Málaga · Andalucía
Nerja
A village before it was a resort, so it has some intrinsic character, with villa development shaped around it.
What Nerja is like
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
40km east of Málaga, nestled in the foothills of the Almijara range.
Worth the trip
- The Bálcon de Europa, a striking palm-fringed belvedere overlooking the sea
- Quieter coves within walking distance of the beaches
Who it suits: Walkers
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
- 14.4°C 6.6°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 29.6°C 0.6°C below the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 44 days 36% 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
- €11,896 18% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 33.7%
Safety
- Recorded crime
- 59.1 per 1,000 34% more than the Spanish average (44 per 1,000)
Schools
- Schools in town
- 17
- Nearest international school
- 15 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 24 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 43 min
- Nearest health centre
- 5.2 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 173 days 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 79 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 92% 13% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 99% 15% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 22,062
- Born in Spain
- 65.1% 23.7% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 20.8% 17% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 3.85 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 Nerja fit you?
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