Fuengirola
Málaga · Andalusia
Fuengirola is a municipality of 84,857 residents in Málaga province, Andalusia, about 8 km from the nearest coastline. Registered long-let rents average €9.29/m² a month — roughly 67% above the national municipal average of €5.57. Among residents, about 7% hold UK nationality.
“Fuengirola is a city in the Costa del Sol in southern Spain that is popular with tourists for its long sandy beach and malécon.”
The case for Fuengirola
- only 42 rainy days a year
- 15.1°C average winters
- AGP airport 31 minutes away
- Marbella — a 100,000+ city — 26 minutes by road
- AVE high-speed rail about 24 minutes away
- official bathing water 0.5 km away
- 327 restaurants and cafés
- 41 schools in town
- 11.9% of residents are under 15 — more children than the typical Spanish town
No adjectives, no opinions — every line is a measured value from the data below, shown only when Fuengirola genuinely earns it. Distances marked "as the crow flies" are straight-line estimates.
Fuengirola's Spainability Scores
Percentile within each canonical persona's scoreable municipality pool.
Higher than 91% of 2,555 scoreable municipalities.
Higher than 91% of 8,088 scoreable municipalities.
Higher than 99% of 8,088 scoreable municipalities.
Not scored — excluded by this tight-budget profile's affordability gate: the registered rent here (€9.29/m²·mo) is in the priciest 10% nationally.
Not scored — excluded by this tight-budget profile's affordability gate: the registered rent here (€9.29/m²·mo) is in the priciest 10% nationally.
Not scored — excluded by this tight-budget profile's affordability gate: the registered rent here (€9.29/m²·mo) is in the priciest 10% nationally.
Published data for Fuengirola
Climate
- Winter average temp
- 15.1°C top 1% of 8,131 towns 7.3°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 28.6°C top 26% of 8,131 towns 1.6°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 42 days top 6% of 8,088 towns 39% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 30 top 32% of 8,033 towns 26 below 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)
- 0 ha/km² top 1% of 8,132 towns 2.31 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
- Forest fires (2010–23)
- 0 top 1% of 8,132 towns 6 below the Spanish average (6)
- High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
- 24.5% bottom 28% of 8,130 towns 1.6% above the Spanish average (22.9%)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €3,669/m² appraisal (valor tasado) bottom 8% of 306 towns 66% more than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Asking price
- no local data
- Registered long-let rent
- €9.29/m²·mo
- Registered rent p25
- €7.18/m²·mo
- Registered rent p75
- €11.9/m²·mo
- Registered-rent yield
- 3.04% bottom 5% of 306 towns
- Net income per person
- €12,115 bottom 19% of 8,059 towns 16% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 35.8% top 9% of 6,605 towns
Schools
- Schools in town
- 41 top 1% of 7,042 towns
- Nearest international school
- 5 km top 3% of 8,132 towns
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 #16 of 17 regions, −22 vs national 24 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 11 min top 7% of 8,132 towns
- Nearest health centre
- 0.9 km top 4% of 8,132 towns
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 173 days #17 of 17 regions, +70 days vs national 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 31 min top 8% 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
- 84,857
- Born in Spain
- 55.6% 33.2% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 20.4% 16.6% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 3.56 per 1,000
Monthly climate normals
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 local schools and confirm places for incoming families.
- Confirm health-centre registration and opening hours in person.
- Test the reported airport drive at the time you would travel.
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