Granada · Andalucía
Alhama de Granada
Named 'al-Hamman' ('hot spring') by the Arabs for its thermal springs, retaining a pleasant Middle Eastern quarter.
What Alhama de Granada is like
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
37 miles west of Granada, above a cliff over the Río Alhama.
Worth the trip
- The Arab Bath at the Balneario Hotel thermal springs
- A viewpoint over the cliff of the Río Alhama
- The Church of the Encarnación's remarkable tower
A little history
Named 'al-Hamman' ('hot spring') by the Arabs due to its thermal springs.
Who it suits: Spa-seekers
The numbers
The decision data — each figure against the Spanish average. Regional overlays and estimates are labelled, and where there's no local reading we say so plainly.
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 13.8°C 6.1°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 29.6°C 0.6°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 41 days 40% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 4 52 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €10,661 26% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 32.1%
Safety
- Recorded crime regional estimate
- 43.1 per 1,000 about the Spanish average (44 per 1,000)
Schools
- Schools in town
- 7
- Nearest international school
- 39 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 24 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 46 min
- Nearest health centre
- 1.4 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 173 days 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 40 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 76% 3% below the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 81% 2% below the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 5,547
- Born in Spain
- 81.8% 7% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.3% 1.6% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.72 per 1,000
Numbers: SettleSpain town dataset, derived from INE, AEMET, Mitma, Ministerio del Interior and the Catastro. National average = the unweighted mean across all 8,132 Spanish municipalities with data. A blank means no municipal-level figure is published — not a zero.
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