Zaragoza · Aragon
Daroca
A charming old town set within an impressive, largely ruined run of walls that includes no fewer than 114 towers.
Living in Daroca
Daroca is a charming old town of 1,900 strung along a valley in the Aragonese hills, ringed by an impressive if crumbling run of medieval walls studded with over a hundred towers and pierced by two grand town gates. For its size it's fairly mixed, with Romanian and Moroccan communities among a mostly Spanish population. At around 800m the climate is continental — hot summers near 31°C, cold winters near freezing at night. It has a health centre but the nearest hospital is a good forty minutes off towards Calatayud, and Teruel over an hour, so it's a quiet, self-contained interior town.
Daroca'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 Daroca's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 56% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A charming old town set within an impressive, largely ruined run of walls that includes no fewer than 114 towers. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 41 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 6.1°C
- Drive to a hospital 41 min
- Surgical wait (region) 132 days
- Registered long-let rent €4.79/m²·mo
Higher than 52% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A charming old town set within an impressive, largely ruined run of walls that includes no fewer than 114 towers. A strong pick for American retirees — 41 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 6.1°C
- Drive to a hospital 41 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.58 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €4.79/m²·mo
Higher than 23% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A charming old town set within an impressive, largely ruined run of walls that includes no fewer than 114 towers. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 41 min to a hospital and 1,900 people.
- Registered long-let rent €4.79/m²·mo
- Net income per person €14,169
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 31.2°C
Higher than 19% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A charming old town set within an impressive, largely ruined run of walls that includes no fewer than 114 towers. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 41 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Schools in town 3
- PISA maths (region) 487
- Registered long-let rent €4.79/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 41 min
Higher than 18% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A charming old town set within an impressive, largely ruined run of walls that includes no fewer than 114 towers. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 41 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 31.2°C
- Rainy days a year 63 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 51
- Winter average temp 6.1°C
Higher than 18% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A charming old town set within an impressive, largely ruined run of walls that includes no fewer than 114 towers. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 41 min to a hospital and 1,900 people.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 97%
- Drive to nearest airport 86 min
- Registered long-let rent €4.79/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 31.2°C
What is the climate like in Daroca?
Daroca's reported winter average is 6.1°C, while July–August highs reach 31.2°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 6.1°C bottom 35% of 8,131 towns 1.6°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 31.2°C bottom 34% of 8,131 towns 1°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
- 7.2 h/day bottom 33% of 3,829 towns about the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 51 bottom 43% of 8,033 towns 6 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)
- 0.13 ha/km² bottom 43% of 8,132 towns 2.18 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 3 bottom 32% of 8,132 towns 3 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 24% bottom 35% of 8,130 towns 1.1% 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 Daroca?
Daroca's nearest health centre is 0.4 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 41 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 41 min bottom 38% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 0.4 km top 1% 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 Daroca?
Daroca has 3 schools in town; the nearest international school is 74 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 3 top 19% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 74 km bottom 23% 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 Daroca?
Daroca's reported registered long-let rent is €4.79/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €4.79/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €4.01/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €5.44/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €14,169 bottom 48% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 16.6% bottom 9% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Daroca?
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 Daroca?
Daroca's reported population is 1,900.
Who lives here
- Population
- 1,900
- Born in Spain
- 78.2% 10.6% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 7.2% 3.3% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.58 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Daroca?
Daroca is a reported 86 min drive from the nearest airport, with 92% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 86 min bottom 38% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 92% top 39% of 8,132 towns 13% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 97% top 33% 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 Daroca 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 Daroca against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 70 min from Teruel, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Daroca for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- 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.
- Ask an insurer how the mapped flood or wildfire exposure affects cover.
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