Segovia · Castilla Y Leon
Segovia
Likened by poets to a boat ploughing through the Castilian countryside — the Alcázar's turrets its figurehead, the cathedral spires its masts, the Roman aqueduct its prow.
What Segovia is like
Portrait drawn from Lonely Planet, the Michelin Green Guide & The Rough Guide.
A hilltop old town parting the waters of the Río Eresma and Río Clamores.
On the table. Unforgettable culinary traditions are the main attraction for large numbers of madrileños.
Worth the trip
- The Roman aqueduct, over 800m of granite on 166 arches without a drop of mortar
- The Gothic Catedral
- The fairy-tale Alcázar
- Museo Zuloaga, housed in the Romanesque Iglesia San Juan de los Caballeros
A little history
It was in Segovia that Isabel la Católica was proclaimed queen of Castile in 1474.
Who it suits: Day-trippers from Madrid · Architecture pilgrims
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
- 5.8°C 2°C below 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
- 79 days 14% more than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine
- 7.2 h/day about the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 60 3 above the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €2,053/m² 7% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €15,622 8% more than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 22.3%
Safety
- Recorded crime
- 44.8 per 1,000 about the Spanish average (44 per 1,000)
Schools
- Schools in town
- 38
- Nearest international school
- 29 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 499 18 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min
- Nearest health centre
- 6 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 87 days 19% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 87 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 98% 19% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 52,189
- Born in Spain
- 80% 8.8% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.4% 0.5% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 1.8 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.
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