Badajoz · Extremadura
Zafra
One of Extremadura's oldest small towns, its white-faced streets built around two rival, charming squares.
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Living in Zafra
Zafra is one of Extremadura's oldest small towns — 16,700 people whose white-faced streets gather around two charming rival arcaded squares in the rolling country south of Mérida. It's an overwhelmingly Spanish market town, with a small Colombian and Nicaraguan community. Summers are hot with highs around 34°C, winters mild near 10°C. It has its own hospital — valuable out here — though Badajoz, the nearest city and airport, is about an hour and twenty minutes away.
Zafra'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 Zafra's percentile for that group — 87 means it beats 87% of the towns we could score. How scoring works.
Higher than 61% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for retiring couples.
One of Extremadura's oldest small towns, its white-faced streets built around two rival, charming squares. A strong pick for a retiring couple — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 9.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- Surgical wait (region) 135 days
- Registered long-let rent €4.71/m²·mo
Higher than 59% of the 8,088 Spanish municipalities we could score for American retirees.
One of Extremadura's oldest small towns, its white-faced streets built around two rival, charming squares. A strong pick for American retirees — a hospital in town and a health centre close by.
- Winter average temp 9.5°C
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
- U.S.-born residents 0.66 per 1,000
- Registered long-let rent €4.71/m²·mo
Higher than 34% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for remote workers.
One of Extremadura's oldest small towns, its white-faced streets built around two rival, charming squares. A strong pick for a remote-working couple — 16,708 people and a hospital in town.
- 100 Mbps+ coverage 97%
- Drive to nearest airport 83 min
- Registered long-let rent €4.71/m²·mo
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 34.3°C
Higher than 27% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for families.
One of Extremadura's oldest small towns, its white-faced streets built around two rival, charming squares. A strong pick for a family with school-age kids — a hospital in town and 16,708 people.
- Schools in town 11
- PISA maths (region) 469
- Registered long-let rent €4.71/m²·mo
- Drive to a hospital 0 min
Higher than 26% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for budget-first coastal settlers.
One of Extremadura's oldest small towns, its white-faced streets built around two rival, charming squares. A strong pick for coastal living on a budget — 16,708 people and a hospital in town.
- Registered long-let rent €4.71/m²·mo
- Net income per person €13,002
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 34.3°C
Higher than 13% of the 2,555 Spanish municipalities we could score for heat-averse settlers.
One of Extremadura's oldest small towns, its white-faced streets built around two rival, charming squares. A strong pick if you can't stand hot summers — a hospital in town and a real food scene.
- Summer high (Jul–Aug) 34.3°C
- Rainy days a year 61 days
- Summer water stress (WEI+) 106
- Winter average temp 9.5°C
What is the climate like in Zafra?
Zafra's reported winter average is 9.5°C, while July–August highs reach 34.3°C.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 9.5°C top 26% of 8,131 towns 1.7°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 34.3°C bottom 13% of 8,131 towns 4.1°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 61 days top 44% of 8,088 towns 12% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 106 bottom 17% of 8,033 towns 49 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)
- 1.6 ha/km² bottom 14% of 8,132 towns 0.71 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
- 22.9% bottom 43% of 8,130 towns about 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 Zafra?
Zafra's nearest health centre is 3.3 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
- 3.3 km top 17% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 135 days #14 of 17 regions, +32 days vs national 25% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
What are schools like in Zafra?
Zafra has 11 schools in town; the nearest international school is 64 km away.
Schools
- Schools in town
- 11 top 6% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 64 km bottom 30% 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 Zafra?
Zafra's reported asking price is €1,158/m².
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Asking price
- €1,158/m² asking · Fotocasa Jun 2026
- Registered long-let rent
- €4.71/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €3.7/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €5.8/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
- Net income per person
- €13,002 bottom 30% of 8,059 towns 10% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 25.6% bottom 47% of 6,605 towns
Which languages are used in schools in Zafra?
Spanish is the only region-wide official language in Extremadura, 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 Extremadura region guide for the wider regional context.
What is the community like in Zafra?
Zafra's reported population is 16,708.
Who lives here
- Population
- 16,708
- Born in Spain
- 92.8% 4% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 1.2% 2.6% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.66 per 1,000
How easy is it to get around Zafra?
Zafra is a reported 83 min drive from the nearest airport, with 95% fibre-to-home coverage.
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 83 min bottom 41% of 8,132 towns
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 95% top 26% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 97% top 30% of 8,132 towns 14% 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 Zafra 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 Zafra against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 79 min from Badajoz, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Zafra 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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