Cáceres · Extremadura
Guadalupe
A small town dominated entirely by its great Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that has drawn pilgrims for five centuries.
Living in Guadalupe
Guadalupe is a small Extremaduran town of 1,700 perched in the sierra, entirely dominated by its great monastery — a UNESCO-listed pilgrimage site for five centuries, its cloisters holding eight Zurbarán paintings and a bejewelled black Virgin. The narrow cobbled streets huddle beneath the monastery's ramparts. It's overwhelmingly Spanish and deeply rural. Summers are hot, with highs around 36°C, winters mild near 9°C. Its isolation is considerable: the nearest hospital is over an hour away, and the nearest sizeable town, Talavera, an hour and a half — a place people come to for the monastery and the mountain quiet.
Guadalupe'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 Guadalupe's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 33% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A small town dominated entirely by its great Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that has drawn pilgrims for five centuries. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a health centre close by and low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.14/m²·mo).
- Winter average temp 8.8°C
- Drive to a hospital 69 min
- Surgical wait (region) 135 days
- Registered long-let rent €3.14/m²·mo
Higher than 33% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A small town dominated entirely by its great Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that has drawn pilgrims for five centuries. A strong pick for American retirees — a health centre close by and low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.14/m²·mo).
- Winter average temp 8.8°C
- Drive to a hospital 69 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.58 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €3.14/m²·mo
Higher than 28% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A small town dominated entirely by its great Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that has drawn pilgrims for five centuries. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.14/m²·mo) and a real food scene.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 78%
- Drive to nearest airport 136 min
- Registered long-let rent €3.14/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 36°C
Higher than 14% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A small town dominated entirely by its great Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that has drawn pilgrims for five centuries. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.14/m²·mo) and a real food scene.
- Schools in town 2
- PISA maths (region) 469
- Registered long-let rent €3.14/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 69 min
Higher than 13% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A small town dominated entirely by its great Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that has drawn pilgrims for five centuries. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.14/m²·mo) and 1,720 people.
- Registered long-let rent €3.14/m²·mo
- Net income per person €12,069
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 36°C
Higher than 12% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A small town dominated entirely by its great Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that has drawn pilgrims for five centuries. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — low cost of living (registered rent ~€3.14/m²·mo) and a real food scene.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 36°C
- Rainy days a year 62 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 106
- Winter average temp 8.8°C
What is the climate like in Guadalupe?
Guadalupe's reported winter average is 8.8°C, while July–August highs reach 36°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 8.8°C top 30% of 8,131 towns 1°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 36°C bottom 2% of 8,131 towns 5.8°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 62 days top 46% of 8,088 towns 10% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 106 bottom 17% of 8,033 towns 49 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)
- 0.31 ha/km² bottom 31% of 8,132 towns 2 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 4 bottom 25% of 8,132 towns 2 below 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 Guadalupe?
Guadalupe's nearest health centre is 0.6 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 69 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 69 min bottom 10% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 0.6 km top 2% 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 Guadalupe?
Guadalupe has 2 schools in town; the nearest international school is 116 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 2 top 26% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 116 km bottom 6% 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 Guadalupe?
Guadalupe's reported registered long-let rent is €3.14/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €3.14/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €2.43/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €3.7/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €12,069 bottom 19% of 8,059 towns 17% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 28.9% top 32% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Guadalupe?
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 Guadalupe?
Guadalupe's reported population is 1,720.
Who lives here
- Population
- 1,720
- Born in Spain
- 93% 4.2% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.9% 2% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.58 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Guadalupe?
Guadalupe is a reported 136 min drive from the nearest airport, with 78% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 136 min bottom 7% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 78% bottom 26% of 8,132 towns 1% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 78% bottom 20% of 8,132 towns 6% 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 Guadalupe 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 Guadalupe against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 89 min from Talavera de la Reina, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Guadalupe 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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