Soria · Castilla Y Leon
Vinuesa
The most obvious base for the Sierra de Urbión — a pleasant village attuned to tourists.
Living in Vinuesa
Vinuesa is a pleasant mountain village of about 800 at the foot of the Sierra de Urbión in the Soria pinewoods, the most natural base for walking the sierra, with restored old houses and a church colonised by storks. It's mostly Spanish and visitor-friendly without being overrun. High at nearly 1,200m, it has cold winters near freezing and warm short summers. Soria and a hospital are both about three-quarters of an hour away, and airports far beyond — a quiet base for lake, forest and mountain country.
Vinuesa'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 Vinuesa's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 28% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
The most obvious base for the Sierra de Urbión — a pleasant village attuned to tourists. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — outdoors access (bathing water 11 km) and a real food scene.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28.8°C
- Rainy days a year 80 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 35
- Winter average temp 4.8°C
Higher than 27% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
The most obvious base for the Sierra de Urbión — a pleasant village attuned to tourists. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a health centre close by and 46 min to a hospital.
- Winter average temp 4.8°C
- Drive to a hospital 46 min
- Surgical wait (region) 87 days
- Registered long-let rent €4.74/m²·mo
Higher than 25% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
The most obvious base for the Sierra de Urbión — a pleasant village attuned to tourists. A strong pick for American retirees — a health centre close by and 46 min to a hospital.
- Winter average temp 4.8°C
- Drive to a hospital 46 min
- U.S.-born residents 0 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €4.74/m²·mo
Higher than 12% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
The most obvious base for the Sierra de Urbión — a pleasant village attuned to tourists. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — outdoors access (bathing water 11 km) and a real food scene.
- Schools in town 2
- PISA maths (region) 499
- Registered long-let rent €4.74/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 46 min
Higher than 7% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
The most obvious base for the Sierra de Urbión — a pleasant village attuned to tourists. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — outdoors access (bathing water 11 km) and a real food scene.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 85%
- Drive to nearest airport 137 min
- Registered long-let rent €4.74/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28.8°C
Higher than 1% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
The most obvious base for the Sierra de Urbión — a pleasant village attuned to tourists. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — daily-needs services and 46 min to a hospital.
- Registered long-let rent €4.74/m²·mo
- Net income per person €13,783
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28.8°C
What is the climate like in Vinuesa?
Vinuesa'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
- 35 top 43% of 8,033 towns 22 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 ha/km² top 1% of 8,132 towns 2.31 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 0 top 1% of 8,132 towns 6 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 22.4% top 44% of 8,130 towns 0.5% below 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 Vinuesa?
Vinuesa's nearest health centre is 9.1 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 46 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 46 min bottom 31% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 9.1 km bottom 46% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 87 days #5 of 17 regions, −16 days vs national 19% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Vinuesa?
Vinuesa 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 38% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 499 #1 of 17 regions, +20 vs national 18 above the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Vinuesa?
Vinuesa's reported registered long-let rent is €4.74/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €4.74/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €3.57/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €5.24/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €13,783 bottom 42% of 8,059 towns 5% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 24.3% bottom 40% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Vinuesa?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Castilla y León, 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 Castilla y León region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Vinuesa?
Vinuesa's reported population is 825.
Who lives here
- Population
- 825
- Born in Spain
- 92% 3.2% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 0.9% 3% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Vinuesa?
Vinuesa is a reported 137 min drive from the nearest airport, with 85% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 137 min bottom 7% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 85% bottom 37% of 8,132 towns 6% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 85% bottom 28% of 8,132 towns 1% 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 Vinuesa 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 Vinuesa against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 46 min from Soria, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Vinuesa 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.
- Test the reported airport drive at the time you would travel.
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