Alhaurín el Grande
Málaga · Andalusia
Alhaurín el Grande is a municipality of 27,610 residents in Málaga province, Andalusia, about 4 km from the nearest coastline. Registered long-let rents average €6.61/m² a month — roughly 19% above the national municipal average of €5.57. Among residents, about 10% hold UK nationality.
The case for Alhaurín el Grande
- only 46 rainy days a year
- 13.7°C average winters
- AGP airport 33 minutes away
- Málaga — a 100,000+ city — 36 minutes by road
- AVE high-speed rail about 24 minutes away
- 16 schools in town
- 15.8% of residents are under 15 — more children than the typical Spanish town
- 91% fibre-to-the-home coverage
- population up 6% since 2021 — people are choosing it
No adjectives, no opinions — every line is a measured value from the data below, shown only when Alhaurín el Grande genuinely earns it. Distances marked "as the crow flies" are straight-line estimates.
Alhaurín el Grande's Spainability Scores
Percentile within each canonical persona's scoreable municipality pool.
Higher than 66% of 2,555 scoreable municipalities.
Higher than 89% of 8,088 scoreable municipalities.
Higher than 96% of 8,088 scoreable municipalities.
Higher than 90% of 2,299 scoreable municipalities.
Higher than 86% of 2,299 scoreable municipalities.
Higher than 89% of 2,299 scoreable municipalities.
Published data for Alhaurín el Grande
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 13.7°C top 3% of 8,131 towns 5.9°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 34.1°C bottom 13% of 8,131 towns 3.9°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 46 days top 11% of 8,088 towns 34% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- 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)
- 0.02 ha/km² top 40% of 8,132 towns 2.29 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
- 24.5% bottom 28% of 8,130 towns 1.6% above the Spanish average (22.9%)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €6.61/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €5.13/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €8.33/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €10,432 bottom 4% of 8,059 towns 28% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 34.9% top 11% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 16 top 4% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 10 km top 9% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 #16 of 17 regions, −22 vs national 24 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 25 min top 32% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 0.6 km top 2% 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)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 33 min top 9% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 91% top 43% of 8,132 towns 12% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 95% top 45% of 8,132 towns 11% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 27,610
- Born in Spain
- 74.1% 14.7% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 14.8% 10.9% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.56 per 1,000
Monthly climate normals
Numbers: Spainability town dataset. Missing fields are shown as missing. Registered rent, sale appraisal and asking-price figures keep their separate basis labels.
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.
- Ask about summer rental crowds and parking near the coast.
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