Segovia · Castilla Y Leon
Segovia
Likened by poets to a boat ploughing through the Castilian countryside — the Alcázar's turrets its figurehead, the cathedral spires its masts, the Roman aqueduct its prow.
Living in Segovia
Segovia is one of Castile's great set-pieces — a golden hilltop city of 52,000 riding above the plain like a ship, its 'prow' the astonishing Roman aqueduct of 166 mortarless arches, its 'masts' the Gothic cathedral, its 'figurehead' the fairy-tale Alcázar. It draws crowds of madrileños for its roast-meat cooking. It's a working provincial city, mostly Spanish-born with large Colombian, Moroccan and Venezuelan communities. High on the meseta at 945m, it has warm dry summers near 30°C and cold winters near freezing. It has its own hospital; it's a long-standing day-trip from Madrid, whose airport is about an hour and a half off.
Segovia'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 Segovia's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 67% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
Likened by poets to a boat ploughing through the Castilian countryside — the Alcázar's turrets its figurehead, the cathedral spires its masts, the Roman aqueduct its prow. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 5.8°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 1.8 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €6.86/m²·mo
Higher than 44% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
Likened by poets to a boat ploughing through the Castilian countryside — the Alcázar's turrets its figurehead, the cathedral spires its masts, the Roman aqueduct its prow. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 5.8°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 87 days
- Registered long-let rent €6.86/m²·mo
Higher than 37% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
Likened by poets to a boat ploughing through the Castilian countryside — the Alcázar's turrets its figurehead, the cathedral spires its masts, the Roman aqueduct its prow. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 52,189 people and a hospital in town.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 100%
- Drive to nearest airport 87 min
- Registered long-let rent €6.86/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 29.6°C
Higher than 36% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
Likened by poets to a boat ploughing through the Castilian countryside — the Alcázar's turrets its figurehead, the cathedral spires its masts, the Roman aqueduct its prow. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — a hospital in town and 52,189 people.
- Schools in town 38
- PISA maths (region) 499
- Registered long-let rent €6.86/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
Higher than 30% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
Likened by poets to a boat ploughing through the Castilian countryside — the Alcázar's turrets its figurehead, the cathedral spires its masts, the Roman aqueduct its prow. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — a hospital in town and a real food scene.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 29.6°C
- Rainy days a year 79 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 60
- Winter average temp 5.8°C
Higher than 19% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
Likened by poets to a boat ploughing through the Castilian countryside — the Alcázar's turrets its figurehead, the cathedral spires its masts, the Roman aqueduct its prow. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 52,189 people and a hospital in town.
- Registered long-let rent €6.86/m²·mo
- Net income per person €15,622
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 29.6°C
What is the climate like in Segovia?
Segovia's reported winter average is 5.8°C, while July–August highs reach 29.6°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 5.8°C bottom 29% of 8,131 towns 2°C below the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 29.6°C top 36% of 8,131 towns 0.6°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 79 days bottom 29% of 8,088 towns 14% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 7.2 h/day bottom 36% of 3,829 towns about the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- 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)
- 0.12 ha/km² bottom 44% of 8,132 towns 2.19 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
- 20.5% top 23% of 8,130 towns 2.4% 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 Segovia?
Segovia's nearest health centre is 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
- 6 km top 33% 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 Segovia?
Segovia has 38 schools in town; the nearest international school is 29 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 38 top 1% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 29 km top 33% 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 Segovia?
Segovia's reported home price is €2,053/m², while registered long-let rent is €6.86/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €2,053/m² appraisal (valor tasado) bottom 49% of 306 towns 7% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €6.86/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €5.42/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €8.67/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- 4.01% bottom 39% of 306 towns
- Net income per person
- €15,622 top 32% of 8,059 towns 8% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 22.3% bottom 28% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Segovia?
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 Segovia?
Segovia's reported population is 52,189.
Who lives here
- Population
- 52,189
- Born in Spain
- 80% 8.8% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.4% 0.5% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.8 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Segovia?
Segovia is a reported 87 min drive from the nearest airport, with 98% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 87 min bottom 37% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 98% top 12% of 8,132 towns 19% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 13% 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 Segovia 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 Segovia against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 42 min from Collado Villalba, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Segovia for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- Request recent comparable sales before relying on the appraisal figure.
- 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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