above the Spanish average (481)

How much does it cost to live in Tarazona?

Tarazona's reported asking price is €1,042/m².

Cost & economy

Home price
no local data
Asking price
€1,042/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026 · small sample
Registered long-let rent
€4.95/m²·mo
Registered rent p25
€3.88/m²·mo
Registered rent p75
€5.93/m²·mo
Registered-rent yield
no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
Net income per person
€13,887 bottom 44% of 8,059 towns 4% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
Income growth ’18–’23
18.6% bottom 14% of 6,605 towns

Which languages are used in schools in Tarazona?

Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Aragón, 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 Aragón region guide for the wider regional context.

What is the community like in Tarazona?

Tarazona's reported population is 10,872.

Who lives here

Population
10,872
Born in Spain
82.2% 6.6% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
Born elsewhere in EU/UK
2.7% 1.1% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
U.S.-born residents
0.18 per 1,000

How easy is it to get around Tarazona?

Tarazona is a reported 84 min drive from the nearest airport, with 84% fibre-to-home coverage.

Getting around

Drive to nearest airport
84 min bottom 40% of 8,132 towns
Fibre-to-home coverage
84% bottom 35% of 8,132 towns 5% above the Spanish average (79%)
100 Mbps+ coverage
87% bottom 31% of 8,132 towns 3% above the Spanish average (83%)
Nearest airport Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ) — 84 min drive · international: direct flights to 8 countries (incl. UK)

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 Tarazona 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 Tarazona against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 73 min from Zaragoza, if that's your anchor.

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Questions to verify locally

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  • Ask what recent sales closed at; the published figure is asking price.
  • Test fibre speed at the exact address, not the town average.
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  • Confirm health-centre registration and opening hours in person.

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