Burgos · Castilla Y Leon
Santo Domingo de Silos
A small village defined entirely by its Benedictine abbey — one of Spain's greatest Christian monuments, famed for its Gregorian-chant choir.
Living in Santo Domingo de Silos
Santo Domingo de Silos is a village of barely 250 defined entirely by its Benedictine abbey — one of Spain's greatest medieval monuments, its two-storey Romanesque cloister among the finest anywhere, and its monks' Gregorian chant reckoned among the world's best. High on the Burgos meseta at over 1,000m, it has cold winters near freezing and warm, short summers. It's a mostly Spanish village. Everything practical is a drive: the nearest hospital is about forty-five minutes off and Burgos an hour — a place people come to for the cloister, the chant and the deep quiet.
Santo Domingo de Silos'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 Santo Domingo de Silos's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 16% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A small village defined entirely by its Benedictine abbey — one of Spain's greatest Christian monuments, famed for its Gregorian-chant choir. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 47 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 4.7°C
- Drive to a hospital 47 min
- Surgical wait (region) 87 days
Higher than 12% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A small village defined entirely by its Benedictine abbey — one of Spain's greatest Christian monuments, famed for its Gregorian-chant choir. A strong pick for American retirees — 47 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 4.7°C
- Drive to a hospital 47 min
- U.S.-born residents 0 per 1,000
Not scored for heat-averse settlers — no registered-rent data for Santo Domingo de Silos.
A small village defined entirely by its Benedictine abbey — one of Spain's greatest Christian monuments, famed for its Gregorian-chant choir. Worth a look if you can't stand hot summers.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28°C
- Rainy days a year 85 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 95
- Winter average temp 4.7°C
Not scored for families — no registered-rent data for Santo Domingo de Silos.
A small village defined entirely by its Benedictine abbey — one of Spain's greatest Christian monuments, famed for its Gregorian-chant choir. Worth a look for a family with school-age kids.
- Schools in town 0
- PISA maths (region) 499
- Drive to a hospital 47 min
- Nearest international school 46 km
Not scored for remote workers — no registered-rent data for Santo Domingo de Silos.
A small village defined entirely by its Benedictine abbey — one of Spain's greatest Christian monuments, famed for its Gregorian-chant choir. Worth a look for a remote-working couple.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 0%
- Drive to nearest airport 131 min
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28°C
Not scored for budget-first coastal settlers — no registered-rent data for Santo Domingo de Silos.
A small village defined entirely by its Benedictine abbey — one of Spain's greatest Christian monuments, famed for its Gregorian-chant choir. Worth a look for coastal living on a budget.
- Net income per person €18,898
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 28°C
What is the climate like in Santo Domingo de Silos?
Santo Domingo de Silos's reported winter average is 4.7°C, while July–August highs reach 28°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 4.7°C bottom 8% of 8,131 towns 3.1°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 28°C top 18% of 8,131 towns 2.2°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 85 days bottom 20% of 8,088 towns 24% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 6.3 h/day bottom 17% of 3,829 towns 13% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 95 bottom 22% of 8,033 towns 39 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 ha/km² top 1% of 8,132 towns 2.31 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 0 top 1% of 8,132 towns 6 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 22.9% bottom 48% of 8,130 towns about 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 Santo Domingo de Silos?
Santo Domingo de Silos's nearest health centre is 13.8 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 47 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 47 min bottom 30% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 13.8 km bottom 24% 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 Santo Domingo de Silos?
Santo Domingo de Silos has 0 schools in town; the nearest international school is 46 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 0 bottom 46% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 46 km bottom 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 Santo Domingo de Silos?
Santo Domingo de Silos's reported net income per person is €18,898.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- no local data
- Registered rent p25
- no local data
- Registered rent p75
- no local data
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €18,898 top 5% of 8,059 towns 30% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 34.1% top 12% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Santo Domingo de Silos?
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 Santo Domingo de Silos?
Santo Domingo de Silos's reported population is 251.
Who lives here
- Population
- 251
- Born in Spain
- 88.1% 0.7% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 4% 0.2% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Santo Domingo de Silos?
Santo Domingo de Silos is a reported 131 min drive from the nearest airport, with 0% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 131 min bottom 9% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 0% bottom 7% of 8,132 towns 79% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 0% bottom 6% of 8,132 towns 83% below 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 Santo Domingo de Silos 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 Santo Domingo de Silos against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 59 min from Burgos, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Santo Domingo de Silos for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask local agents what long-let rents are actually closing at.
- 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.
- Test the reported airport drive at the time you would travel.
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