Málaga · Andalucía
Casares
Houses buried under lush vegetation seem to hang over the void — a labyrinth of narrow streets of Muslim origin.
What Casares is like
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide.
Worth the trip
- An old quarter of Muslim origin, a labyrinth of narrow streets lined with low ochre-roofed houses
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
- 14.6°C 6.8°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 26.9°C 3.3°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 43 days 37% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 30 26 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €12,763 12% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 37.8%
Safety
- Recorded crime regional estimate
- 58.2 per 1,000 32% more than the Spanish average (44 per 1,000)
Schools
- Schools in town
- 4
- Nearest international school
- 14 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 24 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 48 min
- Nearest health centre
- 8.4 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 173 days 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 95 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 88% 9% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 93% 10% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 8,984
- Born in Spain
- 62.7% 26.1% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 21.2% 17.4% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 5.34 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.
How does Casares 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 Casares against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 41 min from Línea de la Concepción, La, if that's your anchor.
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