Huesca · Aragon
Alquézar
A striking village clinging to the rock on the edge of a canyon, dominated by its castle and collegiate church — a canyoning capital of the Pyrenees.
Living in Alquézar
Alquézar is a cliff-edge village of barely 300 clinging to the rim of the Río Vero canyon, dominated by its castle and collegiate church, and known across the Pyrenees as a canyoning base — some 70 gorges are cut into the limestone of the nearby Sierra de Guara. For its size it has a distinctly international tinge: French and other EU residents make up a notable share, drawn by the outdoors. At around 800m the summers are warm and dry, highs near 32°C, and winters cool. It is tiny and steep, but not isolated — Barbastro and its hospital are about half an hour off, Huesca under an hour.
Alquézar'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 Alquézar's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 81% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A striking village clinging to the rock on the edge of a canyon, dominated by its castle and collegiate church — a canyoning capital of the Pyrenees. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 32 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 7°C
- Drive to a hospital 32 min
- Surgical wait (region) 132 days
Higher than 63% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A striking village clinging to the rock on the edge of a canyon, dominated by its castle and collegiate church — a canyoning capital of the Pyrenees. A strong pick for American retirees — 32 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 7°C
- Drive to a hospital 32 min
- U.S.-born residents 0 per 1,000
Not scored for heat-averse settlers — no registered-rent data for Alquézar.
A striking village clinging to the rock on the edge of a canyon, dominated by its castle and collegiate church — a canyoning capital of the Pyrenees. Worth a look if you can't stand hot summers.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 31.8°C
- Rainy days a year 61 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 20
- Winter average temp 7°C
Not scored for families — no registered-rent data for Alquézar.
A striking village clinging to the rock on the edge of a canyon, dominated by its castle and collegiate church — a canyoning capital of the Pyrenees. Worth a look for a family with school-age kids.
- Schools in town 0
- PISA maths (region) 487
- Drive to a hospital 32 min
- Nearest international school 35 km
Not scored for remote workers — no registered-rent data for Alquézar.
A striking village clinging to the rock on the edge of a canyon, dominated by its castle and collegiate church — a canyoning capital of the Pyrenees. Worth a look for a remote-working couple.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 89%
- Drive to nearest airport 88 min
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 31.8°C
Not scored for budget-first coastal settlers — no registered-rent data for Alquézar.
A striking village clinging to the rock on the edge of a canyon, dominated by its castle and collegiate church — a canyoning capital of the Pyrenees. Worth a look for coastal living on a budget.
- Net income per person €16,149
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 31.8°C
What is the climate like in Alquézar?
Alquézar's reported winter average is 7°C, while July–August highs reach 31.8°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 7°C bottom 49% of 8,131 towns 0.8°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 31.8°C bottom 27% of 8,131 towns 1.6°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 61 days top 45% of 8,088 towns 11% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 7.8 h/day top 24% of 3,829 towns 7% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 20 top 18% of 8,033 towns 36 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)
- 0.03 ha/km² top 43% of 8,132 towns 2.28 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
- 26% bottom 20% of 8,130 towns 3.1% 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 Alquézar?
Alquézar's nearest health centre is 9.1 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 32 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 32 min top 45% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 9.1 km bottom 47% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 132 days #13 of 17 regions, +29 days vs national 22% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Alquézar?
Alquézar has 0 schools in town; the nearest international school is 35 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 0 bottom 46% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 35 km top 40% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 487 #7 of 17 regions, +8 vs national 6 above the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Alquézar?
Alquézar's reported net income per person is €16,149.
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
- €16,149 top 24% of 8,059 towns 11% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 30.8% top 23% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Alquézar?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Aragón, 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 Aragón region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Alquézar?
Alquézar's reported population is 325.
Who lives here
- Population
- 325
- Born in Spain
- 77.9% 10.9% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 16.3% 12.5% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Alquézar?
Alquézar is a reported 88 min drive from the nearest airport, with 46% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 88 min bottom 36% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 46% bottom 11% of 8,132 towns 33% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 89% bottom 37% of 8,132 towns 6% 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 Alquézar 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 Alquézar against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 48 min from Huesca, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Alquézar 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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