Jaén · Andalucía
Úbeda
A World Heritage-listed casco antiguo where beautiful Renaissance buildings grace almost every street — one of the few places in Andalucía with stunning architecture not built by the Moors.
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Living in Úbeda
Úbeda is a Renaissance jewel of 34,000 on an escarpment above the Guadalquivir valley in Jaén's olive country — its UNESCO-listed old quarter, built on 16th-century courtly wealth, holds stunning palaces and the Plateresque Capilla del Salvador around one of the finest squares in Spain. Beyond the modern suburbs that first greet you, it's an overwhelmingly Spanish town with good restaurants and tapas bars. Summers are hot with highs around 34°C, winters mild near 10°C. It has its own hospital; Linares is about forty minutes away, but airports are far — Granada's roughly two hours.
Úbeda'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 Úbeda's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 60% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A World Heritage-listed casco antiguo where beautiful Renaissance buildings grace almost every street — one of the few places in Andalucía with stunning architecture not built by the Moors. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.2°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 173 days
- Registered long-let rent €3.85/m²·mo
Higher than 56% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A World Heritage-listed casco antiguo where beautiful Renaissance buildings grace almost every street — one of the few places in Andalucía with stunning architecture not built by the Moors. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.2°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.24 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €3.85/m²·mo
Higher than 44% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A World Heritage-listed casco antiguo where beautiful Renaissance buildings grace almost every street — one of the few places in Andalucía with stunning architecture not built by the Moors. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 33,605 people and low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.85/m²·mo).
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 98%
- Drive to nearest airport 119 min
- Registered long-let rent €3.85/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 33.7°C
Higher than 35% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A World Heritage-listed casco antiguo where beautiful Renaissance buildings grace almost every street — one of the few places in Andalucía with stunning architecture not built by the Moors. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — a hospital in town and 33,605 people.
- Schools in town 26
- PISA maths (region) 457
- Registered long-let rent €3.85/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
Higher than 34% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A World Heritage-listed casco antiguo where beautiful Renaissance buildings grace almost every street — one of the few places in Andalucía with stunning architecture not built by the Moors. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 33,605 people and low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.85/m²·mo).
- Registered long-let rent €3.85/m²·mo
- Net income per person €12,868
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 33.7°C
Higher than 18% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A World Heritage-listed casco antiguo where beautiful Renaissance buildings grace almost every street — one of the few places in Andalucía with stunning architecture not built by the Moors. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — a hospital in town and low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.85/m²·mo).
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 33.7°C
- Rainy days a year 56 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 24
- Winter average temp 10.2°C
What is the climate like in Úbeda?
Úbeda's reported winter average is 10.2°C, while July–August highs reach 33.7°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 10.2°C top 22% of 8,131 towns 2.4°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 33.7°C bottom 16% of 8,131 towns 3.5°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 56 days top 31% of 8,088 towns 19% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 24 top 27% of 8,033 towns 33 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)
- 0.12 ha/km² bottom 44% of 8,132 towns 2.19 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 10 bottom 11% of 8,132 towns 4 above the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 25.6% bottom 22% of 8,130 towns 2.7% 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 Úbeda?
Úbeda's nearest health centre is 4.8 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
- 4.8 km top 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 Úbeda?
Úbeda has 26 schools in town; the nearest international school is 50 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 26 top 2% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 50 km bottom 42% 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 Úbeda?
Úbeda's reported home price is €939/m², while registered long-let rent is €3.85/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €939/m² appraisal (valor tasado) top 5% of 306 towns 57% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €3.85/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €3.03/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €4.87/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- 4.92% top 19% of 306 towns
- Net income per person
- €12,868 bottom 28% of 8,059 towns 11% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 25.9% bottom 49% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Úbeda?
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 Úbeda?
Úbeda's reported population is 33,605.
Who lives here
- Population
- 33,605
- Born in Spain
- 94.8% 6% 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
- 0.24 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Úbeda?
Úbeda is a reported 119 min drive from the nearest airport, with 96% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 119 min bottom 14% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 96% top 21% of 8,132 towns 17% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 98% top 23% of 8,132 towns 15% 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 Úbeda 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 Úbeda against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 41 min from Linares, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Úbeda 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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