Burgos · Castilla Y Leon
Covarrubias
A superbly preserved white half-timbered village of sleepy gentility, arranged around three ever-prettier plazas.
Living in Covarrubias
Covarrubias is a superbly preserved half-timbered village of just 500 on the Arlanza river south of Burgos, its white timbered houses arranged around a sequence of ever-prettier plazas beneath a Gothic collegiate church. It draws weekend visitors but isn't yet overwhelmed by them, and it's a small, largely Spanish place. High on the Burgos meseta at nearly 950m, it has long cold winters averaging under 5°C and short warm summers. Burgos and the nearest hospital are both about forty minutes away; otherwise this is quiet, sleepy Castilian country.
Covarrubias'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 Covarrubias's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 41% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A superbly preserved white half-timbered village of sleepy gentility, arranged around three ever-prettier plazas. A strong pick for American retirees — 40 min to a hospital and a settled international community.
- Winter average temp 4.7°C
- Drive to a hospital 40 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.97 per 1,000
Higher than 37% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A superbly preserved white half-timbered village of sleepy gentility, arranged around three ever-prettier plazas. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 40 min to a hospital and a settled international community.
- Winter average temp 4.7°C
- Drive to a hospital 40 min
- Surgical wait (region) 87 days
Not scored for heat-averse settlers — no registered-rent data for Covarrubias.
A superbly preserved white half-timbered village of sleepy gentility, arranged around three ever-prettier plazas. Worth a look if you can't stand hot summers.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28°C
- Rainy days a year 85 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 95
- Winter average temp 4.7°C
Not scored for families — no registered-rent data for Covarrubias.
A superbly preserved white half-timbered village of sleepy gentility, arranged around three ever-prettier plazas. Worth a look for a family with school-age kids.
- Schools in town 1
- PISA maths (region) 499
- Drive to a hospital 40 min
- Nearest international school 32 km
Not scored for remote workers — no registered-rent data for Covarrubias.
A superbly preserved white half-timbered village of sleepy gentility, arranged around three ever-prettier plazas. Worth a look for a remote-working couple.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 77%
- Drive to nearest airport 116 min
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28°C
Not scored for budget-first coastal settlers — no registered-rent data for Covarrubias.
A superbly preserved white half-timbered village of sleepy gentility, arranged around three ever-prettier plazas. Worth a look for coastal living on a budget.
- Net income per person €15,662
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28°C
What is the climate like in Covarrubias?
Covarrubias's reported winter average is 4.7°C, while July–August highs reach 28°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 4.7°C bottom 8% of 8,131 towns 3.1°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 28°C top 18% of 8,131 towns 2.2°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 85 days bottom 20% of 8,088 towns 24% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 6.3 h/day bottom 17% of 3,829 towns 13% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 95 bottom 22% of 8,033 towns 39 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 ha/km² top 1% of 8,132 towns 2.31 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 0 top 1% of 8,132 towns 6 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 22.9% bottom 48% of 8,130 towns about 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 Covarrubias?
Covarrubias's nearest health centre is 18.7 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 40 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 40 min bottom 40% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 18.7 km bottom 15% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 87 days #5 of 17 regions, −16 days vs national 19% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Covarrubias?
Covarrubias has 1 schools in town; the nearest international school is 32 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 1 top 39% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 32 km top 37% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 499 #1 of 17 regions, +20 vs national 18 above the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Covarrubias?
Covarrubias's reported net income per person is €15,662.
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
- €15,662 top 32% of 8,059 towns 8% 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 Covarrubias?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Castilla y León, 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 Castilla y León region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Covarrubias?
Covarrubias's reported population is 507.
Who lives here
- Population
- 507
- Born in Spain
- 90.9% 2.1% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.9% 0.1% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.97 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Covarrubias?
Covarrubias is a reported 116 min drive from the nearest airport, with 77% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 116 min bottom 16% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 77% bottom 25% of 8,132 towns 2% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 77% bottom 19% of 8,132 towns 7% below 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 Covarrubias 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 Covarrubias against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 40 min from Burgos, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Covarrubias 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.
- Test the reported airport drive at the time you would travel.
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