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Calvià, Balears, Illes
Rafael Ortega Díaz · Public domain

Calvià

Balears, Illes · the Balearics

54,082 residents 38 min to PMI airport

Calvià is a municipality of 54,082 residents in Illes Balears province, the Balearics, on the coast. Registered long-let rents average €12.72/m² a month — roughly 128% above the national municipal average of €5.57. Among residents, about 8% hold UK nationality.

“Calviá is a municipality in the Serra de Tramuntana region of Mallorca, west of the capital Palma. Calviá town inland is small, and greatly outgrown by the resorts along the coast.”
Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 3.0

The case for Calvià

  • 7.8 hours of sunshine a day, averaged across the year
  • only 54 rainy days a year
  • 13.4°C average winters
  • PMI airport 38 minutes away
  • Palma — a 100,000+ city — 24 minutes by road
  • official bathing water 4.1 km away
  • 508 restaurants and cafés
  • 12.7% of residents are under 15 — more children than the typical Spanish town
  • 100% fibre-to-the-home coverage

No adjectives, no opinions — every line is a measured value from the data below, shown only when Calvià genuinely earns it. Distances marked "as the crow flies" are straight-line estimates.

Calvià's Spainability Scores

Percentile within each canonical persona's scoreable municipality pool.

Heat-averse settlers Spainability Score 86

Higher than 86% of 2,555 scoreable municipalities.

Retiring couples Spainability Score 95

Higher than 95% of 8,088 scoreable municipalities.

American retirees Spainability Score 100

Higher than 100% of 8,088 scoreable municipalities.

Families with school-age kids Spainability Score

Not scored — excluded by this tight-budget profile's affordability gate: the registered rent here (€12.72/m²·mo) is in the priciest 10% nationally.

Remote-working couples Spainability Score

Not scored — excluded by this tight-budget profile's affordability gate: the registered rent here (€12.72/m²·mo) is in the priciest 10% nationally.

Budget-first coastal settlers Spainability Score

Not scored — excluded by this tight-budget profile's affordability gate: the registered rent here (€12.72/m²·mo) is in the priciest 10% nationally.

Published data for Calvià

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
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)
1.21 ha/km² bottom 16% of 8,132 towns 1.1 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
Forest fires (2010–23)
11 bottom 10% of 8,132 towns 5 above 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%)

Cost & economy

Home price
€5,291/m² appraisal (valor tasado) bottom 1% of 306 towns 140% more than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
Asking price
no local data
Registered long-let rent
€12.7/m²·mo
Registered rent p25
€9.82/m²·mo
Registered rent p75
€16.4/m²·mo
Registered-rent yield
2.89% bottom 4% of 306 towns
Net income per person
€16,884 top 17% of 8,059 towns 16% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
Income growth ’18–’23
25% bottom 44% of 6,605 towns

Schools

Schools in town
no local data
Nearest international school
5 km top 4% of 8,132 towns
PISA maths (region) regional estimate
471 #11 of 17 regions, −8 vs national 10 below the Spanish average (481)

Healthcare

Drive to a hospital
25 min top 33% of 8,132 towns
Nearest health centre
3.6 km top 19% 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)

Getting around

Drive to nearest airport
38 min top 12% of 8,132 towns
Fibre-to-home coverage
100% top 2% of 8,132 towns 21% above the Spanish average (79%)
100 Mbps+ coverage
100% top 1% of 8,132 towns 17% above the Spanish average (83%)

Who lives here

Population
54,082
Born in Spain
61.1% 27.7% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
Born elsewhere in EU/UK
20.3% 16.5% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
U.S.-born residents
3.22 per 1,000

Monthly climate normals

10° 15° 20° 25° 30° 35° 100 0 mm 16° 16° 18° 10° 20° 12° 23° 16° 27° 19° 30° 22° 30° 23° 27° 20° 24° 17° 20° 12° 17° 10° day high night low JFMAMJJASOND
day high → night low (°C) rain (mm/month, right axis) Measured at the PALMA, PUERTO station.
Nearest airport Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI) — 38 min drive · international hub · 40 direct-flight countries

Numbers: Spainability town dataset. Missing fields are shown as missing. Registered rent, sale appraisal and asking-price figures keep their separate basis labels.

Questions to verify locally

  • Ask whether current long-let rents match the registered-contract figure.
  • Request recent comparable sales before relying on the appraisal figure.
  • 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.
  • Ask about summer rental crowds and parking near the coast.

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