Granada · Andalucía
Granada
The Moors' last stronghold in Spain, dramatically backed by the Sierra Nevada — home to the Alhambra, whose calligraphy-etched palaces are without peer in Europe.
What Granada is like
Portrait drawn from Lonely Planet.
Against the backdrop of the often snow-tipped peaks of the Sierra Nevada.
On the table. Myriad tapas bars and restaurants radiating off from the cathedral and central Plaza de la Trinidad.
Worth the trip
- The Alhambra, the Nasrid rulers' fortress-palace
- The Albayzín, a UNESCO-listed hilly, labyrinthine historic Muslim quarter
- Sacromonte's cave dwellings and flamenco peñas
- Realejo's edgy street art
A little history
Granada was the Moors' last stronghold in Spain, and inspired the work of the great Spanish poet Federico García Lorca.
Who it suits: History and architecture travellers · Flamenco fans
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
- 8.6°C 0.8°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 34.5°C 4.3°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 51 days 26% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 8.1 h/day 12% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 4 52 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €2,427/m² 10% more than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €16,024 11% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 26.5%
Safety
- Recorded crime
- 55.4 per 1,000 26% more than the Spanish average (44 per 1,000)
Schools
- Schools in town
- 218
- Nearest international school
- 5 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 24 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min
- Nearest health centre
- 0.5 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 173 days 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 25 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 100% 21% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 235,294
- Born in Spain
- 85.2% 3.6% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.1% 1.8% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 3.15 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 Granada 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 Granada against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 59 min from Motril, if that's your anchor.
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