SpainScore rankings · Updated July 2026
Best places in Spain, ranked by data
Not opinion listicles. Each ranking below is produced by running Spain's 8,132 municipalities through our own scoring engine — the same one behind the quiz — with the method shown on every page and the tradeoffs printed as plainly as the wins.
Our sharpest data wedges
Rankings only we can build from the data — mild summers and healthcare waits.
Best places in Spain to escape the heat (mild-summer towns, 2026) →
Our sharpest wedge: the Atlantic-north and inland-cool towns where summers stay livable — from real climate data.
Spain's regions with the shortest healthcare waits →
A region-level ranking: which comunidades clear their surgical waiting lists fastest — from Spain's own SISLE figures.
By who's moving
The same engine, answered as a representative retiree, family or remote worker.
Best places to retire in Spain →
For a sun-seeking retiring couple: warm, near the coast, hospital close by.
Best places in Spain for American retirees →
A US passport, flights home to New York, and fellow Americans nearby — scored from the census.
Best places in Spain for families to settle →
Remote-working parents, kids in tow, mid-size coastal town, sensible budget.
Best places in Spain for remote workers →
Online income, coastal base, good food and nature, costs under control.
By place
The rankings, filtered to a region or a specific coast.
Cheapest coastal towns in Spain you'd actually want to live in →
Coastal and cheap to buy — but filtered to real towns with services, not empty bargains.
Best places in Galicia for families →
Our family scoring, filtered to green, mild Galicia — where our town data runs deepest.
Best towns on the Costa Blanca for retirees →
The retiree scoring, filtered to the Alicante coast — Spain's classic retirement strip.
Where each nationality actually lives
Not scored — sorted straight from Spain's census of who lives where.
Where Americans actually live in Spain — the top towns →
Census-sorted, not scored: the towns with the most US-born residents in 2025.
Where British people actually live in Spain — the top towns →
Padrón-sorted, not scored: the towns with the most UK nationals.
Where Swedes actually live in Spain — the top towns →
Census-sorted, not scored: the towns with the most Sweden-born residents.
None of these is quite you?
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These lists each score one representative persona. The quiz scores all 8,132 municipalities against your answers.
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