Granada · Andalucía
Trevélez
Purportedly Spain's highest permanent settlement, with lower, middle and upper quarters in traditional Alpujarran style.
What Trevélez is like
Portrait drawn from The Rough Guide.
At the end of an austere ravine carved by the Río Trevélez.
On the table. Famous jamón (ham).
Worth the trip
- Traditional lower, middle and upper barrios (bajo, medio and alto)
- A grassy, poplar-lined valley where the river starts its long descent
Who it suits: High-mountain travellers · Ham enthusiasts
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 estimated
- 8.1 h/day 12% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 30 26 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- no local data
- Net income per person
- €12,108 16% less than the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- no local data
Safety
- Recorded crime regional estimate
- 43.1 per 1,000 about the Spanish average (44 per 1,000)
Schools
- Schools in town
- 2
- Nearest international school
- 38 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 457 24 below the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 111 min
- Nearest health centre
- 13.5 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 173 days 60% more than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 115 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
- 696
- Born in Spain
- 93.7% 4.9% above the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 2.4% 1.4% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0 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 Trevélez 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 Trevélez against every one of Spain's 8,132 municipalities on your priorities. It sits about 89 min from Motril, if that's your anchor.
Take the quiz — rank Trevélez for you →Nearby towns
Other places we profile within easy reach.