Cáceres · Extremadura
Cáceres
A fairy-tale UNESCO monumental city protected by defensive walls, so cinematic it has doubled for Game of Thrones — and, like its twin Trujillo, crowned with storks' nests on every tower.
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Living in Cáceres
Cáceres is a mid-sized Extremaduran city of 97,000 wrapped around one of Europe's finest walled old towns — a fairy-tale huddle of Moorish walls and golden mansions, storks nesting on every tower, so cinematic it has stood in for Game of Thrones. It's a lively place with a strong contemporary food scene and a big world-music festival, WOMAD, each May. Summers are hot and dry with highs around 34°C, winters mild near 9°C. It's overwhelmingly Spanish-born, with Colombian and Honduran communities. It has its own hospital, but sits deep in Extremadura — Badajoz and the nearest airport are both over an hour away.
Cáceres'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 Cáceres's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 60% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A fairy-tale UNESCO monumental city protected by defensive walls, so cinematic it has doubled for Game of Thrones — and, like its twin Trujillo, crowned with storks' nests on every tower. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 9.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 135 days
- Registered long-let rent €5.4/m²·mo
Higher than 59% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A fairy-tale UNESCO monumental city protected by defensive walls, so cinematic it has doubled for Game of Thrones — and, like its twin Trujillo, crowned with storks' nests on every tower. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 9.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.75 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €5.4/m²·mo
Higher than 22% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A fairy-tale UNESCO monumental city protected by defensive walls, so cinematic it has doubled for Game of Thrones — and, like its twin Trujillo, crowned with storks' nests on every tower. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 96,598 people and a hospital in town.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 97%
- Drive to nearest airport 75 min
- Registered long-let rent €5.4/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 33.9°C
Higher than 18% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A fairy-tale UNESCO monumental city protected by defensive walls, so cinematic it has doubled for Game of Thrones — and, like its twin Trujillo, crowned with storks' nests on every tower. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — a hospital in town and 96,598 people.
- Schools in town 46
- PISA maths (region) 469
- Registered long-let rent €5.4/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
Higher than 17% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A fairy-tale UNESCO monumental city protected by defensive walls, so cinematic it has doubled for Game of Thrones — and, like its twin Trujillo, crowned with storks' nests on every tower. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 96,598 people and a hospital in town.
- Registered long-let rent €5.4/m²·mo
- Net income per person €15,017
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 33.9°C
Higher than 12% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A fairy-tale UNESCO monumental city protected by defensive walls, so cinematic it has doubled for Game of Thrones — and, like its twin Trujillo, crowned with storks' nests on every tower. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — a hospital in town and a real food scene.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 33.9°C
- Rainy days a year 63 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 21
- Winter average temp 9.5°C
What is the climate like in Cáceres?
Cáceres's reported winter average is 9.5°C, while July–August highs reach 33.9°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 9.5°C top 26% of 8,131 towns 1.7°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 33.9°C bottom 14% of 8,131 towns 3.7°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 63 days top 50% of 8,088 towns 8% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 8.3 h/day top 4% of 3,829 towns 15% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 21 top 23% 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)
- 1.89 ha/km² bottom 12% of 8,132 towns 0.41 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 132 bottom 1% of 8,132 towns 126 above the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 20.7% top 26% of 8,130 towns 2.2% 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 Cáceres?
Cáceres's nearest health centre is 10.5 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
- 10.5 km bottom 39% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 135 days #14 of 17 regions, +32 days vs national 25% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Cáceres?
Cáceres has 46 schools in town; the nearest international school is 74 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 46 top 1% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 74 km bottom 23% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 469 #12 of 17 regions, −10 vs national 12 below the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Cáceres?
Cáceres's reported home price is €1,570/m², while registered long-let rent is €5.4/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,570/m² appraisal (valor tasado) top 30% of 306 towns 29% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €5.4/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €4.35/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €6.66/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- 4.13% bottom 47% of 306 towns
- Net income per person
- €15,017 top 40% of 8,059 towns 4% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 23.9% bottom 38% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Cáceres?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Extremadura, 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 Extremadura region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Cáceres?
Cáceres's reported population is 96,598.
Who lives here
- Population
- 96,598
- Born in Spain
- 93.3% 4.5% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 0.9% 2.9% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.75 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Cáceres?
Cáceres is a reported 75 min drive from the nearest airport, with 96% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 75 min bottom 49% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 96% top 22% of 8,132 towns 17% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 97% top 31% of 8,132 towns 14% 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 Cáceres 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 Cáceres against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 77 min from Badajoz, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Cáceres 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 an insurer how the mapped flood or wildfire exposure affects cover.
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