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Rojales, Alicante/Alacant
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Rojales

Alicante/Alacant · the Valencia region

17,488 residents 59 min to ALC airport

Rojales is a municipality of 17,488 residents in Alicante province, the Valencia region, about 8 km from the nearest coastline. Registered long-let rents average €5.89/m² a month — roughly 6% above the national municipal average of €5.57. Among residents, roughly 1 in 3 holds UK nationality.

The case for Rojales

  • only 31 rainy days a year
  • 13.1°C average winters
  • ALC airport 59 minutes away
  • Torrevieja — a 100,000+ city — 18 minutes by road
  • AVE high-speed rail about 20 minutes away
  • 57 restaurants and cafés
  • 6 schools in town
  • 9.3% of residents are under 15 — more children than the typical Spanish town
  • 99% fibre-to-the-home coverage

No adjectives, no opinions — every line is a measured value from the data below, shown only when Rojales genuinely earns it. Distances marked "as the crow flies" are straight-line estimates.

Rojales's Spainability Scores

Percentile within each canonical persona's scoreable municipality pool.

Heat-averse settlers Spainability Score 76

Higher than 76% of 2,555 scoreable municipalities.

Retiring couples Spainability Score 99

Higher than 99% of 8,088 scoreable municipalities.

American retirees Spainability Score 97

Higher than 97% of 8,088 scoreable municipalities.

Families with school-age kids Spainability Score 96

Higher than 96% of 2,299 scoreable municipalities.

Remote-working couples Spainability Score 99

Higher than 99% of 2,299 scoreable municipalities.

Budget-first coastal settlers Spainability Score 99

Higher than 99% of 2,299 scoreable municipalities.

Published data for Rojales

Climate

Winter average temp
13.1°C top 4% of 8,131 towns 5.3°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
Summer high (Jul–Aug)
30.8°C bottom 45% of 8,131 towns 0.6°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
Rainy days a year
31 days top 1% of 8,088 towns 55% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
Sunshine
no local data
Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
259 bottom 1% of 8,033 towns 203 above 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)
0.16 ha/km² bottom 39% of 8,132 towns 2.15 ha/km² below the Spanish average (2.31 ha/km²)
Forest fires (2010–23)
2 bottom 42% of 8,132 towns 4 below the Spanish average (6)
High fire-weather days (province) regional estimate
25.1% bottom 24% of 8,130 towns 2.2% above the Spanish average (22.9%)

Cost & economy

Home price
no local data
Asking price
no local data
Registered long-let rent
€5.89/m²·mo
Registered rent p25
€4/m²·mo
Registered rent p75
€7.85/m²·mo
Registered-rent yield
no reliable sale-price data — yield not imputed
Net income per person
€10,746 bottom 6% of 8,059 towns 26% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
Income growth ’18–’23
40.4% top 4% of 6,605 towns

Schools

Schools in town
6 top 10% of 7,042 towns
Nearest international school
15 km top 15% of 8,132 towns
PISA maths (region) regional estimate
473 #10 of 17 regions, −6 vs national 8 below the Spanish average (481)

Healthcare

Drive to a hospital
18 min top 18% of 8,132 towns
Nearest health centre
1.4 km top 7% of 8,132 towns
Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
88 days #6 of 17 regions, −15 days vs national 18% less than the Spanish average (108 days)

Getting around

Drive to nearest airport
59 min top 34% of 8,132 towns
Fibre-to-home coverage
99% top 8% of 8,132 towns 20% above the Spanish average (79%)
100 Mbps+ coverage
100% top 12% of 8,132 towns 16% above the Spanish average (83%)

Who lives here

Population
17,488
Born in Spain
30.1% 58.7% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
Born elsewhere in EU/UK
53.3% 49.5% above the Spanish average (3.8%)
U.S.-born residents
1.37 per 1,000

Monthly climate normals

10° 20° 30° 100 0 mm 17° 17° 20° 10° 21° 12° 25° 15° 28° 18° 31° 22° 31° 22° 28° 19° 25° 15° 20° 11° 17° day high night low JFMAMJJASOND
day high → night low (°C) rain (mm/month, right axis) Measured at the ROJALES station.
Nearest airport Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC) — 59 min drive · international hub · 33 direct-flight countries

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 comparable sales; neither appraisal nor asking data is published.
  • 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.
  • Ask an insurer how the mapped flood or wildfire exposure affects cover.

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