Region · Spain
Living in Navarre
Navarre sits between Spain's extremes on climate: winters near 6.9°C, summer highs around 28.5°C, and roughly 98 rainy days a year. Summer water stress reads WEI+ 30 against a national 56. On our six settler profiles, Navarre is probably not the one if you're retiring couples (#15 of 17).
Overview
On the wallet: homes run about €2,164/m² (7% above the national average (€2,024/m²)); median net income is about €18,103 per person (27% above the national average (€14,279)).
Public healthcare here means a mean surgical wait around 96 days (7% below the national average (103 days)), with 16.7% of the surgical list waiting over six months — a real, published number, not a brochure claim.
We publish 8 of Navarre's 272 municipalities in depth so far — the ones with a full guide portrait to sit alongside the numbers, weighted toward the milder-summer north. Every figure below is shown against the national reference, gaps included.
Who Navarre is for — and who should look elsewhere
Not our opinion: we ran the same scoring engine behind the quiz for six settler profiles across all 8,132 municipalities, then took the median score of Navarre's towns and ranked it among Spain's 17 comunidades. It answers "how does the typical town here score, versus the typical town elsewhere?"
Probably skip if you want
- Retiring couples #15 of 17 regions
- American retirees #14 of 17 regions
- winter_sun #14 of 17 regions
- year_round_mild #14 of 17 regions
- budget_inland #14 of 17 regions
Ranked 1–17 by the median national percentile of the region's municipalities for each profile (higher median = better place to explore). Hover a town's own page for the town-level version.
The numbers for Navarre
Region-level data, each figure against the national reference. Where a figure is a comunidad-autónoma reading rather than a town measurement, we say so under the card.
Climate
- Winter average
- 6.9°C #12 of 17 regions · −0.8°C vs national 0.8 °C below the national average (7.8°C)
- Summer high
- 28.5°C #6 of 17 regions · −1.7°C vs national 1.7 °C below the national average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 98 days #13 of 17 regions · +29 days vs national 43% above the national average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 6.4 h/day #13 of 17 regions · −0.9 h/day vs national 12% below the national average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+)
- 30 #6 of 16 regions · −27 vs national 27 points below the national average (56)
Aggregated from the region's municipalities (AEMET/derived); summer water stress is a river-basin (WEI+) reading.
Schools
- PISA maths
- 492 #6 of 17 regions · +13 vs national 13 points above the national average (479)
- PISA reading
- 478 #9 of 17 regions · at the national mark about the national average (478)
- PISA science
- 489 #8 of 17 regions · at the national mark about the national average (489)
PISA 2022, reported per comunidad autónoma (INEE). National reference = the mean across the 17 comunidades.
Healthcare
- Surgical wait
- 96 days #9 of 17 regions · −7 days vs national 7% below the national average (103 days)
- Waiting over 6 months
- 16.7% #9 of 17 regions · +0.1 pts vs national 0.1 pts above the national average (16.6%)
- Specialist consult wait
- 152 days #16 of 17 regions · +57 days vs national 60% above the national average (95 days)
Public waiting lists, SISLE-SNS Dic 2025 (2025-12-31), per comunidad autónoma.
Cost & economy
- Median net income / person
- €18,103 #2 of 17 regions · +€3,824 vs national 27% above the national average (€14,279)
- Median home price
- €2,164/m² #12 of 17 regions · +€140/m² vs national 7% above the national average (€2,024/m²)
Median across the region's municipalities (INE net income; Catastro-derived sale price).
Who lives here
- Born in Spain
- 88.2% 0.6 pts below the national average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.5% 1.3 pts below the national average (3.8%)
Share of residents by place of birth, averaged across the region's municipalities (INE).
Tax posture (2025)
- Wealth tax standard
- Foral regime with its own wealth tax — a real annual tax; the state ITSGF (Grandes Fortunas) does NOT apply here.
- Inheritance & gifts light
- Foral: spouse/children (Grupo I & II) get a €250,000 exemption, then a 0.8% flat rate on the excess — very low but not zero.
- Buying resale (ITP)
- General transfer tax around 6% — Foral regime; general housing ITP commonly ~6% (among the lowest). Verify foral rules.
- Buying new-build
- IVA/IGIC around 10%; AJD around 0.5%.
- Annual property tax (IBI)
- Municipal rates typically 0.4–1.1% of cadastral value — set by each town, not the region.
The state ITSGF (Grandes Fortunas) does not apply in the foral territory of Navarra. Source: primary source. General posture, not personal tax advice — thresholds, reduced rates and reliefs change and depend on your circumstances. ITP/AJD figures are regional general rates for budgeting, not a quote.
Best towns in Navarre, by what you're after
The same engine as the quiz, run over Navarre's towns and filtered to the ones we profile in depth. Top of each list, in the engine's order — not hand-picked.
Best towns in Navarre for families
schools, coast and cost, scored for remote-working parents
- Pamplona/Iruña a hospital in town · 107 schools in town
- Sangüesa/Zangoza 39 min to a hospital · 4,876 people
- Tudela a hospital in town · 38,773 people
- Olite/Erriberri 4,091 people · a real food scene
Best towns in Navarre for mild summers
ranked on the July–August average high
- Pamplona/Iruña 59 km from the sea · a hospital in town
- Sangüesa/Zangoza 39 min to a hospital · a real food scene
- Olite/Erriberri a real food scene · 33 min to an airport
- Tudela a hospital in town · a real food scene
Best-value towns in Navarre
cheap to buy in, but still a real town with services
- Sangüesa/Zangoza 4,876 people · 39 min to a hospital
- Pamplona/Iruña a hospital in town · 209,676 people
- Olite/Erriberri 4,091 people · 33 min to an airport
- Tudela 38,773 people · a hospital in town
Town profiles in Navarre
We profile 8 of Navarre's 272 municipalities in depth — numbers plus an honest portrait. More as we cover them.
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