Balears, Illes · Baleares
Valldemossa
An ancient hill town of rusticated houses and monastic buildings, famous as the retreat where George Sand and Frédéric Chopin spent a winter together.
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Living in Valldemossa
Valldemossa is an ancient honey-stone hill town of 2,000 in a green valley of Mallorca's Tramuntana mountains, famous as the place where Chopin and George Sand wintered in the old Carthusian monastery in 1838 — still the island's most-visited building outside Palma. It's notably international for its size, with British and German communities leaving about three-quarters of residents Spanish-born. Up at around 520m it's fresher than the coast, with warm summers near 30°C and mild winters around 13°C. A hospital is under twenty-five minutes away and Palma itself about the same — mountain-village charm within easy reach of the capital.
Valldemossa'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 Valldemossa's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 100% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
An ancient hill town of rusticated houses and monastic buildings, famous as the retreat where George Sand and Frédéric Chopin spent a winter together. A strong pick for American retirees — 24 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 13.4°C
- Drive to a hospital 24 min
- U.S.-born residents 9.74 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €7.59/m²·mo
Higher than 97% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
An ancient hill town of rusticated houses and monastic buildings, famous as the retreat where George Sand and Frédéric Chopin spent a winter together. A strong pick for a retiring couple — 24 min to a hospital and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 13.4°C
- Drive to a hospital 24 min
- Surgical wait (region) 105 days
- Registered long-let rent €7.59/m²·mo
Higher than 88% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
An ancient hill town of rusticated houses and monastic buildings, famous as the retreat where George Sand and Frédéric Chopin spent a winter together. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 14 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30°C
- Rainy days a year 54 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 69
- Winter average temp 13.4°C
Higher than 87% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
An ancient hill town of rusticated houses and monastic buildings, famous as the retreat where George Sand and Frédéric Chopin spent a winter together. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — a settled international community and 14 km from the sea.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 99%
- Drive to nearest airport 39 min
- Registered long-let rent €7.59/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30°C
Higher than 82% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
An ancient hill town of rusticated houses and monastic buildings, famous as the retreat where George Sand and Frédéric Chopin spent a winter together. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 14 km from the sea and a settled international community.
- PISA maths (region) 471
- Registered long-let rent €7.59/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 24 min
- Nearest international school 11 km
Higher than 79% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
An ancient hill town of rusticated houses and monastic buildings, famous as the retreat where George Sand and Frédéric Chopin spent a winter together. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — a settled international community and 14 km from the sea.
- Registered long-let rent €7.59/m²·mo
- Net income per person €22,096
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30°C
What is the climate like in Valldemossa?
Valldemossa's reported winter average is 13.4°C, while July–August highs reach 30°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 13.4°C top 4% of 8,131 towns 5.6°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30°C top 44% of 8,131 towns 0.2°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 54 days top 25% of 8,088 towns 22% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 7.8 h/day top 21% of 3,829 towns 8% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- 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)
- 0.04 ha/km² top 44% of 8,132 towns 2.27 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
- 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 Valldemossa?
Valldemossa's nearest health centre is 5.5 km away, and the reported hospital drive is 24 min.
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 24 min top 30% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 5.5 km top 31% 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 Valldemossa?
Valldemossa's reported nearest international school is 11 km.
Schools
- Schools in town
- no local data
- Nearest international school
- 11 km top 11% 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 Valldemossa?
Valldemossa's reported registered long-let rent is €7.59/m²·mo.
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €7.59/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €6.36/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €10.2/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €22,096 top 1% of 8,059 towns 52% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 14.9% bottom 7% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Valldemossa?
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 Valldemossa?
Valldemossa's reported population is 2,054.
Who lives here
- Population
- 2,054
- Born in Spain
- 73% 15.8% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 10.8% 6.9% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 9.74 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Valldemossa?
Valldemossa is a reported 39 min drive from the nearest airport, with 98% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 39 min top 14% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 98% top 15% of 8,132 towns 19% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% top 17% 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 Valldemossa 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 Valldemossa against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 25 min from Palma, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Valldemossa for you →Questions to verify locally
- Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
- Request comparable sales; neither appraisal nor asking data is published.
- 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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