Alicante/Alacant · Comunidad Valenciana
Benidorm
The beach resort everyone loves to hate — hugely high-rise and 'vaguely Vegas' — yet its sun-drenched sandy beaches keep the crowds coming.
Living in Benidorm
Benidorm is Spain's most unapologetic beach resort — a wall of high-rises above two long sandy bays, mocked as 'vaguely Vegas' yet endlessly popular. As a place to live it is genuinely international: only about three in five residents are Spanish-born, and with nearly 3,900 British nationals — better than one resident in twenty — it is as close to a British colony as the coast gets, plus a notable Dutch community. The climate is the engine of it all: dry, with rain on fewer than 40 days a year, hot summers around 31°C and mild winters near 12°C. There's a hospital in town and the beach a couple of kilometres away, though Alicante airport is a good hour off.
Benidorm'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 Benidorm's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 94% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
The beach resort everyone loves to hate — hugely high-rise and 'vaguely Vegas' — yet its sun-drenched sandy beaches keep the crowds coming. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 12.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 88 days
- Registered long-let rent €8.45/m²·mo
Higher than 88% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
The beach resort everyone loves to hate — hugely high-rise and 'vaguely Vegas' — yet its sun-drenched sandy beaches keep the crowds coming. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 12.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.28 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €8.45/m²·mo
Higher than 87% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
The beach resort everyone loves to hate — hugely high-rise and 'vaguely Vegas' — yet its sun-drenched sandy beaches keep the crowds coming. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 3 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- Schools in town 28
- PISA maths (region) 473
- Registered long-let rent €8.45/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
Higher than 85% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
The beach resort everyone loves to hate — hugely high-rise and 'vaguely Vegas' — yet its sun-drenched sandy beaches keep the crowds coming. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — a settled international community and 3 km from the sea.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 100%
- Drive to nearest airport 66 min
- Registered long-let rent €8.45/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 31.3°C
Higher than 76% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
The beach resort everyone loves to hate — hugely high-rise and 'vaguely Vegas' — yet its sun-drenched sandy beaches keep the crowds coming. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — a settled international community and 3 km from the sea.
- Registered long-let rent €8.45/m²·mo
- Net income per person €12,263
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 31.3°C
Higher than 57% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
The beach resort everyone loves to hate — hugely high-rise and 'vaguely Vegas' — yet its sun-drenched sandy beaches keep the crowds coming. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 3 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 31.3°C
- Rainy days a year 39 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 154
- Winter average temp 12.5°C
What is the climate like in Benidorm?
Benidorm's reported winter average is 12.5°C, while July–August highs reach 31.3°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 12.5°C top 8% of 8,131 towns 4.7°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 31.3°C bottom 34% of 8,131 towns 1.1°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 39 days top 4% of 8,088 towns 44% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 154 bottom 6% of 8,033 towns 97 above 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)
- 0.25 ha/km² bottom 34% of 8,132 towns 2.06 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 2 bottom 42% of 8,132 towns 4 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 25.1% bottom 24% of 8,130 towns 2.2% 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 Benidorm?
Benidorm's nearest health centre is 1.6 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
- 1.6 km top 8% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 88 days #6 of 17 regions, −15 days vs national 18% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Benidorm?
Benidorm has 28 schools in town; the nearest international school is 2 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 28 top 2% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 2 km top 1% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 473 #10 of 17 regions, −6 vs national 8 below the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Benidorm?
Benidorm's reported home price is €3,089/m², while registered long-let rent is €8.45/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €3,089/m² appraisal (valor tasado) bottom 16% of 306 towns 40% more than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €8.45/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €6.63/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €10.6/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- 3.28% bottom 11% of 306 towns
- Net income per person
- €12,263 bottom 21% of 8,059 towns 15% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 21.1% bottom 22% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Benidorm?
the Valencia region has a co-official regional language, and public schools commonly use regional-language immersion or bilingual models rather than Spanish-only teaching. The exact classroom language depends on the school and programme, so confirm the current model before enrolling. See the the Valencia region region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Benidorm?
Benidorm's reported population is 77,211.
Who lives here
- Population
- 77,211
- Born in Spain
- 59% 29.8% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 11.4% 7.6% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.28 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Benidorm?
Benidorm is a reported 66 min drive from the nearest airport, with 98% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 66 min top 42% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 98% top 14% of 8,132 towns 19% 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 Benidorm 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 Benidorm against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 39 min from Alacant/Alicante, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Benidorm 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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