Almería · Andalucía
Almería
An underrated Moorish port city — 'mirror of the sea' under its Nasrid rulers — refreshingly untouristed next to Andalucía's bigger cities.
Living in Almería
Almería is a sun-baked port city of 205,000 at the foot of a bare grey mountain, crowned by the Alcazaba — one of the finest surviving Moorish fortresses in Spain. It sits in the driest corner of the country: barely 200mm of rain falls a year, the climate is technically semi-desert, and summers are hot while winters stay warm, averaging 14°C. The sea is right there, a couple of kilometres from the centre, and the airport is ten minutes out. An underrated, largely un-touristed Andalucian city — most residents Spanish-born, with a significant Moroccan community — it has its own hospital, and the Cabo de Gata beaches and Tabernas 'desert' film country lie just beyond.
Almería'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 Almería's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 96% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
An underrated Moorish port city — 'mirror of the sea' under its Nasrid rulers — refreshingly untouristed next to Andalucía's bigger cities. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 14.1°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 173 days
- Registered long-let rent €6.77/m²·mo
Higher than 94% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
An underrated Moorish port city — 'mirror of the sea' under its Nasrid rulers — refreshingly untouristed next to Andalucía's bigger cities. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 14.1°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.79 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €6.77/m²·mo
Higher than 82% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
An underrated Moorish port city — 'mirror of the sea' under its Nasrid rulers — refreshingly untouristed next to Andalucía's bigger cities. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 2 km from the sea and 204,772 people.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 100%
- Drive to nearest airport 10 min
- Registered long-let rent €6.77/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.9°C
Higher than 76% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
An underrated Moorish port city — 'mirror of the sea' under its Nasrid rulers — refreshingly untouristed next to Andalucía's bigger cities. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 2 km from the sea and a hospital in town.
- Schools in town 195
- PISA maths (region) 457
- Registered long-let rent €6.77/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
Higher than 69% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
An underrated Moorish port city — 'mirror of the sea' under its Nasrid rulers — refreshingly untouristed next to Andalucía's bigger cities. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 2 km from the sea and a hospital in town.
- Registered long-let rent €6.77/m²·mo
- Net income per person €13,372
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.9°C
Higher than 67% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
An underrated Moorish port city — 'mirror of the sea' under its Nasrid rulers — refreshingly untouristed next to Andalucía's bigger cities. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 2 km from the sea and a hospital in town.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.9°C
- Rainy days a year 25 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 30
- Winter average temp 14.1°C
What is the climate like in Almería?
Almería's reported winter average is 14.1°C, while July–August highs reach 30.9°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 14.1°C top 2% of 8,131 towns 6.3°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30.9°C bottom 43% of 8,131 towns 0.7°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 25 days top 1% of 8,088 towns 64% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 8.5 h/day top 1% of 3,829 towns 17% 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)
- 0.14 ha/km² bottom 42% of 8,132 towns 2.17 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 11 bottom 10% of 8,132 towns 5 above the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 23.7% bottom 36% of 8,130 towns 0.8% 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 Almería?
Almería's nearest health centre is 7.2 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
- 7.2 km top 42% 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 Almería?
Almería has 195 schools in town; the nearest international school is 9 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 195 top 1% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 9 km top 8% 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 Almería?
Almería's reported home price is €1,675/m², while registered long-let rent is €6.77/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,675/m² appraisal (valor tasado) top 36% of 306 towns 24% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €6.77/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €5.3/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €8.48/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- 4.85% top 22% of 306 towns
- Net income per person
- €13,372 bottom 35% of 8,059 towns 8% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 27.3% top 42% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Almería?
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 Almería?
Almería's reported population is 204,772.
Who lives here
- Population
- 204,772
- Born in Spain
- 84.4% 4.4% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.3% 1.5% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.79 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Almería?
Almería is a reported 10 min drive from the nearest airport, with 99% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 10 min top 1% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 99% top 8% of 8,132 towns 20% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 8% of 8,132 towns 17% 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 Almería 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 Almería against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 36 min from Roquetas de Mar, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Almería 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 about summer rental crowds and parking near the coast.
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