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Aranjuez
A little green oasis at the confluence of the Tajo and Jarama rivers, where 18th-century Bourbon rulers built a spring and autumn retreat, its beauty inspiring the famous Concierto de Aranjuez.
What Aranjuez is like
Portrait drawn from the Michelin Green Guide & The Rough Guide.
At the confluence of the Tajo and Jarama rivers, on the southern edge of Madrid province.
On the table. Famed for its summer strawberries, served with cream (fresas con nata) at roadside stalls, and asparagus.
Worth the trip
- Lavish palaces and luxuriant gardens that inspired Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez
Who it suits: Day-trippers from Madrid · Music/garden lovers
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
- 8.3°C 0.5°C above the Spanish average (7.8°C)
- Summer high (Jul–Aug)
- 34.8°C 4.6°C above the Spanish average (30.2°C)
- Rainy days a year
- 53 days 23% less than the Spanish average (69 days)
- Sunshine estimated
- 8.2 h/day 14% more than the Spanish average (7.2 h/day)
- Summer water stress (WEI+) regional estimate
- 38 18 below the Spanish average (56)
Cost & economy
- Home price
- €2,151/m² 3% less than the Spanish average (€2,208/m²)
- Net income per person
- €14,173 about the Spanish average (€14,495)
- Income growth ’18–’23
- 22.8%
Safety
- Recorded crime
- 50.8 per 1,000 16% more than the Spanish average (44 per 1,000)
Schools
- Schools in town
- 24
- Nearest international school
- 2 km
- PISA maths (region) regional estimate
- 494 13 above the Spanish average (481)
Healthcare
- Drive to a hospital
- 0 min
- Nearest health centre
- 6.6 km
- Surgical wait (region) regional estimate
- 50 days 54% less than the Spanish average (108 days)
Getting around
- Drive to nearest airport
- 57 min
- Fibre-to-home coverage
- 99% 20% above the Spanish average (79%)
- 100 Mbps+ coverage
- 100% 16% above the Spanish average (83%)
Who lives here
- Population
- 63,838
- Born in Spain
- 77.5% 11.3% below the Spanish average (88.8%)
- Born elsewhere in EU/UK
- 3.7% 0.1% below the Spanish average (3.8%)
- U.S.-born residents
- 0.85 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 Aranjuez fit you?
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