Cádiz · Andalucía
Grazalema
A striking white village at the centre of its namesake natural park, and one of the most interesting villages on the White Towns circuit.
What Grazalema is like
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide & The Rough Guide.
23km from Ronda; the Puerto de las Palomas pass, Andalucía's second-highest at 1350m, rears up behind the village.
Worth the trip
- The Church of San Juan's street layout and bell tower survive from Arab occupation
- The Puerto de las Palomas walk, with griffon vultures and possible sightings of the Spanish ibex
Who it suits: Hikers and naturalists
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°C 0.3°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 29.4°C 0.8°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 71 days 3% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- no local data
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 9 47 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €11,182 23% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 32.2%
Safety
- Recorded crime regional estimate
- 45.1 per 1,000 3% more than the Spanish average (44 per 1,000)
Schools
- Schools in town
- 4
- Nearest international school
- 45 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 24 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 42 min
- Nearest health centre
- 11.8 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 173 days 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 81 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 99% 21% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 1,987
- Born in Spain
- 95.7% 6.9% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.1% 1.8% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.51 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 Grazalema fit you?
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