Toledo · Castilla-La Mancha
Talavera de la Reina
A town retaining part of its medieval walls, whose name is primarily associated with distinctive blue-and-yellow ceramic azulejo tiles.
Living in Talavera de la Reina
Talavera de la Reina is a working city of 84,000 on the plains west of Toledo, best known for its distinctive blue-and-yellow azulejo ceramics — a craft traced through the centuries in the tiled Basílica del Prado. It's an ordinary provincial town rather than a tourist draw, mostly Spanish-born with large Colombian, Moroccan and Romanian communities. Summers are hot with highs around 35°C, winters cold near freezing at night. It has its own hospital, though it sits fairly isolated: Toledo is about an hour away and Madrid's airport well over an hour and a half — a self-sufficient regional centre.
Talavera de la Reina'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 Talavera de la Reina's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 30% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
A town retaining part of its medieval walls, whose name is primarily associated with distinctive blue-and-yellow ceramic azulejo tiles. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and only 54 rainy days a year.
- Winter average temp 8°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.62 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €5.16/m²·mo
Higher than 23% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
A town retaining part of its medieval walls, whose name is primarily associated with distinctive blue-and-yellow ceramic azulejo tiles. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and only 54 rainy days a year.
- Winter average temp 8°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 92 days
- Registered long-let rent €5.16/m²·mo
Higher than 12% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
A town retaining part of its medieval walls, whose name is primarily associated with distinctive blue-and-yellow ceramic azulejo tiles. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 84,413 people and a hospital in town.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 100%
- Drive to nearest airport 103 min
- Registered long-let rent €5.16/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 34.9°C
Higher than 5% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
A town retaining part of its medieval walls, whose name is primarily associated with distinctive blue-and-yellow ceramic azulejo tiles. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — a hospital in town and 84,413 people.
- PISA maths (region) 464
- Registered long-let rent €5.16/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Nearest international school 65 km
Higher than 4% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
A town retaining part of its medieval walls, whose name is primarily associated with distinctive blue-and-yellow ceramic azulejo tiles. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 84,413 people and a hospital in town.
- Registered long-let rent €5.16/m²·mo
- Net income per person €11,820
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 34.9°C
Higher than 3% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
A town retaining part of its medieval walls, whose name is primarily associated with distinctive blue-and-yellow ceramic azulejo tiles. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — a hospital in town and a real food scene.
- 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 Talavera de la Reina?
Talavera de la Reina'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)
- 2.62 ha/km² bottom 10% of 8,132 towns 0.31 ha/km² above the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 64 bottom 1% of 8,132 towns 58 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 Talavera de la Reina?
Talavera de la Reina's nearest health centre is 28.9 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
- 28.9 km bottom 10% 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 Talavera de la Reina?
Talavera de la Reina's reported nearest international school is 65 km.
Schools
- Schools in town
- no local data
- Nearest international school
- 65 km bottom 29% 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 Talavera de la Reina?
Talavera de la Reina's reported home price is €1,248/m², while registered long-let rent is €5.16/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €1,248/m² appraisal (valor tasado) top 17% of 306 towns 43% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €5.16/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €4.03/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €6.66/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- 4.96% top 18% of 306 towns
- Net income per person
- €11,820 bottom 16% of 8,059 towns 18% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 24.6% bottom 41% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Talavera de la Reina?
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 Talavera de la Reina?
Talavera de la Reina's reported population is 84,413.
Who lives here
- Population
- 84,413
- Born in Spain
- 84.7% 4.1% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.6% 1.2% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.62 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Talavera de la Reina?
Talavera de la Reina is a reported 103 min drive from the nearest airport, with 97% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 103 min bottom 23% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 97% top 19% of 8,132 towns 18% 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 Talavera de la Reina 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 Talavera de la Reina against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 64 min from Toledo, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Talavera de la Reina 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 the school and ask about places for incoming families.
- Confirm health-centre registration and opening hours in person.
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