Cádiz · Andalucía
Setenil de las Bodegas
The only village in this part of Andalusia where cave dwellings still exist.
Living in Setenil de las Bodegas
Setenil de las Bodegas is a striking Andalucian village of 2,600 famous for its cave streets — rows of houses built right under great overhanging shelves of rock, in a gorge cut by the river. It's an overwhelmingly Spanish pueblo in the Cádiz sierra near Ronda. Set at around 585m, it's cooler and greener than the coast, warm in summer and mild in winter. A hospital at Ronda is about twenty minutes away, but it's deep in the mountains — the nearest big city and airport are well over an hour and a half off, so this is a place chosen for its extraordinary setting rather than convenience.
Setenil de las Bodegas'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 Setenil de las Bodegas's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 76% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
The only village in this part of Andalusia where cave dwellings still exist. A strong pick for American retirees — 22 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 8°C
- Drive to a hospital 22 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.76 per 1,000
Higher than 70% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
The only village in this part of Andalusia where cave dwellings still exist. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 22 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 8°C
- Drive to a hospital 22 min
- Surgical wait (region) 173 days
Not scored for heat-averse settlers — no registered-rent data for Setenil de las Bodegas.
The only village in this part of Andalusia where cave dwellings still exist. Worth a look if you can't stand hot summers.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 29.4°C
- Rainy days a year 71 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 9
- Winter average temp 8°C
Not scored for families — no registered-rent data for Setenil de las Bodegas.
The only village in this part of Andalusia where cave dwellings still exist. Worth a look for a family with school-age kids.
- Schools in town 4
- PISA maths (region) 457
- Drive to a hospital 22 min
- Nearest international school 45 km
Not scored for remote workers — no registered-rent data for Setenil de las Bodegas.
The only village in this part of Andalusia where cave dwellings still exist. Worth a look for a remote-working couple.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 100%
- Drive to nearest airport 105 min
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 29.4°C
Not scored for budget-first coastal settlers — no registered-rent data for Setenil de las Bodegas.
The only village in this part of Andalusia where cave dwellings still exist. Worth a look for coastal living on a budget.
- Net income per person €11,157
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 29.4°C
What is the climate like in Setenil de las Bodegas?
Setenil de las Bodegas's reported winter average is 8°C, while July–August highs reach 29.4°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 8°C top 38% of 8,131 towns 0.3°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 29.4°C top 34% of 8,131 towns 0.8°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 71 days bottom 34% of 8,088 towns 3% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 9 top 12% of 8,033 towns 47 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)
- 0.1 ha/km² bottom 46% of 8,132 towns 2.21 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 1 top 39% of 8,132 towns 5 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 19.2% top 5% of 8,130 towns 3.7% 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 Setenil de las Bodegas?
Setenil de las Bodegas's nearest health centre is 3.6 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 22 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 22 min top 26% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 3.6 km top 18% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 173 days #17 of 17 regions, +70 days vs national 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Setenil de las Bodegas?
Setenil de las Bodegas has 4 schools in town; the nearest international school is 45 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 4 top 15% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 45 km bottom 48% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 #16 of 17 regions, −22 vs national 24 below the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Setenil de las Bodegas?
Setenil de las Bodegas's reported net income per person is €11,157.
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
- €11,157 bottom 10% of 8,059 towns 23% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 29.9% top 27% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Setenil de las Bodegas?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Andalusia, 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 Andalusia region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Setenil de las Bodegas?
Setenil de las Bodegas's reported population is 2,637.
Who lives here
- Population
- 2,637
- Born in Spain
- 95.5% 6.7% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.1% 1.7% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.76 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Setenil de las Bodegas?
Setenil de las Bodegas is a reported 105 min drive from the nearest airport, with 99% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 105 min bottom 22% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 99% top 6% of 8,132 towns 20% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 11% 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 Setenil de las Bodegas 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 Setenil de las Bodegas against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 95 min from Marbella, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Setenil de las Bodegas 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.
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