Girona · Cataluña
Tossa de Mar
Quite a sight arriving by boat — medieval walls and turrets shimmer above the modern town — balancing comfortably between a restful holiday hub and a working town, unlike its more overrun neighbour Lloret.
Living in Tossa de Mar
Tossa de Mar is one of the prettier Costa Brava resorts — its medieval walls and turrets rising above the beach make a striking arrival by boat, and unlike its brasher neighbour Lloret it balances the holiday trade with a real working town. Ava Gardner filmed here in 1950 and has a statue on the seafront. It's a diverse, seasonal town: only about two in three residents are Spanish-born, with Moroccan, Colombian and northern-European communities. The climate is Mediterranean, warm summers near 31°C and mild winters near 9°C. A hospital is about twenty minutes away at Lloret and Girona airport forty, with quieter diving coves at the town's edge.
Tossa de Mar'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 Tossa de Mar's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 90% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
Quite a sight arriving by boat — medieval walls and turrets shimmer above the modern town — balancing comfortably between a restful holiday hub and a working town, unlike its more overrun neighbour Lloret. A strong pick for American retirees — 22 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 8.8°C
- Drive to a hospital 22 min
- U.S.-born residents 2.54 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €8.26/m²·mo
Higher than 86% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
Quite a sight arriving by boat — medieval walls and turrets shimmer above the modern town — balancing comfortably between a restful holiday hub and a working town, unlike its more overrun neighbour Lloret. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 2 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.7°C
- Rainy days a year 65 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 73
- Winter average temp 8.8°C
Higher than 86% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
Quite a sight arriving by boat — medieval walls and turrets shimmer above the modern town — balancing comfortably between a restful holiday hub and a working town, unlike its more overrun neighbour Lloret. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — a settled international community and 2 km from the sea.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 99%
- Drive to nearest airport 40 min
- Registered long-let rent €8.26/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.7°C
Higher than 85% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
Quite a sight arriving by boat — medieval walls and turrets shimmer above the modern town — balancing comfortably between a restful holiday hub and a working town, unlike its more overrun neighbour Lloret. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 2 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- Schools in town 3
- PISA maths (region) 469
- Registered long-let rent €8.26/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 22 min
Higher than 83% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
Quite a sight arriving by boat — medieval walls and turrets shimmer above the modern town — balancing comfortably between a restful holiday hub and a working town, unlike its more overrun neighbour Lloret. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 22 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 8.8°C
- Drive to a hospital 22 min
- Surgical wait (region) 142 days
- Registered long-let rent €8.26/m²·mo
Higher than 77% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
Quite a sight arriving by boat — medieval walls and turrets shimmer above the modern town — balancing comfortably between a restful holiday hub and a working town, unlike its more overrun neighbour Lloret. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — a settled international community and 2 km from the sea.
- Registered long-let rent €8.26/m²·mo
- Net income per person €14,852
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30.7°C
What is the climate like in Tossa de Mar?
Tossa de Mar's reported winter average is 8.8°C, while July–August highs reach 30.7°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 8.8°C top 30% of 8,131 towns 1°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30.7°C bottom 47% of 8,131 towns 0.5°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 65 days bottom 46% of 8,088 towns 5% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 6.7 h/day bottom 22% of 3,829 towns 7% less than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 73 bottom 31% of 8,033 towns 16 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
- 28.4% bottom 7% of 8,130 towns 5.5% above 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 Tossa de Mar?
Tossa de Mar's nearest health centre is 7.4 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 22 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 22 min top 25% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 7.4 km top 43% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 142 days #16 of 17 regions, +39 days vs national 32% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Tossa de Mar?
Tossa de Mar has 3 schools in town; the nearest international school is 26 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 3 top 19% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 26 km top 29% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 469 #12 of 17 regions, −10 vs national 12 below the Spanish average (481)
How much does it cost to live in Tossa de Mar?
Tossa de Mar's reported asking price is €3,510/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €3,510/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026
- Registered long-let rent
- €8.26/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €6.64/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €9.88/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €14,852 top 42% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 25.5% bottom 47% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Tossa de Mar?
Catalonia 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 Catalonia region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Tossa de Mar?
Tossa de Mar's reported population is 6,293.
Who lives here
- Population
- 6,293
- Born in Spain
- 66.7% 22.1% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 7.2% 3.3% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 2.54 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Tossa de Mar?
Tossa de Mar is a reported 40 min drive from the nearest airport, with 97% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 40 min top 15% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 97% top 18% of 8,132 towns 18% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% top 15% 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 Tossa de Mar 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 Tossa de Mar against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 42 min from Girona, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Tossa de Mar 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 local schools and confirm places for incoming families.
- Confirm health-centre registration and opening hours in person.
- Ask about summer rental crowds and parking near the coast.
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