Tarragona · Cataluña
Valls
An open and prosperous city nestled between two torrents, its three assets being folklore, shops and culinary specialties.
Living in Valls
Valls is an open, prosperous inland town of 25,500 in the Tarragona hills, its old quarter still medieval in character, known across Catalonia for its folklore and its cooking. It's a working town: only about three-quarters of residents are Spanish-born, with a large Moroccan community. The climate is inland-Mediterranean, warm summers near 30°C and mild winters around 10°C. It has its own hospital, and Reus with its airport is around twenty-five minutes away, the coast a similar drive.
Valls'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 Valls's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 93% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
An open and prosperous city nestled between two torrents, its three assets being folklore, shops and culinary specialties. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.4°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.27 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €5.62/m²·mo
Higher than 88% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
An open and prosperous city nestled between two torrents, its three assets being folklore, shops and culinary specialties. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 10.4°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 142 days
- Registered long-let rent €5.62/m²·mo
Higher than 63% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
An open and prosperous city nestled between two torrents, its three assets being folklore, shops and culinary specialties. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — 20 km from the sea and a hospital in town.
- Schools in town 16
- PISA maths (region) 469
- Registered long-let rent €5.62/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
Higher than 63% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
An open and prosperous city nestled between two torrents, its three assets being folklore, shops and culinary specialties. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 25,540 people and a hospital in town.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 94%
- Drive to nearest airport 27 min
- Registered long-let rent €5.62/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30°C
Higher than 59% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
An open and prosperous city nestled between two torrents, its three assets being folklore, shops and culinary specialties. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 25,540 people and a hospital in town.
- Registered long-let rent €5.62/m²·mo
- Net income per person €14,607
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30°C
Higher than 42% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
An open and prosperous city nestled between two torrents, its three assets being folklore, shops and culinary specialties. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — 20 km from the sea and a hospital in town.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 30°C
- Rainy days a year 48 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 73
- Winter average temp 10.4°C
What is the climate like in Valls?
Valls's reported winter average is 10.4°C, while July–August highs reach 30°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 10.4°C top 19% of 8,131 towns 2.7°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 30°C top 45% of 8,131 towns 0.2°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 48 days top 13% of 8,088 towns 31% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 7.3 h/day bottom 47% of 3,829 towns about 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)
- 0.17 ha/km² bottom 39% of 8,132 towns 2.14 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 3 bottom 32% of 8,132 towns 3 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 22.5% top 46% of 8,130 towns 0.3% 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 Valls?
Valls's nearest health centre is 2 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
- 2 km top 10% 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 Valls?
Valls has 16 schools in town; the nearest international school is 16 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 16 top 4% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 16 km top 16% 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 Valls?
Valls's reported asking price is €1,328/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €1,328/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026
- Registered long-let rent
- €5.62/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €4.55/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €6.84/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €14,607 top 45% of 8,059 towns about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 17.3% bottom 11% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Valls?
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 Valls?
Valls's reported population is 25,540.
Who lives here
- Population
- 25,540
- Born in Spain
- 77.6% 11.2% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.2% 1.6% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.27 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Valls?
Valls is a reported 27 min drive from the nearest airport, with 93% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 27 min top 6% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 93% top 38% of 8,132 towns 14% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 94% top 48% of 8,132 towns 10% 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 Valls 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 Valls against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 22 min from Reus, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Valls 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.
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