Huesca · Aragon
Huesca
A pleasant mix of urban and rustic, once briefly capital of the Aragón kingdom — modern apartment blocks around an atmospheric old quarter.
Living in Huesca
Huesca is a modest Aragonese provincial capital of 55,000 — modern apartment blocks around an atmospheric old quarter, once briefly the capital of the medieval Kingdom of Aragón, with a fine Gothic-Mudéjar cathedral and cafés spilling through the old streets. It's a working city, about four-fifths Spanish-born, with Moroccan, Colombian and Romanian communities. Summers are hot near 32°C, winters cold around 7°C. It has its own hospital and sits at the foot of the Pyrenees — the mountains and their ski resorts an easy drive north, Zaragoza under an hour south.
Huesca'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 Huesca's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 54% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A pleasant mix of urban and rustic, once briefly capital of the Aragón kingdom — modern apartment blocks around an atmospheric old quarter. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 7°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 132 days
- Registered long-let rent €6.67/m²·mo
Higher than 51% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A pleasant mix of urban and rustic, once briefly capital of the Aragón kingdom — modern apartment blocks around an atmospheric old quarter. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 7°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.6 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €6.67/m²·mo
Higher than 23% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A pleasant mix of urban and rustic, once briefly capital of the Aragón kingdom — modern apartment blocks around an atmospheric old quarter. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — a hospital in town and 55,033 people.
- Schools in town 30
- PISA maths (region) 487
- Registered long-let rent €6.67/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
Higher than 22% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A pleasant mix of urban and rustic, once briefly capital of the Aragón kingdom — modern apartment blocks around an atmospheric old quarter. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 55,033 people and a hospital in town.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 99%
- Drive to nearest airport 74 min
- Registered long-let rent €6.67/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 31.8°C
Higher than 17% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A pleasant mix of urban and rustic, once briefly capital of the Aragón kingdom — modern apartment blocks around an atmospheric old quarter. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — a hospital in town and a real food scene.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 31.8°C
- Rainy days a year 61 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 20
- Winter average temp 7°C
Higher than 14% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A pleasant mix of urban and rustic, once briefly capital of the Aragón kingdom — modern apartment blocks around an atmospheric old quarter. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 55,033 people and a hospital in town.
- Registered long-let rent €6.67/m²·mo
- Net income per person €15,494
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 31.8°C
What is the climate like in Huesca?
Huesca's reported winter average is 7°C, while July–August highs reach 31.8°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 7°C bottom 49% of 8,131 towns 0.8°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 31.8°C bottom 27% of 8,131 towns 1.6°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 61 days top 45% of 8,088 towns 11% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 7.8 h/day top 24% of 3,829 towns 7% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 20 top 18% 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)
- 1.14 ha/km² bottom 16% of 8,132 towns 1.17 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 11 bottom 10% of 8,132 towns 5 above the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 26% bottom 20% of 8,130 towns 3.1% 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 Huesca?
Huesca'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
- 132 days #13 of 17 regions, +29 days vs national 22% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Huesca?
Huesca has 30 schools in town; the nearest international school is 3 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 30 top 2% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 3 km top 1% 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 Huesca?
Huesca's reported home price is €1,706/m², while registered long-let rent is €6.67/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,706/m² appraisal (valor tasado) top 39% of 306 towns 23% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €6.67/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €5.3/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €8.31/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- 4.69% top 26% of 306 towns
- Net income per person
- €15,494 top 34% of 8,059 towns 7% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 17.8% bottom 12% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Huesca?
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 Huesca?
Huesca's reported population is 55,033.
Who lives here
- Population
- 55,033
- Born in Spain
- 80.9% 7.9% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.7% 1.1% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.6 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Huesca?
Huesca is a reported 74 min drive from the nearest airport, with 97% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 74 min top 50% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 97% top 15% of 8,132 towns 19% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% top 20% of 8,132 towns 15% 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 Huesca 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 Huesca against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 55 min from Zaragoza, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Huesca 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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