Huesca · Aragon
Jaca
A busy industrial crossroads town whose unpromising first impression gives way to a bevy of sights evoking a long history, including a magnificent Catedral.
Living in Jaca
Jaca is a busy Pyrenean crossroads town of 14,000 in the Aragonese mountains — an unpromising industrial first impression that gives way to one of Spain's oldest cathedrals and a long history as the first capital of the medieval Kingdom of Aragón. It's a real year-round town, not just a ski base, about four-fifths Spanish-born with a sizeable Colombian community. At around 865m the climate is upland: cold winters with frost, warm summers near 30°C, and the ski resorts of Astún and Candanchú half an hour up the valley. It has its own hospital, with Huesca about an hour south.
Jaca'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 Jaca's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 41% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A busy industrial crossroads town whose unpromising first impression gives way to a bevy of sights evoking a long history, including a magnificent Catedral. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — a hospital in town and 14,012 people.
- Schools in town 6
- PISA maths (region) 487
- Registered long-let rent €6.67/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
Higher than 41% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A busy industrial crossroads town whose unpromising first impression gives way to a bevy of sights evoking a long history, including a magnificent Catedral. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 14,012 people and a hospital in town.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 96%
- Drive to nearest airport 86 min
- Registered long-let rent €6.67/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.3°C
Higher than 40% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A busy industrial crossroads town whose unpromising first impression gives way to a bevy of sights evoking a long history, including a magnificent Catedral. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — a hospital in town and a real food scene.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.3°C
- Rainy days a year 83 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 32
- Winter average temp 5.2°C
Higher than 37% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A busy industrial crossroads town whose unpromising first impression gives way to a bevy of sights evoking a long history, including a magnificent Catedral. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 5.2°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.21 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €6.67/m²·mo
Higher than 36% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A busy industrial crossroads town whose unpromising first impression gives way to a bevy of sights evoking a long history, including a magnificent Catedral. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 5.2°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 132 days
- Registered long-let rent €6.67/m²·mo
Higher than 22% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A busy industrial crossroads town whose unpromising first impression gives way to a bevy of sights evoking a long history, including a magnificent Catedral. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 14,012 people and a hospital in town.
- Registered long-let rent €6.67/m²·mo
- Net income per person €15,746
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.3°C
What is the climate like in Jaca?
Jaca's reported winter average is 5.2°C, while July–August highs reach 30.3°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 5.2°C bottom 19% of 8,131 towns 2.5°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30.3°C top 47% of 8,131 towns 0.1°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 83 days bottom 20% of 8,088 towns 21% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 32 top 35% of 8,033 towns 24 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)
- 0.15 ha/km² bottom 41% of 8,132 towns 2.16 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 5 bottom 21% of 8,132 towns 1 below 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 Jaca?
Jaca's nearest health centre is 2.2 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
- 2.2 km top 11% 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 Jaca?
Jaca has 6 schools in town; the nearest international school is 50 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 6 top 10% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 50 km bottom 42% 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 Jaca?
Jaca's reported asking price is €2,767/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €2,767/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026 · small sample
- Registered long-let rent
- €6.67/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €5.34/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €8.18/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €15,746 top 31% of 8,059 towns 9% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 22.5% bottom 29% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Jaca?
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 Jaca?
Jaca's reported population is 14,012.
Who lives here
- Population
- 14,012
- Born in Spain
- 82.3% 6.5% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.6% 1.2% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.21 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Jaca?
Jaca is a reported 86 min drive from the nearest airport, with 90% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 86 min bottom 38% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 90% top 47% of 8,132 towns 11% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 96% top 38% of 8,132 towns 13% 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 Jaca 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 Jaca against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 56 min from Huesca, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Jaca for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- Ask what recent sales closed at; the published figure is asking price.
- 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.
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