Balears, Illes · Baleares
Sóller
One of the most laidback and enjoyable towns on Mallorca — its appeal is general flavour rather than any specific sight.
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Living in Sóller
Sóller is one of the most laidback and enjoyable towns on Mallorca — set in a fertile valley of orange groves in the Serra de Tramuntana mountains, reached from Palma by a vintage train and connected to its port by an old tram. Its stone streets, once home to well-off fruit merchants, gather around a big neo-Gothic church. It's notably international for its size, with large British, German and French communities leaving about seven in ten residents Spanish-born. Ringed by mountains, it's greener and wetter than Palma, with warm summers near 30°C and mild winters. It has a hospital about fifteen minutes away and makes a fine base for the Tramuntana's hiking trails, with Palma half an hour off.
Sóller'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 Sóller's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 94% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
One of the most laidback and enjoyable towns on Mallorca — its appeal is general flavour rather than any specific sight. A strong pick for American retirees — 16 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 8.4°C
- Drive to a hospital 16 min
- U.S.-born residents 6.15 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €8.46/m²·mo
Higher than 86% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
One of the most laidback and enjoyable towns on Mallorca — its appeal is general flavour rather than any specific sight. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 16 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 29.6°C
- Rainy days a year 70 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 69
- Winter average temp 8.4°C
Higher than 81% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
One of the most laidback and enjoyable towns on Mallorca — its appeal is general flavour rather than any specific sight. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 16 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 8.4°C
- Drive to a hospital 16 min
- Surgical wait (region) 105 days
- Registered long-let rent €8.46/m²·mo
Higher than 78% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
One of the most laidback and enjoyable towns on Mallorca — its appeal is general flavour rather than any specific sight. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — a settled international community and 13,996 people.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 100%
- Drive to nearest airport 42 min
- Registered long-let rent €8.46/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 29.6°C
Higher than 71% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
One of the most laidback and enjoyable towns on Mallorca — its appeal is general flavour rather than any specific sight. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 16 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- PISA maths (region) 471
- Registered long-let rent €8.46/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 16 min
- Nearest international school 19 km
Higher than 70% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
One of the most laidback and enjoyable towns on Mallorca — its appeal is general flavour rather than any specific sight. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — a settled international community and 13,996 people.
- Registered long-let rent €8.46/m²·mo
- Net income per person €17,154
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 29.6°C
What is the climate like in Sóller?
Sóller's reported winter average is 8.4°C, while July–August highs reach 29.6°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 8.4°C top 34% of 8,131 towns 0.7°C above 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
- 70 days bottom 36% of 8,088 towns about the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 69 bottom 32% of 8,033 towns 12 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)
- 0.14 ha/km² bottom 41% of 8,132 towns 2.17 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 4 bottom 25% of 8,132 towns 2 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 13.8% top 1% of 8,130 towns 9.1% 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 Sóller?
Sóller's nearest health centre is 0.9 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 16 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 16 min top 15% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 0.9 km top 4% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 105 days #11 of 17 regions, +2 days vs national 3% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Sóller?
Sóller's reported nearest international school is 19 km.
Schools
- Schools in town
- no local data
- Nearest international school
- 19 km top 20% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 471 #11 of 17 regions, −8 vs national 10 below the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Sóller?
Sóller's reported asking price is €7,761/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €7,761/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026 · small sample
- Registered long-let rent
- €8.46/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €6.67/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €10.5/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €17,154 top 14% of 8,059 towns 18% 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 Sóller?
the Balearics has a co-official regional language, and public schools commonly use regional-language immersion or bilingual models rather than Spanish-only teaching. The exact classroom language depends on the school and programme, so confirm the current model before enrolling. See the the Balearics region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Sóller?
Sóller's reported population is 13,996.
Who lives here
- Population
- 13,996
- Born in Spain
- 71.6% 17.2% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 11.1% 7.3% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 6.15 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Sóller?
Sóller is a reported 42 min drive from the nearest airport, with 98% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 42 min top 17% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 98% top 10% of 8,132 towns 19% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% top 1% of 8,132 towns 17% 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 Sóller 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 Sóller against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 29 min from Palma, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Sóller for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- Ask what recent sales closed at; the published figure is asking price.
- 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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