Toledo · Castilla-La Mancha
Oropesa
A proud castle dating from 1366, part of it converted into a parador.
Living in Oropesa
Oropesa is a small Castilian town of 2,600 west of Toledo, watched over by a proud 14th-century castle, part of it now a parador. It's an overwhelmingly Spanish country town on the plains, quiet and unhurried. Summers are hot with highs around 35°C, winters cold near freezing at night. It's a self-contained spot: Talavera de la Reina and the nearest hospital are both about half an hour away, but any airport is a long drive — a base for the parador and the countryside rather than a place with services on the doorstep.
Oropesa'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 Oropesa'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 American retirees.
A proud castle dating from 1366, part of it converted into a parador. A strong pick for American retirees — 33 min to a hospital and only 54 rainy days a year.
- Winter average temp 8°C
- Drive to a hospital 33 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.55 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €4.23/m²·mo
Higher than 47% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A proud castle dating from 1366, part of it converted into a parador. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 33 min to a hospital and only 54 rainy days a year.
- Winter average temp 8°C
- Drive to a hospital 33 min
- Surgical wait (region) 92 days
- Registered long-let rent €4.23/m²·mo
Higher than 11% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A proud castle dating from 1366, part of it converted into a parador. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 33 min to a hospital and low cost of living (registered rent ~€4.23/m²·mo).
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 93%
- Drive to nearest airport 128 min
- Registered long-let rent €4.23/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 34.9°C
Higher than 9% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A proud castle dating from 1366, part of it converted into a parador. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 33 min to a hospital and low cost of living (registered rent ~€4.23/m²·mo).
- Registered long-let rent €4.23/m²·mo
- Net income per person €12,390
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 34.9°C
Higher than 6% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A proud castle dating from 1366, part of it converted into a parador. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 33 min to a hospital and low cost of living (registered rent ~€4.23/m²·mo).
- PISA maths (region) 464
- Registered long-let rent €4.23/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 33 min
- Nearest international school 87 km
Higher than 4% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A proud castle dating from 1366, part of it converted into a parador. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 33 min to a hospital and low cost of living (registered rent ~€4.23/m²·mo).
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 34.9°C
- Rainy days a year 54 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 44
- Winter average temp 8°C
What is the climate like in Oropesa?
Oropesa's reported winter average is 8°C, while July–August highs reach 34.9°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 8°C top 38% of 8,131 towns 0.2°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 34.9°C bottom 7% of 8,131 towns 4.7°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 54 days top 28% of 8,088 towns 21% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 44 bottom 49% of 8,033 towns 12 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)
- 0.68 ha/km² bottom 21% of 8,132 towns 1.63 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
- 22.8% top 50% of 8,130 towns 0.1% 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 Oropesa?
Oropesa's nearest health centre is 18.9 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 33 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 33 min top 49% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 18.9 km bottom 14% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 92 days #8 of 17 regions, −11 days vs national 15% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Oropesa?
Oropesa's reported nearest international school is 87 km.
Schools
- Schools in town
- no local data
- Nearest international school
- 87 km bottom 16% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 464 #14 of 17 regions, −15 vs national 17 below the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Oropesa?
Oropesa's reported registered long-let rent is €4.23/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €4.23/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €2.99/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €5.29/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €12,390 bottom 22% of 8,059 towns 15% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 25.5% bottom 47% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Oropesa?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Castilla-La Mancha, 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-La Mancha region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Oropesa?
Oropesa's reported population is 2,582.
Who lives here
- Population
- 2,582
- Born in Spain
- 92.6% 3.8% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.5% 2.4% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.55 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Oropesa?
Oropesa is a reported 128 min drive from the nearest airport, with 92% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 128 min bottom 10% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 92% top 39% of 8,132 towns 13% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 93% bottom 48% of 8,132 towns 9% 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 Oropesa 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 Oropesa against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 33 min from Talavera de la Reina, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Oropesa 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 the school and ask about places for incoming families.
- Confirm health-centre registration and opening hours in person.
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