Granada · Andalucía
Trevélez
Purportedly Spain's highest permanent settlement, with lower, middle and upper quarters in traditional Alpujarran style.
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Living in Trevélez
Trevélez claims to be the highest permanent settlement in Spain, at some 2,360m in the Sierra Nevada, its three barrios — lower, middle and upper — climbing an austere ravine on the high flank of the Alpujarras. At this altitude the air is thin and cold, and the cured hams hung in its cellars are famous throughout Spain, the cold dry mountain air doing the curing. It's an overwhelmingly Spanish village. Life here is defined by extreme remoteness: the nearest hospital is a punishing hour and three-quarters' drive down the mountain, and any town or airport well over an hour and a half. A place for people who genuinely want the high sierra and its silence.
Trevélez'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 Trevélez's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 47% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
Purportedly Spain's highest permanent settlement, with lower, middle and upper quarters in traditional Alpujarran style. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a settled international community and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 8.6°C
- Drive to a hospital 111 min
- Surgical wait (region) 173 days
Higher than 41% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
Purportedly Spain's highest permanent settlement, with lower, middle and upper quarters in traditional Alpujarran style. A strong pick for American retirees — a settled international community and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 8.6°C
- Drive to a hospital 111 min
- U.S.-born residents 0 per 1,000
Not scored for heat-averse settlers — no registered-rent data for Trevélez.
Purportedly Spain's highest permanent settlement, with lower, middle and upper quarters in traditional Alpujarran style. Worth a look if you can't stand hot summers.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 34.5°C
- Rainy days a year 51 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 30
- Winter average temp 8.6°C
Not scored for families — no registered-rent data for Trevélez.
Purportedly Spain's highest permanent settlement, with lower, middle and upper quarters in traditional Alpujarran style. Worth a look for a family with school-age kids.
- Schools in town 2
- PISA maths (region) 457
- Drive to a hospital 111 min
- Nearest international school 33 km
Not scored for remote workers — no registered-rent data for Trevélez.
Purportedly Spain's highest permanent settlement, with lower, middle and upper quarters in traditional Alpujarran style. Worth a look for a remote-working couple.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 100%
- Drive to nearest airport 115 min
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 34.5°C
Not scored for budget-first coastal settlers — no registered-rent data for Trevélez.
Purportedly Spain's highest permanent settlement, with lower, middle and upper quarters in traditional Alpujarran style. Worth a look for coastal living on a budget.
- Net income per person €12,108
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 34.5°C
What is the climate like in Trevélez?
Trevélez's reported winter average is 8.6°C, while July–August highs reach 34.5°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 8.6°C top 32% of 8,131 towns 0.8°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 34.5°C bottom 11% of 8,131 towns 4.3°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 51 days top 19% of 8,088 towns 26% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 8.1 h/day top 11% of 3,829 towns 12% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 30 top 32% of 8,033 towns 26 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)
- 0.01 ha/km² top 40% of 8,132 towns 2.3 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
- 27.1% bottom 13% of 8,130 towns 4.2% 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 Trevélez?
Trevélez's nearest health centre is 13.5 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 111 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 111 min bottom 1% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 13.5 km bottom 25% 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 Trevélez?
Trevélez has 2 schools in town; the nearest international school is 33 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 2 top 26% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 33 km top 39% 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 Trevélez?
Trevélez's reported net income per person is €12,108.
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
- €12,108 bottom 19% of 8,059 towns 16% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- no local data
Which languages are used in schools in Trevélez?
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 Trevélez?
Trevélez's reported population is 696.
Who lives here
- Population
- 696
- Born in Spain
- 93.7% 4.9% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.4% 1.4% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Trevélez?
Trevélez is a reported 115 min drive from the nearest airport, with 100% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 115 min bottom 16% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 100% top 2% of 8,132 towns 21% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 9% 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 Trevélez 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 Trevélez against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 89 min from Motril, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Trevélez 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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