Araba/Álava · País Vasco
Laguardia
A gorgeous walled hilltop village in Rioja Alavesa, its old lanes riddled with subterranean wine cellars.
Living in Laguardia
Laguardia is a gorgeous walled hilltop village of 1,500 stretched along a ridge above the Rioja Alavesa vineyards, its medieval lanes honeycombed with the old underground cellars where wine was once stored. Landmark modern bodegas sit nearby — Calatrava's wave-roofed Ysios and the Marqués de Riscal cellars at Elciego. It's a small, largely Spanish wine village with a Moroccan minority. At around 570m, summers are warm near 30°C and winters cool around 7°C. It's unusually well placed for its size: a hospital in the village, and Logroño barely twenty minutes down the hill.
Laguardia'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 Laguardia's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 93% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A gorgeous walled hilltop village in Rioja Alavesa, its old lanes riddled with subterranean wine cellars. 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 6.81 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €6.13/m²·mo
Higher than 85% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A gorgeous walled hilltop village in Rioja Alavesa, its old lanes riddled with subterranean wine cellars. 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) 64 days
- Registered long-let rent €6.13/m²·mo
Higher than 55% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A gorgeous walled hilltop village in Rioja Alavesa, its old lanes riddled with subterranean wine cellars. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — a settled international community and a hospital in town.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 29.5°C
- Rainy days a year 77 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 32
- Winter average temp 7°C
Higher than 50% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A gorgeous walled hilltop village in Rioja Alavesa, its old lanes riddled with subterranean wine cellars. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — a settled international community and a hospital in town.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 94%
- Drive to nearest airport 62 min
- Registered long-let rent €6.13/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 29.5°C
Higher than 48% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A gorgeous walled hilltop village in Rioja Alavesa, its old lanes riddled with subterranean wine cellars. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — a settled international community and a hospital in town.
- Registered long-let rent €6.13/m²·mo
- Net income per person €16,094
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 29.5°C
Higher than 46% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A gorgeous walled hilltop village in Rioja Alavesa, its old lanes riddled with subterranean wine cellars. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — a settled international community and a hospital in town.
- Schools in town 3
- PISA maths (region) 482
- Registered long-let rent €6.13/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
What is the climate like in Laguardia?
Laguardia's reported winter average is 7°C, while July–August highs reach 29.5°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)
- 29.5°C top 35% of 8,131 towns 0.7°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 77 days bottom 30% of 8,088 towns 13% 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)
- 0.61 ha/km² bottom 22% of 8,132 towns 1.69 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 9 bottom 12% of 8,132 towns 3 above the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 25.8% bottom 21% of 8,130 towns 2.9% 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 Laguardia?
Laguardia's nearest health centre is 1 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 km top 4% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 64 days #2 of 17 regions, −39 days vs national 41% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Laguardia?
Laguardia has 3 schools in town; the nearest international school is 15 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 3 top 19% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 15 km top 14% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 482 #9 of 17 regions, +3 vs national 1 above the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Laguardia?
Laguardia's reported registered long-let rent is €6.13/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €6.13/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €5.42/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €7.09/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €16,094 top 25% of 8,059 towns 11% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 12.2% bottom 5% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Laguardia?
the Basque Country has a co-official regional language, and public schools commonly use regional-language immersion or bilingual models rather than Spanish-only teaching. The exact classroom language depends on the school and programme, so confirm the current model before enrolling. See the the Basque Country region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Laguardia?
Laguardia's reported population is 1,468.
Who lives here
- Population
- 1,468
- Born in Spain
- 85.4% 3.4% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3% 0.8% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 6.81 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Laguardia?
Laguardia is a reported 62 min drive from the nearest airport, with 94% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 62 min top 38% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 94% top 32% of 8,132 towns 15% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 94% top 47% of 8,132 towns 11% 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 Laguardia 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 Laguardia against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 19 min from Logroño, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Laguardia 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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