Valladolid · Castilla Y Leon
Medina del Campo
Below one of the region's great Moorish brick castles, this was once one of the most important market towns in Europe.
Living in Medina del Campo
Medina del Campo is a Castilian town of 20,000 beneath the great brick Moorish castle of La Mota, once one of the most important market-fair towns in all of Europe, where 15th- and 16th-century bankers helped set the value of European currencies. Today it's a workaday town on the meseta, mostly Spanish-born with Moroccan and Romanian communities. At around 730m the climate is dry-continental: warm summers near 31°C, cold winters near freezing at night. It has its own hospital, and Valladolid is about forty minutes away — a solid, unglamorous base steeped in history.
Medina del Campo'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 Medina del Campo's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 65% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
Below one of the region's great Moorish brick castles, this was once one of the most important market towns in Europe. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 5.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 87 days
- Registered long-let rent €4.59/m²·mo
Higher than 55% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
Below one of the region's great Moorish brick castles, this was once one of the most important market towns in Europe. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 5.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 0 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €4.59/m²·mo
Higher than 35% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
Below one of the region's great Moorish brick castles, this was once one of the most important market towns in Europe. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 20,238 people and a hospital in town.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 100%
- Drive to nearest airport 49 min
- Registered long-let rent €4.59/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.9°C
Higher than 34% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
Below one of the region's great Moorish brick castles, this was once one of the most important market towns in Europe. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — a hospital in town and 20,238 people.
- Schools in town 14
- PISA maths (region) 499
- Registered long-let rent €4.59/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
Higher than 29% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
Below one of the region's great Moorish brick castles, this was once one of the most important market towns in Europe. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 20,238 people and a hospital in town.
- Registered long-let rent €4.59/m²·mo
- Net income per person €12,984
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.9°C
Higher than 26% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
Below one of the region's great Moorish brick castles, this was once one of the most important market towns in Europe. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — a hospital in town and a real food scene.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.9°C
- Rainy days a year 63 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 60
- Winter average temp 5.5°C
What is the climate like in Medina del Campo?
Medina del Campo's reported winter average is 5.5°C, while July–August highs reach 30.9°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 5.5°C bottom 23% of 8,131 towns 2.2°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30.9°C bottom 43% of 8,131 towns 0.7°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 63 days top 48% of 8,088 towns 9% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 60 bottom 41% of 8,033 towns 3 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)
- 0.5 ha/km² bottom 25% of 8,132 towns 1.81 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 13 bottom 8% of 8,132 towns 7 above the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 20.2% top 18% of 8,130 towns 2.7% 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 Medina del Campo?
Medina del Campo'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
- 87 days #5 of 17 regions, −16 days vs national 19% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Medina del Campo?
Medina del Campo has 14 schools in town; the nearest international school is 40 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 14 top 4% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 40 km top 47% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 499 #1 of 17 regions, +20 vs national 18 above the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Medina del Campo?
Medina del Campo's reported asking price is €1,172/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €1,172/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026
- Registered long-let rent
- €4.59/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €3.78/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €5.72/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €12,984 bottom 30% of 8,059 towns 10% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 23.8% bottom 37% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Medina del Campo?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Castilla y León, 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 Castilla y León region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Medina del Campo?
Medina del Campo's reported population is 20,238.
Who lives here
- Population
- 20,238
- Born in Spain
- 89.3% 0.5% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.2% 0.7% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Medina del Campo?
Medina del Campo is a reported 49 min drive from the nearest airport, with 95% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 49 min top 23% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 95% top 29% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 9% of 8,132 towns 16% 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 Medina del Campo 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 Medina del Campo against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 43 min from Valladolid, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Medina del Campo 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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